IN THE NEWS
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) is pleased to announce that a recent bill in Indiana (HB1006), which would have deregulated the cosmetology industry and repealed professional licensing boards and all licenses, was stopped! PBA’s Government Advocacy team, in partnership with representatives from JCPenny, SportClips, Honors Beauty College, PCPC, ICMAD, ISPA, ISBN, AACS, NCEA, Intercoiffure and others, helped organize the countless beauty professionals that leant their time and talents to stopping the bill. Through outreach efforts, over 18,000 beauty professionals from across the nation quickly came together to voice their opposition to state lawmakers through letters, e-mails, phone calls and social media posts about the harmful effects passage would cause to the cosmetology profession and consumer safety. State lawmakers listened and the bill will not be moving forward for a vote. Indiana Rep. and bill sponsor, David Wolkins, R-Winona Lake, advised the Evansville Courier & Press on Wednesday that stylists, aestheticians and others who came to testify on the bill last week were so persuasive that their industry should be licensed and regulated that he would not even ask for a vote on the legislation.
It is often said that “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.” But in reality, beauty is not simply represented by each person’s exterior physical appearance. True beauty lives within each individual heart and soul. Sadly, when lives are threatened by illnesses, outside appearances can slowly damage a person’s outlook on life. However, this is greatly changing thanks to the help of a little green bus. Pevonia recently teamed up with the Beauty Bus Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation who aims to bring dignity and beauty back into the lives of chronically and terminally ill women, men, children and their caregivers. Pevonia is now serving as a product sponsor and will donate one hundred products per month during the six month charitable sponsorship.
Stiefel, a GSK company, announces that Hats On For Skin Health, its global campaign with the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), has raised enough funds to produce 15,000 sun-protective hats for albinos living in East Africa and has already distributed more than 2,000 hats. The hats are being distributed from Tanzania, where estimates are that 98 percent of albino children will die before the age of 40 from cancers of the skin – a direct result of the sun’s damaging rays. Worldwide, albinism affects about one in 20,000 people. However the incidence of albinism in Sub-Saharan Africa is significantly higher than in the rest of the world, specifically in Tanzania where the incidence is one in 1,429.
Los Angeles-based Marinello Schools of Beauty announces five new campus locations in Kansas. Since Marinello Schools of Beauty was acquired in 2004 by Dr. Rashed Elyas, Dr. Nagui Elyas and CFO Michael Flecker, the company has experienced remarkable revenue growth and significant market expansion growing from 13 campuses in two states to 63 campuses in eight states.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BABOR and the Bota Bota Spa in Montréal, Canada have recently announced an exciting partnership. The world’s first floating spa oasis now offers several BABOR treatments including baborganic protocols and SPA Méditerranée manicures. Bota Bota, safely docked in Montréal Harbor, is a historic ferry refurbished in late 2010 to combine the healing properties of a spa environment with water’s natural rhythms. The luxury vessel features an avant-garde design with five distinct ship decks that include three beauty suites, two saunas, a eucalyptus steam bath, whirlpools, 20 spa treatment rooms, a gourmet snack bar, garden and rest areas and ample space for beauty, yoga and meditation. The ship boasts 678 portholes and sprawling terraces, with breathtaking 360-degree views of the Montréal skyline and the surrounding St. Lawrence River.
Demeter has launched a new website featuring their partnership with Éminence Organic Skin Care as the first and only skin care line receiving certifications at the highest level. Demeter explains: “This is a remarkable achievement, because Demeter certified beauty care products must be created with significant and verifiable Biodynamic® ingredients and be produced to a very high standard.”
Eve Taylor™ Professional Skin & Body Care was delighted to be part of the recent UK trade mission to India with fellow UK exporters. Director of business development, Chris Taylor said, “India offers a great opportunity – it’s a great country with a long history of beauty and wellbeing so it’s a perfect fit for what we have to offer as we expand the reach of our brand across the world”.
Sothys and the Regent Spa at the Regent Palms Turks & Caicos have collaborated to revamp the award-winning spa’s treatment menu. The 25,000 square-foot Caribbean-based spa has introduced a number of exclusive treatments for face and body designed by Sothys.
OPI announces the launch of the new City of Hope limited promotion to celebrate City of Hope 2012 Spirit of Life® Honoree George Schaeffer. Each display features four bestselling OPI nail lacquers, including Bubble Bath, Cajun Shrimp, Strawberry Margarita and You Don’t Know Jacques! OPI will donate $6.00 for each display sold directly to City of Hope for the research and treatment of diabetes.
AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS
As a cornerstone of DePasquale The Spa in Morris Plains, New Jersey, CURES By Avancé’s collection of curative and corrective face and body therapies has made it one of the premier spa locations in the country. To help solidify that reputation, this year DePasquale The Spa has been honored with a 2011 SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Award.
2012 signifies 30 years of contribution to the skin care industry for Myong Chong, founder and owner of Hanna Isul Skin Therapy Spa and Medical Skin Care.
Pulse Laser Skincare Center is celebrating one year of occupancy in its completely new, state of the art center at 149 Madison Avenue in New York City. Founded in 2009 by Michelle Cavanaugh and Kim Schanzer, Pulse moved from a one-room facility to a seven-room, five-laser facility in April 2011, and now employs six dual-certified aestheticians and laser specialists and serves more than 6,000 clients.
EDUCATION
Jane Wurwand (left), founder of Dermalogica® and joinFITE, was recently in Dallas, Texas where she participated as a keynote speaker at the annual “Shine Conference” created and hosted by entrepreneurial and motivational author and coach, Ali Brown. Wurwand spoke before 500 women entrepreneurs on the topic of “Embracing Change”.
TECHNOLOGY
Lifebooker and GramercyOne announced a partnership this morning that will allow spas, salons, and hospitality services using GramercyOne’s Booker software to seamlessly manage, price and market unfilled appointments, hours and reservations, to the Lifebooker network, further helping service businesses sell their inventory. This partnership marks the first time a scheduling and business management system is integrating with a deals site like Lifebooker. In the big picture, GramercyOne will establish other partnerships of this type so that its merchants can manage and market unfilled hours to other deals sites and group buying networks via one single interface seamlessly.
SCIENCE
Ganeden Biotech announces research results demonstrating that its patented probiotic (beneficial bacteria) derived, cosmeceutical ingredient, Bonicel, improves skin hydration, elasticity, under eye puffiness and reduces fine lines and wrinkles in humans. The double blind, placebo-controlled study, conducted on female subjects ages 35 to 60, found dramatic results in reducing signs of aging. In subjects at four weeks, Bonicel increased skin hydration by 16 percent, skin elasticity by 11 percent, and decreased fine lines and wrinkles in 50 percent of respondents. In addition to results measured clinically by Cutometer and silicone replica, subjects’ self reports found that 75 percent reported, “The dark circles under my eyes are less visible” and 75 percent of the treatment group reported, “The skin around my eyes feels more moisturized.”
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. today announced the completion of two independent Phase 3 clinical trials that evaluated the efficacy and safety of CD07805/47, a proprietary topical gel under investigation in adults with moderate to severe facial erythema (redness) of rosacea. Rosacea is a chronic, inflammatory and vascular condition of the face and eyes characterized by persistent erythema, flushing, inflammatory lesions and visible blood vessels that affects at least 16 million Americans* and with estimates of prevalence ranging from less than one percent to more than 20 percent of the adult population in other countries globally. *The National Rosacea Society. “All About Rosacea.”
Aesthetic Factors, LLC, an emerging company focused on autologous, point-of-care systems in regenerative medicine, is pleased to announce that a study examining the efficacy of the SELPHYL System used with fat grafting procedures has been published in Volume 29 Issue 1 of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. SELPHYL is an ultrapure Platelet-Rich Fibrin Matrix (PRFM) preparation. Using a small amount of the patient s own blood, the system isolates and prepares PRFM for injection back into the patient. SELPHYL naturally produces and releases a host of biologic growth factors that have been shown to promote tissue regeneration. Lead researcher, Richard Goldfarb, M.D, analyzed the potential of SELPHYL to increase vascularity in fat transfer thus improving longevity potential. Fat grafting is used for facial rejuvenation, primarily to smooth out wrinkles and restore volume to areas of the face that have been deflated over time. However, historically, the long-term survival rates of autologous fat grafting have been variable. Consequently, fat grafting does not always produce the long-term correction which patients are looking. The duration of fat transfer alone varies considerably, lasting anywhere from six months to several years. After three to 16 months of consistent follow-up, outcomes reflect that SELPHYL has given fat grafts not only a higher rate of permanency, but also a greater take rate.
