New Faces and Spaces
Shelley Hancock is the new national distributor/trainer for Dermafile. With 24 years in the industry, Hancock will be sharing her experience with this cutting edge and effective tool.
The TriState Pain Institute in Fort Mohave, Ariz. is proud to announce the addition of Charles R. Stevens, M.D. to the practice. Stevens comes to the TriState Pain Institute with a double board certification in both anesthesiology and pain management. Stevens completed his pain fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill.
Skin 2 Skin™ Care is pleas-ed to announce Christine Pemberton as their newly appointed international sales director.
Susanne Schmaling has joined Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP) as the director of education – bringing an extensive experience in school curriculum planning and educational leadership. Schmaling is a popular presenter at conferences and seminars, she is a licensed aesthetician, an experienced educator, and the founder of the Pacific Institute of Esthetics, an advanced education provider.
SpaFinder, Inc has appointed Betty Weinkle to the newly created position of vice president, corporate wellness. “We’re thrilled to have Betty Weinkle, a real incentive industry thought-leader, steer this new SpaFinder division. It’s a major new opportunity for employers, our thousands of spa/wellness partners and for us as a company.” said Steve Kane, chief revenue officer at SpaFinder.
Awards
DaySmart Software, makers of Orchid Medical Spa Software, is extremely proud to announce the acceptance of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Award at the Michigan Celebrates Business dinner in Lansing, Mich. The Michigan 50 Companies to Watch is an award that honors rapidly growing, high potential companies throughout the state of Michigan.
Tweezerman.com is a winner of the 2012 Interactive Media Best in Class Award for the Consumer Goods/E-Commerce Category. This award represents the highest standards of professionalism, standards compliance and impeccable planning and execution. Tweezerman.com has excelled in all areas of the judging criteria.
Twenty-six scientists have received a total of $2.06 million in grants from the National Psoriasis Foundation to study psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Eight scientists each received a one-year, $50,000 Discovery Grant for pilot projects that have great potential to lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of psoriatic diseases and to discover better treatments. The grants are also intended to lay the groundwork for additional, long-term funding from the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies. Six scientists each received a two-year, $200,000 Translational Grant for studies that aim to move laboratory and clinical discoveries into projects and treatments that benefit patients. Twelve early-career dermatologists were also awarded Psoriasis Foundation medical dermatology fellowships. These fellowships provide support of new doctors training to do research in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The fellowships are intended to increase the number of doctors studying psoriatic diseases.
PRIMAVERA LIFE co-founder Ute Leube has been named the 2012 German Business Woman of the Year by Veuve Clicquot. She was honored with this highly sought-after prize for her entrepreneurial skills and her ability to motivate and inspire others. Leube has been named winner in recognition of her performance in the field of corporate social responsibility and her commitment to sustainability, a focus of this year’s awards.
Announcements
The family of Peter T. Pugliese, M.D., author of Advanced Professional Skin Care, Medical Edition, and founder of Circadia by Dr. Pugliese, Inc. has established a named memorial fund in honor of Dr. Pugliese’s late wife, Joanne Elizabeth. Mrs. Pugliese was diagnosed with ALS shortly before her death in December, 2010. The Fund is used to help attract and retain adequately compensated skilled workers who do the critical end-of-life in-home care for families suffering with Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS remains among the most debilitating, unpredictable and devastating medical conditions. Contributions may be made online at
www.alsphiladelphia.org/pugliese.
Dr. Hauschka Skin Care is launching at Great Jones Spa in downtown Manhattan. The Noho staple will carry the brand’s full skin care category as well as an assortment of products from the body and bath collections.
La Roche-Posay has launched its third annual SOS (Save Our Skin) program to support the Women’s Dermatologic Society’s ongoing Play Safe in the Sun campaign with the aim of educating teachers, parents and children about sun safety both inside and outside the classroom. The new program, Time Out, Protect Your Skin (TOPS), is helping raise awareness about skin cancer and sun protection one school at a time. New York City’s Grace Church School was the first recipient of the TOPS sun-safe makeover campaign with a ribbon cutting ceremony. La Roche-Posay has committed to supplying each TOPS school with shade-bearing awnings over highly trafficked play areas, protective sun hats, sunscreen, educational pamphlets, and UV bracelets that change color to let students know when they are being exposed to UV rays.
Technology
Innovative Skincare has launched of a new e-commerce website (www.innovativeskincare.com) for the groundbreaking new brand: iS. Like the other product lines under the Innovative Skincare umbrella, iS will focus on advanced formulation and pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, blending the very best that nature and science have to offer. The new iS product line will be available to the general public-making their proven clinical results accessible to a wider audience than ever before.
At the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery’s (ASLMS) annual meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., Lumenis unveiled their UltraPulse SCAAR FX™ (Synergistic Coagulation and Ablation for Advanced Resurfacing) mode, a noted advancement in CO2 laser treatment capability. SCAAR FX enables the treatment of surgical and acne scars, which require synergistic coagulation and ablation for advanced resurfacing.
Pevonia has launched its new website for professionals only – www.pevoniapro.com. This interactive professional website provides the company a dynamic online platform to showcase valuable marketing and educational resources/tools for spa partners and industry professionals as well as for its global distribution network which currently spans over 100 countries.
Education
Reflecting its growing international audience, the Laser Institute of America has expanded its online Laser Safety Officer Training course to include the latest Canadian rules regulating the use of laser devices.
Students, teachers and professionals can now subscribe for unlimited video streaming with Aesthetic VideoSource’s new on-line subscriptions. Videos can be viewed instantly with no wait time for delivery or shipping costs. Aesthetic VideoSource offers two video streaming subscription levels: The Individual Edition which allows professionals to supplement their menu of offerings at the click of a button and students to graduate with a greater depth of knowledge. With the one-year School/Teacher Edition (viewing rights included), instructors have access to all of the course material for their students as often as they want.
In the News
Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, executive vice president and artistic director for OPI, spoke at the first West Coast Lucky FABB conference at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, Calif. Weiss-Fischmann participated in a panel titled “How Brands Work with Blogs,” which addressed questions on company/blogger relationships. OPI recently launched the OPI Blogger Network, which currently encompasses over 65 nail, beauty, fashion and lifestyle blogs.
American International Industries (A.I.I.) brands China Glaze® Nail Lacquer, Ardell® Lashes, It’s So Easy® Nail Art and more provided pampering services to eight deserving young ladies and their mothers at the Wish Upon A Teen, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those in need, Mother/Daughter Spa Day. The event took place at the Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic in Beverly Hills, and hosted teens battling cancer from the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA.
Bellus Academy hosted more than 200 women who were treated to a night of pampering and beauty education in celebration of San Diego Women’s Week. Dr. Howard Murad discussed the importance of Inclusive Health and cosmetic medical expert, Dr. Donna Richardson, spoke about non-invasive cosmetic procedures to heighten beauty and defy the effects of aging. Demos throughout the evening were performed by Troy Watson of Makeup Designory and Dee Dee Marcelli of Chella Lash and Brow.
