Resident Beauty Expert on The Marilyn Denis Show, (and huge Dermalogica fan), Chantel Guertin showcased Overnight Repair Serum in their Beauty Short Cuts segment on May 11, 2012 – a great episode!

Chantel shared her love for Overnight Repair Serum with Marilyn and explained how, by simply applying this product before going to sleep at night, you will wake up with healthy, hydrated and luminious skin in the morning!

Categories: News, Press

When leaders are asked how they were called to greatness, they always answer in the same way: feeling the greatness in other human beings is what called upon them to step up themselves.

I have just had this experience, both humbling and exhilarating, on my recent trip to NYC. I spoke at the United Nations, and I also attended the Third Annual Women in the World Summit, courtesy of The Daily Beast. These are the kinds of experiences which make you feel two things at the same time: small, yet part of something huge, expansive, inspiring, and so important.

I was very excited to participate in the Third International Women’s Day Forum, hosted by the UN Office for Partnership and the US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center. The forum focused on the need for policy innovation, leadership and collaboration across all sectors of business and government, especially in the developing world, in order to engage the potential of women everywhere. I presented our update on joinFITE, and the fact that Dermalogica’s friends and tribe now have micro-financed over 11,000 women in small business: 1100 of them in the USA alone. And, we’ve only just begun!

Then, there was The Daily Beast event, which of course is the brainchild of the indescribably brilliant Tina Brown. Read more about it here.

On the one hand, the place was swarming with names and faces we all recognize instantly: Meryl! Oprah! Angelina! Hillary! Chelsea! Gloria!

And then there were the names and faces I did not know, but now will never forget.

Like Suma Tharu, a young girl who was a former slave in Nepal. Zin Mar Aung, who went to prison for 11 years in Burma because she distributed pro-democracy leaflets (shades of Sophie Scholl, and The White Rose…). And, there was the feisty Kah Walla, a recent Presidential candidate in Cameroon, who almost won. And Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, whose book is called “Mighty Be Our Powers.”

Gbowee in particular electrified the crowd when she demanded to know why American women aren’t fuming-furious-angry at the prospect of our reproductive freedom being usurped by conservative politics. She demanded to know why we as American women aren’t on our feet and reclaiming what is most fundamentally ours — our bodies.

Nobody in the house had an answer for her.

Now, to render THAT crowd speechless — truly, that is to be in the presence of greatness.

Categories: founder of Dermalogica, under my skin with jane wurwand

Are you looking for a primer that provides cosmetic benefits while also helping improve the overall health of your skin?

It’s definitely time for you to meet SkinPerfect Primer SPF30 – our newest AGE smart® product, a super make-up primer that doubles as a treatment for aging skin! It’s great for all skin types and free of comedogenic waxes and fillers, to ensure your healthiest skin ever!

With three benefits in one for healthy, illuminated skin SkinPerfect Primer SPF30 provides:

- radiant, even skin tone
- invisible sun protection
- powerful skin treatment

Visit our store locator page to find the nearest skin centre to you that carries SkinPerfect Primer SPF30!

Categories: Video

Click here to read the full article: Dermalogica in ELLE Canada_June2012

Categories: Press

The lawyers of Hanson-Duby Law Firm in Toronto are now fully equipped with the skin health knowledge to have great skin for life!

The fantastic team joined us for a special Lunch & Learn Skin Savvy Event on April 27th at our Dermalogica Toronto Training Centre to get the full 411 on skin health 101 – and the event was a great success, thanks to Isabel Mendoza from UNION Events who worked with us to facilitate this fun afternoon.

The event raised over $285.00 for our global initiative joinFITE® providing microloans and empowering 11 women entrepreneurs in the developing world to grow or start their business.

Thank you to Photographer Shawn Bettencourt who snapped truly beautiful photographs of the afternoon event.

Photograph by Shawn Bettencourt

Photograph by Shawn Bettencourt

Photograph by Shawn Bettencourt

Special thank you to the lawyers of Hanson Duby for a fantastic event.

Categories: Events

Dermalogica founder Jane Wurwand tells Entrepreneur.com what it takes to be a successful female entrepreneur and what it really means to be a part of the Dermalogica culture and tribe. Watch, and be inspired!

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The lovely brides of Toronto joined together last night to discover unique ideas on how to Tie the Knot with Great Skin & Style at our Dermalogica Skin Savvy event, for a fabulous and informative evening of fun!

The night started out with Miya from Le Dolci Cakes & Cupcakes who shared great, modern alternatives to the classic wedding cake. We’re talking Parisian flare by adding chocolate macarons to top your chocolate cupcakes – divine! She also sampled some fantastic creations, vanilla frosted cupcakes which had us all going back for seconds (and thirds…) Be sure to check out their sensational selection of sweet treats and stellar studio where they host foodie education classes here.

photo by Sarah Talunay

Next up was the truly inspired Bella of Floral Fetish. Not only do you want this incredibly talented woman to be your wedding florist, you want her as your best friend! Her passion for living and breathing flowers was evident as she demonstrated how to put together the perfect bouquet for the day you say “I do”. We were most impressed with her extensive floral knowledge and ability to answer even the most specific flower questions for all wedding seasons on cue.

photo by Sarah Talunay

Last, but certainly not least, the talk turned to skin health. Our fantastic and highly knowledgeable Education Instructor Julie took the floor. She gave all the right tips on starting your skin care regimen on schedule to have glowing skin in time for your big day, and all the following, happy years to come! Be sure to visit a Dermalogica® skin centre for a customized Face Mapping® analysis so you know exactly what skin concerns to target and a step-by-step on how exactly to do so. Keep up with regular treatments and an at home customized regimen so the wedding stresses don’t show on your skin.

photo by Sarah Talunay

Thank you to all the lovely ladies and gents who made tonight a success! Including fantastic photographers Sarah Talunay, Shawn Bettencourt and Akbar Ahmad.

To join the mailing list for upcoming skin savvy events please email us as skinsavvy@dermalogica.ca.

Categories: Events

If you’ve ever heard me speak or read anything I’ve written, you know that I am a champion of the entrepreneur, especially if the entrepreneur is a woman. This being Women’s History Month – in fact, as you read this, I am in New York City right now to speak at the UN on behalf of joinFITE – I am more fired up than usual on the subject. So I am taking this opportunity to sound off on the way the media treats women, including woman entrepreneurs. A company which purports to help entrepreneurs, Volusion.com, really epitomizes what’s wrong.

The current campaign for this online DIY e-commerce company features a quirky little video about “Julie.” Paraphrasing, Julie got sick of the 9 to 5 grind, and she’s up for freedom and fun – she’s ready to be her own boss!

So she decided to start her own online store. And I quote: “It’s seriously never been easier to start your own business and start living the dream. And no headaches.” After all – “All you need is a great product and a little elbow grease. Imagine – you can ditch the grind – call your own shots – and get the freedom to make your work fit into your life, instead of the other way around.”

Oh, please. This campaign really trivializes what it takes. It trivializes the huge investment – of energy, self, faith, time, sweat AND a bit of capital – which entrepreneurial efforts require. It trivializes women, too. Julie’s just a quirky little surf-chick who can’t stand to be cooped up in the office all day! Those glassy peaks are callin’! So she quit! Just like that.

I’d love to know who pays Julie’s rent, medical insurance and car insurance, for instance.

Since we launched joinFITE in January 2011, our initiative which globally empowers women entrepreneurs through microloans, I have an even greater respect for “what it takes.” I should know – I did it myself when I launched Dermalogica 25 years ago. I’ve been continually reminded of what hard work entrepreneurism really is, through the thousands of enterprising women who support our brand. And now through the women who receive and repay microloans via joinFITE, who truly take the entrepreneurial ideal to a new level.

The Volusion ads remind me of a great SNL parody called “Chess for Girls.” It was a parody of a television ad for children’s toys, and featured lots of excited, bubbly tween girls who were thrilled that chess had been made more “girly.” The tagline in the ad went “Chess for girls – not too hard, just pretty and fun.”

That’s the way entrepreneurism is now being marketing to women, especially young women. So in honor of Women’s History Month, let me set you straight. It is indeed hard. It is not pretty. But yes, it is fun.

Categories: founder of Dermalogica, under my skin with jane wurwand

For our final Meet Dermalogica Canada post – we introduce you to a member of our team who is dependent on for Sales Support (and office moral support) on a daily basis. After a long day of providing care for the Sales team and a far commute home, a little help to calm down, relax, and catch some Zzz’s, all while repairing and nourishing skin – feels like a dream come true!

meet Chelo Rosali 

favourite Dermalogica product

Overnight Repair Serum – the newest edition to our AGE smart® system

sweetest dreams

I have a long commute every day to and from work, so I value my spare time in the evening. I find that using Overnight Repair Serum, paired with Skin Smoothing Cream every night is such a simple, quick, and easy routine, that it leaves me with plenty of treasured r&r time.

refreshed & youthful

Every night after cleansing, I press 5-6 drops into my entire face & décolletage. I instantly feel the calming effect of the argan and rose oils as it glides smoothly on my skin – it smells amazing! I wake up feeling refreshed and youthful, with nourished and hydrated skin, and fine-lines are smoothed away, helping me feel all set to take on another day!

Categories: meet Dermalogica Canada

Congratulations to our Vancouver team who hosted a fabulous evening in support of Beauty Night Society – an organization building self-esteem and changing lives for women and youth living in poverty – on March 22nd at the Dermalogica® Vancouver Training Centre.

The event was a huge success as guests signed up for feel good power sessions including: 20-minute Dermalogica MicroZone® skin treatments from Suki’s Skin Therapists, blow outs from Blanche Macdonald elite stylists, make-up applications by Blanche Macdonald artists, Skin Bar™ with Dermalogica experts, fashion consultation with the legendary Malene Grotrian and express massages with professional massage therapists.

Check out this great recap of the night by City Lights, the news and entertainment source for the downtown lifestyle in Vancouver:

Categories: Events