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Whether you’re in the skin care industry or have found your passion elsewhere, listen as Jane shares the start-up story behind Dermalogica, and get in-depth advice on how to better your business!
MO Fact: About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but more than 2 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.
Ready to up the status quo?
All through the month of November men worldwide are growing and grooming a Moustache to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues, including prostate cancer. The charity they’re doing it for is called Movember (where the ‘MO’ in moustache meets the ‘vember’ in November), and Dermalogica wants you to join the fight!
Help us in supporting this cause by growing YOUR ‘MO’ for MO’ney
• go to the Movember link below
• register to join our derMOlogica team (it will take you less than two minutes)
• start growing your ‘MO’ November 1
• update us with your growth on Facebook (images welcome)
Win Prizes
As part of our team, you’ll be part of our sponsorship of this hair-raising cause. And, you’ll be mo eligible to win Shave products, enter to win prizes and participate in contests including coolest MO, innoMO (most innovative moustache) and MO before and MO after.
Any economists out there reading? Would love to hear from you on this one.
I recently had the pleasure of speaking on a distinguished panel of “Women of Influence,” hosted by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Los Angeles chapter. The theme was “mentoring” – and it got me thinking.
After eons of collective, cooperative shared work, where young people learned at the elbow of a master, the Industrial Revolutions changed everything. Replacing mentoring and apprenticeship traditions: the individualistic, every-man-for-himself brand of capitalism which has now reigned in commerce for close to two centuries.
Women can bring the practice back. Part of the reason is not because we are morally superior to men, but because we have never been fully vested into the Good Old Boys network. Yes, for the past few decades, stilettoe’d and pin-striped women here in the prosperous and progressive West have taken delight in proving that they can be excessively selfish and ruthless in business. Point taken, ladies.
But in most of the world, where business is done in more traditional ways, women are lower down the food-chain. They must work together like dolphins rather than prowl alone like sharks, and I think that there is a lesson here for all women, and for the world economy.
In more depressed economies, people work collectively because they must. While personal initiative is rewarded, the larger truth of interdependency is recognized and embraced.
This concept is illuminated so beautifully in Malcolm Gladwell’s book “OUTLIERS,” where he explores the notion that seeming disadvantages can become great opportunities. In the shadow of centuries of oppression, women are fluent in mentoring, apprenticeship and networking. Aren’t these skills the pillars for a new business template, as we step over the charred remains of our old paradigms?
Remember – dolphins are smarter than sharks. I think that this is because they share ideas and collaborate. Start swimming, ladies!
Jane Wurwand is one of the industry’s most prolific entrepreneurs, leading a worldwide tribe of passionate professionals with a penchant for skin care. Get a peek inside your favorite brand from its humble beginnings to going global, and what it takes to keep the tribal fire burning bright! Read the interview here.
Are you turned on to this above idea—this idea of Lovemarks? It’s the stunning insight of a guy named Kevin Roberts, who was the CEO Worldwide for Saatchi + Saatchi.
He wrote that brands, per se, were losing their hold upon the imagination and loyalty of consumers like all of us. And that it takes unique qualities – mystery, sensuality, intimacy—to make a person fall deeply, madly, truly in love with a brand, and stay in love.
The analogy which comes to my mind is UGGS vs. CROCs. Okay, yes, I do have a footwear-fetish. So here is a story of two ugly shoes. One is a Lovemark; the other is a lesson in how to lose the confidence of the American public.
Real UGGS are a Lovemark. People are willing to pay a lot for them. They’re willing to wait-list for the new colors which come out occasionally (this past spring, I knew several people who were delirious over the seasonal, short turquoise Ugg). Why? They do make your feet feel like hot buttered toast, and the quality sheepskin wicks moisture away from your bare feet. Fake UGGS with synthetic fleece linings get wet inside after a few hours—can somebody say “toe fungus?”
These are contributing factors, but the real reason that UGGS make people crazy with desire and happiness, and have done so for decades, is that UGGS are real. They are the real deal, and they are not sold everywhere (although their imitators are).
CROCS seemed real in the beginning. They made claims as a child-minded safety brand, making antibacterial claims about their foam fabrication. They were clunky yet lightweight, and came in funky colors. As with all shoes, the baby sizes were adorable.
But CROCs overexpanded. Suddenly, they were everywhere, in places we wouldn’t want to buy shoes, surrounded by brands we didn’t love. And, unlike UGGS, the cheap CROC imitators seemed able to replicate the shoe’s magic so well that no one could tell the original from the fake.
People who love their CROCs are in good shape—one pair lasts for decades. But people who love UGGS can’t wait to see what fleecy fun the next collection has in store. Because you see, with a Lovemark refuses to sell itself short, the consumer—that’s all of us—can never, ever get enough love.
Dermalogica is excited to partner with Movember, the world’s largest men’s charity event taking place in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and the US the entire month of November.
Movember’s objective is to raise awareness about men’s health issues — specifically prostate and testicular cancer – by pairing with men who grow moustaches during the month of November.
The moustache is Movember’s ribbon; the vehicle by which we raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, Movember’s commitment is to grow a moustache and change the face of men’s health.
Join the ‘MO’vement and show your support! Every Dermalogica Shave purchase made in November means a $1 donation to this hair-raising cause. And get all your ‘MO’ coverage right here at dermalogica.com or at facebook.com/dermalogica as we bring you “30 Days of Movember,” chances to win Shave prizes, to share photos of you sporting your own Mo, information on exclusive events and more!
The weather outside is frightful, but Dermalogica skin care is delightful! MultiVitamin Thermafoliant® is lasplash.com’s top pick for holiday health and beauty gifts, as they believe it’s never to early to start checking off that gift list!
Both physical (scrub) and chemical exfoliants unite to take on dulling winter skin that’s hiding beneath a layer heavier creams and salves. Unique thermal technology activates upon contact with water to deliver a warming burst of heat. (Sure it feels incredible, but even better, it’s helping to drive beneficial antioxidants into skin.)
Combine with unique ingredients including Prickly Pear Extract, White Tea and brightening Licorice for a powerful one-two punch against the signs of aging that range from fine lines to age spots.
Want to try before you buy? For a limited time, purchase $75 worth of Dermalogica to receive a free AGE Smart™ travel-sized pack of products including MultiVitamin Hand and Nail Treatment, MultiVitamin Power Firm, and MultiVitamin Thermafoliant®. This $41 value will go fast – find them at a location near you!
I’ve been in the professional skin care industry for three decades—my entire working life. During that time, I’ve met a lot of people. Of course, I’ve met lots of skin therapists, and students who aspired to become skin therapists. I’ve also met lots of people in our sister tribe, the hairdressers’ tribe. And I’ve often drawn this comparison between the two:
Skin care people tend to be introverts. They hate selling. They are not show-bizzy performers—they often prefer the dimly lit, gently scented cave of the treatment room where they enter into a silent, energetically healing bond with the client.
Hairdressers, on the other hand, tend to be loud, funny, extroverted, social, attention-loving, the life of the party—and their passion for hair is framed by a rowdy rock-star persona.
Well, please just forget I ever said anything of the kind. Meet Talia VanDoran lately of Nashville, Tennessee, who just won the 2009 “My Favorite Dermalogica Product” contest.
This is an annual contest sponsored by Dermalogica. Each year, we ask skin therapists to create videos and send them to us—all about why they love our brand and what specific Dermalogica product rocks their world.
Talia is a newcomer to the tribe, just having received her esthetician’s license in June, 2009. She also is a recipient of the prestigious scholarship offered by The International Dermal Institute (IDI), the advanced skin care academy where our products are developed and researched.
She’s also a model and competitive weight-lifter, and loves riding and working on her custom Harley. So much for being a shrinking violet.
Of our profession, she says, “I get to rub your face, rip out your hair—and we call this ‘work’ !!!”.
This ball of fire is on her way out to visit us soon, here at our world headquarters near Los Angeles. Judging from the fishnet stockings, the tattoos, the lashes, the peacock feathers and the rhinestones (bear in mind that some of these are Talia’s recent wedding photos…), we anticipate an entertaining visit. She’ll be blogging with me while she’s here, so stay tuned. Congratulations, Talia!
By this headline I mean that skin care—the idea that taking care of your skin will make it healthier, and impact the way in which it ages—is not a bizarre subculture which requires belief, the ingestion of mind-altering substances, secret handshakes, the recitation of oaths or the droning of mantras. We don’t even award merit badges for not flinching during extractions.
So my professionally-arched brows went sky-high recently during the HBO debut of the documentary, “Youth Knows No Pain.” Created by the daughter of a cosmetic surgeon, this program was compelling and disturbing on a couple of levels. But I was most struck by the comment from a prominent magazine editor on the subject. Allure Editor-in-chief Linda Wells says it’s okay that women waste their money on anti-aging skin care products that don’t really work, since just slathering that stuff on makes them feel better about getting older. Not to mention that those products buy the ads that keeps Allure in business. And you wonder why Dermalogica doesn’t buy ads in magazines?
As for your money. Spend it however you want. Just remember that some products do work—no belief-system required– and you don’t have to drink the Kool-Aid.
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Any economists out there reading? Would love to hear from you on this one. 
Jane Wurwand is one of the industry’s most prolific entrepreneurs, leading a worldwide tribe of passionate professionals with a penchant for skin care. Get a peek inside your favorite brand from its humble beginnings to going global, and what it takes to keep the tribal fire burning bright! 
Are you turned on to this above idea—this idea of Lovemarks? It’s the stunning insight of a guy named Kevin Roberts, who was the CEO Worldwide for Saatchi + Saatchi.
The weather outside is frightful, but Dermalogica skin care is delightful! 
