Archive for May, 2011
CEW Beauty Award Winners 2011
The beauty industry celebrated its finest today, as Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) recognized the most innovative beauty products of the year at the 17th Annual CEW Beauty Awards.
The CEW Beauty Awards is the only awards program where the winners are determined exclusively by more than 4,000 beauty insiders and professionals working in the industry. The […]
Beckstrand Cancer Foundation and Skinn Cosmetics New Butterfly Kiss Lipgloss Fundraiser
Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving and enhancing quality of life for cancer patients and their families, has partnered with Dimitri James’ Skinn Cosmetics to create its new “Butterfly Kiss” Wet Lips Super Shine Gloss, a versatile, vitamin-rich sheer. One hundred percent of proceeds from sales will be used to provide tuition awards […]
Kspin Designs and Writer Chris Gay Produce a Children’s Skin Cancer Prevention Book
The books focus will be to entertainingly teach kids the importance of skin cancer prevention. KSpin was founded on the dual premises of providing children with high quality garments and early instruction on preventing and Melanoma. The former does wonders for self esteem; the latter could potentially save lives.
As a former model diagnosed with melanoma […]
Extremely Obese Children Have Higher Prevalence of Psoriasis Higher Heart Disease Risk
Children who are overweight or obese have a significantly higher prevalence of psoriasis, and teens with psoriasis, regardless of their body weight, have higher cholesterol levels, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the Journal of Pediatrics. The study findings suggest that higher heart disease risk for patients with psoriasis starts in childhood […]
AK Connect for People with Actinic Keratosis
PharmaDerm, a division of Nycomed US Inc., announced today that is has launched AK Connect, a patient resource program that contains information tailored to different types of patients about diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and support for actinic keratosis (AK). Now physicians who treat patients with AK have a new resource to help better inform patients about […]
Beauty Culture Exhibit Opening May 21, 2011
The Annenberg Space for Photography is offering additional programming to enrich the BEAUTY CULTURE exhibit including digital films, which expand on the themes of the exhibit; the BEAUTY CULTURE Digital Salon, where guests can experiment with virtual makeovers; and the IRIS Nights lecture series, presenting top fashion, beauty and pop culture photographers and editors.
BEAUTY CULTURE […]
Screening Finds Half of Participants at Risk for Skin Cancer
How prevalent is skin cancer in Arizona? More than half of the 411 people who were screened May 7 at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare were presumptively diagnosed with skin cancer or referred for a biopsy.
The free educational event focused on sun safety and the need for regular skin cancer screenings. […]
XTRAC Excimer Laser
With XTRAC Excimer Laser (www.XTRALaser.com) treatments, psoriasis patients can say goodbye to the red, dry patches of scaly, thickened skin they have been covering up all winter. Developed by PhotoMedex, Inc., an innovator of medical devices, the XTRAC laser offers new hope to the 7.5 million Americans suffering from this embarrassing and socially isolating disease. […]
Take a Swing at the Sun Facebook Contest with Scott McCarron and Fraxel
Solta Medical, Inc., the pioneer in fractional resurfacing and non-invasive skin tightening and a global market leader in aesthetic skin treatments, recently launched the “Take a Swing at the Sun” Facebook contest. This industry-first contest encourages consumers to share how they protect themselves from the sun and in doing so are entered to win a […]
TRIA Blue Light Devices Safety and Efficacy for Treating Mild to Moderate Acne
Shining a new light on future-forward skincare, TRIA Beauty, the pioneer of light-based skincare solutions and category leader for at-home hair removal, is unveiling new clinical study results supporting the safety and efficacy of their acne-clearing blue light device to the world’s top dermatologists at the 22nd World Congress of Dermatology (WCD). This year’s meeting […]
