Spa Review Series: Dermalogica Skin Care Products for Aestheticians

4th in a Series: Review of Professional Products for Aesthetician Use

Dermalogica Skin Care Products have an outstanding reputation for quality.  This has been so since the company began in 1986. The International Dermal Institute, a postgraduate training organization for skin care professionals saw a lack of serious products in the market. Their research and development staff surprised the market when they refused to use synthetic fragrances, S.D. alcohol, artificial colors, lanoline or mineral oil, all favorites of the industry because they were cheap. But cheap was not what the Dermalogica folks were after, quality was.

No Nonsense Approach

Dermalogica decided to commit to professional skin care with no nonsense packaging, an emphasis on education in skin care, and a dedication to creating products that delivered results, no hype and deeds not words were the guidelines used by Dermalogica.  Their people went a step further on the quality road and insisted that all skin care professionals in their organization had to meet high levels of training and an ability to demonstrate their expertise.

A Woman Of Vision As A Saturday Girl

Jane Wurwand, the prime mover behind Dermalogica Skin Care was a “Saturday girl” at a beauty parlor in her home village in England.  This was a girl who swept up hair cuttings.  She paid attention to the talk in the salon and the needs of the clients and became her education in skin care.  Today Jane is redefining what skin care means.  “We are not part of the beauty business” she says, “Skin care is not about beauty, nor is it about pampering, luxury or glamour.”  Jane describes skin care as being about taking care of yourself just as you would take care of your teeth or any other part of your body.  Good skin care, Jane believes, is a part of sensible healthcare. Dissatisfaction with brands on the market when she formulated her unique philosophy led to the high quality produces in use today.  Products include Dermal Clay Cleanser, Active Moist, Skin Smoothing Cream, Special Cleansing Gel, Multi Active Toner and others.

Dermalogica addresses the needs of all types of skin and has become popular with thousands of health care professionals all over the world.  Many Hollywood makeup artists use Dermalogica products for movie stars and other celebrities.  They and so many others refer to the great results they get with Dermalogica products as a kind of alchemy, non threatening, safe and very powerful and healing.  Jane and her pros want to touch their clients and improve their health as well as their appearance.  According to many thousands of satisfied customers they are meeting their goal.