April 10, 2019, New York, NY — Repêchage® CEO and Founder, Lydia Sarfati, is a contributing author to the new Milady’s Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals, 12th Edition (Milady, a division of Cengage, 2020), available at the end of this month. The textbook was first published in 1978 and today is the most widely used esthetics textbook in the world. Sarfati contributed three main chapters, Chapter 7 “The Treatment Room”, Chapter 8 “Facial Treatments” and Chapter 9 “Facial Massage”, working closely with the Milady editors to create new content as well as expand on the existing curriculum. In addition, for this new edition, Sarfati wrote a memoriam for Dr. Joel Gerson, creator of Milady’s Standard Textbook for Professional Estheticians.
“Proper education is essential for our field, and I am honored to be a contributing author to the Milady’s Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals, Twelfth Edition. Milady Esthetics is the landmark text founded by my dear friend and esthetics mentor, the late Joel Gerson. I know it was his mission to elevate the standards for esthetics and I am proud to continue his work in the industry,” said Sarfati.
Sarfati is a prolific writer, author of Success at Your Fingertips: How to Succeed in the Skin Care Business, and The Repêchage Book of Skincare Science & Protocols. Sarfati is also a contributing editor for esthetics magazines, including Skin Inc. Magazine, Les Nouvelles Esthétiques & Spa, DERMASCOPE Magazine, and many international publications.
For more on Milady’s Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals, 12th Edition, visit milady.cengage.com
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About Lydia Sarfati: Lydia Sarfati is the Founder and CEO of Repêchage®, the first company to bring seaweed-based skincare treatments and cosmetics to the U.S market. Ms. Sarfati is an international industry leader, with over 46 years of experience as an esthetician, spa owner, manufacturer and consultant. She has been featured in major media such as Vogue, InStyle, Glamour, Elle, Allure, and the New York Times as well as on CNN, CBS, and FOX. She is the developer of the world-renowned Repêchage® Four-Layer Facial®, what Cosmopolitan UK has called “the best facial of the century.” Today, together with her husband David Sarfati, Co-Founder and COO, Sarfati oversees a 50,000 square foot, ISO 9001:2015 certified, manufacturing, research, development and training facility in Secaucus, NJ. All Repêchage® professional products and treatments are manufactured in the United States, and are sold in over 45 countries worldwide.
Ms. Sarfati has contributed to the elevation of the esthetics field in the US and abroad serving as the Chairman of CIDESCO Section U.S.A, the world’s major international beauty therapy association. She appears nationally and internationally at esthetic trade shows, and attends and conducts overseas conferences in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Central America, and South Africa. Sarfati is the author of Success at Your Fingertips: How to Succeed in the Skin Care Business, has produced 17 step-by-step instructional videos, including a comprehensive facial massage video, and has published Repêchage The Book: Skincare Science and Protocols, a review of skin conditions, skincare, body treatments, and esthetics.
About Repêchage®: Since 1980, Repêchage® has created a full range of seaweed-based skincare products featured at top spas and salons globally. Forerunners in sea plant technologies and pioneers in seaweed treatments and cosmetics in the US, Repêchage® researchers seek out specific seaweeds beneficial for a range of skin care concerns. Repêchage® seaweed is sustainably harvested from the coast of Maine, USA and France, and then processed with a proprietary extraction method at the ISO 9001:2015 certified Repêchage® manufacturing facility, located at the Repêchage® Headquarters in Secaucus, NJ, USA. Through this proprietary extraction process, Repêchage® seaweeds retain 12 vitamins, 18 amino acids, 42 trace elements and minerals, and phlorotannins – the only elements your skin needs for deep surface hydration and balance.
