Weleda, pioneers of 100 percent certified-natural skin care recently partnered with Whole Planet Foundation for the second consecutive year. Weleda donated one dollar to Whole Planet Foundation for every two Weleda Body Care products purchased at Whole Foods Markets throughout the month of March in an effort to help raise families out of the cycle of poverty through microlending.

Vito Mazza Jr. and the team of Repêchage client, Vita Mazza Salon and Spa, recently flew out to Hollywood to attend the third annual Beautymaker Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. Vito Mazza Salon & Spa was nominated in the Best Team category and also in Hair Artistry. The Beautymaker Awards is an effort to put hair, makeup and the service industry in the spotlight for…

Éminence Organic Skin Care created its own Hollywood buzz leading up to the 2014 Oscars. Stars recently gathered at the GBK exclusive pre-Oscar Gift Lounge to participate in Éminence’s engaging #Tweet4Trees social media campaign, which planted a tree for all tweets and retweets with the hashtag. The #Tweet4Trees Twitter campaign for Éminence’s Forests for the Future initiative was a big hit with celebrity attendees.

Cass and Company, an award-winning leader in luxury shapewear, recently launched ART CASS, a multi-faceted philanthropic foundation designed to incorporate the talents of leading artists with CASS shapewear to create apparel that is also wearable art. Proceeds from the collaboration will support artists and fund arts programs to benefit under-privileged children.

Under the leadership of Dr. Katharin von Gavel, founder of the North American School of Podology (NASP), a group of 60 dedicated doctors, nurses, aestheticians, pedicurists and support staff took their wealth of foot care expertise to St. Kitts and provided foot care services. Thirty-two members in attendance were graduating students from NASP completing their residency program for the prestigious Bachelor of Science in Podology…

Éminence Organic Skin Care of Hungary was recently backstage at the Fall/Winter 2014 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. Gucci Westman, renowned celebrity makeup artist, whose client list includes Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston, used a variety of Éminence products on models for the Rag & Bone Fall/Winter 2014 runway show.

Marula by John Paul Selects is pleased to announce that they will be working with Deborah Evans and Associates, for distribution into spas, resorts and hotels in the South Central, Eastern and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States. Evans gives careful thought to the selection of her spa partners and whose company ethos was in alignment with her own – integrity, high value and…

The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA), the leading private funder of melanoma research, and the Saban Family Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on supporting medical, children’s and education programs in the United States and Israel, recently awarded $2.25 million in grants to three teams of investigators based at institutions in Israel and the United States. These awards will support research to improve the treatment of melanoma,…