LUX Fashion & Lifestyle Awards 2018

Page 30 www.lux-review.com LUX 2018 Fashion and Lifestyle Awards exact treatment modalities advocated to provide a ‘results-driven’ outcome for every client or patient in any given clinic. To achieve these goals, we support a spectrum of providers from a single operator skin therapist to large operational Medi-Spas and the plastic surgery and dermatological domains here in New Zealand.” The creator of this unique method of Advanced Skin Analysis is Dermal Science Educator Mrs Florence Barrett-Hill of Pastiche Training. This unique system was founded in 1994 by Barrett-Hill, to help satisfy the growing need for skin care professionals to more accurately diagnose and treat a variety of skin conditions. The inventor of the OBSERV worked, with the approval of Barrett-Hill of New Zealand, to create an analysis system based on colour, texture and secretion; known globally as “The Pastiche Method” that was created by Florence Barrett-Hill. As Barrett-Hill lives in New Zealand, she supports OBSERV New Zealand and lectures at the firm’s annual OBSERV NZ Conference. No other global company has collaborated with Barrett-Hill to help satisfy the growing need for skin care professionals to more accurately diagnose and treat a variety of skin conditions with their diagnostic devices. A combination with a professional link to the creator of this unique OBSERV technology, Walter Arkesteijn in The Netherlands plus Margaret’s membership of the International Association for Applied Corneotherapy, allows the firm to provide its clients with support and education that is at the forefront of emerging industry developments, as Margaret highlights; “Within the International Association for Applied Corneotherapy, of which I am a Having previously spent five years supplying OBSERV 520 across Australia and New Zealand Margaret is now focussing on the New Zealand market, and as such Observ New Zealand was born. Margaret discusses the firm’s work in more detail and outlines how it supports its clients’ through education and innovation. “Here at OBSERV New Zealand we provide this leading technology in advanced skin analysis. OBSERV 520; a revolutionary device that has been created in The Netherlands by the Engineering firm InnoFaith Beauty Sciences for the global skin and beauty industry. OBSERV 520 App technology provides the facility to show and compare side by side Before and After photos across 5 light sources; daylight, cross and parallel polarised light, true UV and the Woods lamp. “As well as supplying this unique solution to OBSERV style skin analysis, we also facilitate an annual OBSERV NZ Skin Analysis Conference entitled; “Beneath the Skin is the Key to your Success”. We ensure our OBSERV Style Skin Analysis education is supportive to the end-users and the technicians- As part of our drive towards success, our goal is to provide for more than 25 clinical visuals to be taken in under 60 seconds on an Apple i-pad; we also want our OBSERV owners to create clientele annual treatment programmes combined with the OBSERV New Zealand is the distributer behind the innovative OBSERV 520, a solution that provides a detailed insight into skin functionality, texture and imperfections by using precise narrow band LED polychromatic light sources. As part of our overview of a selection of the deserving winners of this year’s Fashion & Lifestyle Awards we invited Director, Margaret Walsh; to tell us more about her firm and how it aims to offer this unique technology to clients across New Zealand. Observ New Zealand Best Skin Diagnosis Device: OBSERV BENEATH THE SKIN IS THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS CONFERENCE member, there is a plethora of the latest research and scientific white papers relating to The Science of Corneotherapy. This link allows me to utilise the most cutting-edge information of this science, and I continually update my knowledge by attending the I.A.C. International Symposium on Corneotherapy, held every 18 months. The education we provide to our clients is scientifically researched and of the latest based on white paper published results.” With the future stretched ahead of her, Margaret is optimistic that she can take OBSERV New Zealand and drive it to even greater success, as she is proud to conclude. “Looking ahead, I will be attending the I.A.C Symposium of Learning in Bonn, Germany in May 2019, and this global interaction will bring latest innovation and scientific learnings into the New Zealand market. As a contributor to a number of journals and blogs I am able to spread the word about this innovative OBSERV solution and moving forward I hope to offer it to an even wider range of clients.” Company: Observ New Zealand Contact: Margaret Walsh Address: PO Box 60-240 Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand Phone: 0064 27 473 5914 Website: www.observ.co.nz