November, 2019, Secaucus, NJ — Repêchage® CEO and Founder, and international skin care expert, Lydia Sarfati was the featured guest speaker at the ACG NJ Women of Leadership Event held on November 12, 2019 at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange, NJ. New Jersey business leaders attended the event, held to provide networking opportunities and business growth.
“It is always an honor to take part in events that help inspire and empower women,” said Sarfati. “I want to thank ACG NJ for asking me to share my success story as a woman entrepreneur, business owner and leader in the professional skin in care industry.”
Sarfati is the recent recipient of the prestigious 2019 CIDESCO Medaille du Merite, and, in October 2019, was presented with the “Polish and American Woman of the Year 2019” Award by the Polish & American Women Entrepreneurs (WE). Sarfati shared her success story, relating how she transitioned from immigrating with her family as a teenager to working as an esthetician in Manhattan in the 1970’s to founding Repêchage® in 1980. Today, Repêchage® is available in 50 countries, with all products manufactured in the U.S. at their ISO 9001:2015 certified facility in Secaucus, NJ. Repêchage® Professional Skin Care was one of five New Jersey companies honored at the ACG (Association of Corporate Growth) NJ 2018 Corporate Growth Conference & Awards.
Sarfati shared her important lifestyle and skincare tips culled from decades of practice as a Master Esthetician, product formulator and business leader, and also introduced guests to the new Repêchage® Vita Cura® Gold Collection, a premier antiaging skin care regimen.
Attendees were treated to on-site massage and skin analyses, provided by Repêchage® and Spa O on the Go, as well as Repêchage® gift bags.
ACG is a global organization with chapters worldwide and over 14,500 members representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid- market companies. Chapters in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia bring dealmakers together to help them achieve their business and professional goals.
About ACG NJ: Founded in 1954, ACG is a global organization with chapters worldwide and over 14,500 members representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid- market companies. Chapters in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia bring dealmakers together to help them achieve their business and professional goals.
ACG New Jersey is a key part of ACG Global. ACG is the leading forum for bringing together business leaders to promote corporate growth. ACG proudly boasts an array of members from small entrepreneurial companies to large influential corporations, who all attend meetings for the relevant topics and high profile speakers as well as to enjoy peer-to-peer networking and the chance to interact with private equity professionals, investment bankers and intermediaries, attorneys, auditors and accountants, lenders, corporate development officers and others focused on the middle market. They recognize the multiple benefits of networking within an influential community of executives growing public and private companies worldwide. For over 50 years, ACG members have focused on strategic activities that increase revenues, profits and, ultimately, stakeholder value. ACG brings together every segment of the growth community.
About Lydia Sarfati: 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. In 2019, Sarfati was honored with the prestigious CIDESCO Medaille du Merite, and was presented with the “Polish and American Woman of the Year 2019” Award by the Polish & American Women Entrepreneurs (WE). 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 18 step-by-step instructional videos, including a comprehensive facial massage video, and has published The Repêchage® Book of Skincare Science & Protocols, a review of skin conditions, skincare, body treatments, and esthetics. Sarfati is also a contributing author to the Milady Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals, Twelfth Edition, (Cengage Learning, 2019), Chapter 7 “The Treatment Room”, Chapter 8 “Facial Treatments” and Chapter 9 “Facial Massage.”
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.
