New Skin-Care Collection Offers Alternatives to Surgery

The luxury skin-care category, as it stands today, is in need of a major refresh. And if it isn’t overhauled, the retail market could continue to lose consumers to plastic surgery. That’s according to dermatologist, reconstructive surgeon, and author, Dr. Tony Nakhla who launched his own line called Eighth Day at the Indie Beauty Expo last month. The range is sold online at EighthDaySkin.com, Shen Beauty and will be available at Neiman Marcus this fall. “The super high-end brands that you are paying so much money for are using few actives and they are using almost nonsensical science. You are buying a little fashion and a lot of inflammation,” Nakhla stated. Consequently, frustration with doling out big bucks for products with no results drives more people to surgery and procedures — dollars that could be pumped into retail sales. “My goal is to offer something with high efficacy in a category where people should demand it the most.” There are doctor brands, he admitted, that have a potent cocktail of actives, but many of them are not clean formulas. “It is hard to formulate with active ingredients, while still trying to refrain from preservatives and fragrances that are harmful to skin.” “Right now,

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