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a fascinationwith skin care
GuildNews chats to Sally Penford, EducationManager at Dermalogica, about her life in and out of work.
I ended up in the beauty industry because… I suffered fromEczema as a child and was made to feel stupid for wasting doctors’ time whenmy parents consulted our GP. I was told it was something I would ‘grow out of’.As such I becamemore andmore self-conscious as no treatment was offered, but at the same time determined to find answers. Hencemy fascination with all things skin andmy pursuit of a career in skin care.
If I wasn’t in the beauty industry I would… To be perfectly honest, I can’t imagine doing anything else. It’s what I always wanted to do and still love it to this day. Although I have to say watching the Olympics has remindedme ofmy childhood dreamof being a famous show jumper…shame I nevermade it past Pony Club!
The best thing aboutmy job is… The passion and commitment of the people I work with.We all have a united goal to help women in the industry to be respected and financially successful and this is the common thread through all that we do.
An average day forme is… Everyday is totally different. In the space of aweek just recently,we held amock Christmas event at head officewith Santa, Elves and Jingle Bells to prep for an event we are holding for our accounts in September, dressed up inTaiKwando outfits and filmed our ownDermolympics video, and held a full on fun fair for the Teenage
CancerTrust.Maybe not a typical week butwe do like to have some fun alongside the hardwork.
My ideal weekend would be… Hosting a family gathering with my partner at our beautiful oldVictorian Cottage. Never happier than cooking for friends and family, sharing relaxed conversation and lots of laughs.
My favourite book is… Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. It’s an incredibly haunting and evocative account of the FirstWorldWar of which I’mashamed to say I previously had very little knowledge of.
My favourite filmis… It’s aWonderful Lifewith the fabulous Jimmy Stewart.
My favourite part of the world is… I think it’s the wilds ofAfrica that would draw me back again and again. South Africa is such a country of contrasts and such natural beauty and has produced one of the greatest political legends of our time, NelsonMandela.
I could not live without… My Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum! For my dry skin this is like a midnight feast, definitely my desert island product…oh but then if I’m on a hot island it might have to be Solar Booster… decisions, decisions!
My favourite beauty treatment is… A one-hour prescriptive skin treatment where I can choose what massage I would like and my professional skin therapist takes care of the rest.
My rolemodel was… My mother and father
equally.My mum for showing me the strength and versatility of women through diversity and my dad for helping my sisters and I to always believe that we could achieve anything that we wanted and that he would be right behind us whatever that dream may be. Oh and that life is to be enjoyed!
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