About Us

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to provide customers with a "more than expected" spa experience tailored to meet their specific therapy needs by providing consistently positive, warm, sincere customer interaction, "extra mile" customer service, while fostering our customer's trust in our industry knowledge, reliability, and the building of long-term customer relationships.

"Blue Diamond Spa and Skin Care" has its foundations in the Dermalogica story which begins in 1986, the force of change in the industry started in Los Angeles, circa 1983. Jane Wurwand, a tenured, United Kingdom-trained skin therapist new to the American "esthetician" industry, recognized that continuing skin and body therapy education was practically non-existent in the United States. While her training had been comprehensive and serious, US students entered the industry licensed yet under-trained, and worse, under-respected.

Jane put her education in action, opening a small classroom in Marina del Rey, California under the name The International Dermal Institute (IDI). She invited licensed skin therapists to get hands-on with the postgraduate training so critical to making them competitive in the business. Today, IDI is considered the international gold-standard for postgraduate skin and body therapy training with 37 locations worldwide.

While teaching at IDI, it didn't take long for Jane to realize no product line embraced her belief of skin health as opposed to "beauty," so she developed her own. And in 1986, Dermalogica was born. The vision was clear - a product line free of common irritants and ingredients that could cause breakouts (including lanolin, SD alcohol, mineral oil, artificial colors and fragrances) that would improve skin health, and were only available from qualified skin therapy professionals trained at The International Dermal Institute.

As a brand, Dermalogica immediately upset the prevailing paradigm of beauty and glamour by classifying skin care as a health issue as opposed to a cosmetic concern. Growing from a modest flagship store-front known as Leonard Drake in Marina del Rey, then a change of ownership to The Body Clinic and five years ago a new owner with great vision for a holistic body health approach "Blue Diamond Spa and Skin Care."

Many of our Estheticians are graduates of IDI and are fully qualified to analyze and provide the treatment you need for healthy skin. They truly understand your skin is the first step towards a lifetime of skin health and our massage and healing and medical treatments provide complete body wellness.

Blue Diamond Spa and Skin Care define quality and excellence in spa services and skin care. Every one of our fully licensed and certified therapists goes though our extensive training no matter what their background, and our spa coordinators are here to guide to you through our carefree and relaxing environment.

Meet our Staff