Robin Powell Joins Divine Skin Inc.

Hair care veteran Robin Powell has joined the board of directors and will head global business development at Divine Skin Inc., which markets topical treatments under the brands DS Laboratories, Sigma Skin, Polaris Research, and The Pure Guild.

Powell has a long line of successful ventures in the professional hair care industry. In the 1980s, he joined Sebastian as a small family business selling a new line of salon products and Powell was instrumental in building international distribution which culminated in the early nineties in the sale of Sebastian International to Wella which later became part of Procter & Gamble.

In 1994, after the sale of Sebastian, Powell was invited by the Mascolo brothers to join TIGI. Known at the time for Toni & Guy salons and education, the Mascolos wanted to build a global professional hair care brand. Within a few years, as VP of business development worldwide and a member of the TIGI board of directors, Powell propelled the TIGI Bed Head line into more than 100 countries with the eventual sale of TIGI to Unilever for more than $400 million.

Divine Skin says it “coaxed Powell out of retirement” because, according to CEO Daniel Khesin, “He came to believe that Divine Skin is pursuing the most innovative path in personal care, with products that attract repeat customers and facilitate easy entry into new markets. Robin feels that this could be his biggest venture yet.”