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Like a fine work of art, every product we conceive is an original - each containing clinically proven ingredients, rare botanicals, and advanced biotechnology - destined to effectively address a specific skin concern. Behind our brand lies over 30 years of research, experience, and credibility gleaned from treating tens-of-thousands of clients across the country at the ILONA Skincare Institutes. The halls of the flagship ILONA Institute continues to be the proving grounds of each product's integrity, quality, and performance. We shun animal testing in favor of human volunteers, market analysis in favor of client needs, and cosmetic-grade ingredients in favor of pharmacopoeia-grade.The future of skincare is in every bottle and jar we bring to our clients. More than an intelligent skincare decision, ILONA represents the present and future of beautiful. |
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Consider what a miraculous "fabric" your skin is. Injure it, and the amazing process of healing begins. Neglect it, and it will bare the passing years like a statue. Abuse it, and in time, it will reflect the careless nature of your ways. Shelter it, and it will clothe you in a garment more precious than any money could afford. Care for it, and it will envelop you in beauty all the days of your life. To me, your skin has been my life, my profession. . . my passion.
In 1965, I ventured to start a Skincare Institute to educate women (and eventually men) about lifelong skincare and how to make amends for the mistakes of the past. The once cramped quarters, is now a burgeoning facility where the lifeblood of my products are conceived. This flagship Institute serves as a "laboratory" where every formula is scrutinized under the careful watch of licensed clinicians, and awaits my personal approval. And, as long as I remain, you can be assured that any product that has touched your skin has first touched mine.
Throughout this Web site, you will see the work of a highly talented and specialized group of chemists, scientists, and laboratories who develop the most innovative, efficacious products available. In my formulas, you will discern the common-thread of quality and distinction that has shaped my company and products since its inception. Through these products, I communicate my servitude and "touch" my clients all over the world, and continue my unending fascination with the miraculous fabric called skin. I personally welcome you to ilona.com.
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In 1965, two emigrants from Hungary - Ilona Makari and George Meszaros - married and united their diverse talents and created a beauty salon in Chatham, New Jersey, Salon Royal. Catering to the upper echelon of the area, Salon Royal was an unconventional facility bringing European facial treatments, and other services to the women of North New Jersey. The most requested service? The deep cleansing European facial. Though today, salons all across America boast of their European facials, in 1965 the term was hardly recognized. And, Ilona, among a select few visionaries of her time, are credited with introducing and educating the American public to these specialized treatments and procedures.
In 1971, Ilona and her family joined the mass exodus from the East Coast, to the new frontiers of the great American West, where she would introduce her services to the women of Colorado and beyond. A new company was incorporated to signify the homeland from which they came, llona of Hungary. Seemingly overnight, the cramped 800 square foot salon was a flurry with clients from all over the state, and country. A few years later, Ilona of Hungary took up residence in a spacious four-story building in what was to become one of the nation's premier shopping districts - Cherry Creek North.
Too small to develop and manufacture her own products while in New Jersey, Ilona now had the clients and the means to create a line bearing her name. During one of her trips abroad, Ilona was introduced to a Hungarian pharmacist who had developed an edited range of skincare products. With her husband, Ilona negotiated ownership of the formulas in exchange for an automobile - a scarce commodity in Hungary in those days. With that barter, the seeds of a new cosmetics company were planted.
As the demand for her services escalated, so did requests for her skincare products. To meet the demand, Ilona began a bustling direct-mail operation. Soon, Ilona commissioned a network of scientists, chemists, and biotech laboratories to conduct on-going research and development of new products. The original formulas, which initiated her company, were gradually phased-out in favor of new, biologically superior ones. Her products, once bearing the insignia of a single country (of "Hungary"), were now the beneficiary of global suppliers and international laboratories. In later years, her company would take the single identity "ILONA" to embody the true global alliance of her products. Ilona use to say, "My products must speak seven languages!" Indeed, her company's products transcend more than seven languages, and are today among the most technologically advanced and thoroughly researched brands available anywhere in the world.
In 1994, Ilona and her husband were presented with their greatest honor from the President of Hungary, the coveted Knighthood Cross, for their accomplishments as Hungarian refugees. Previously, this honor was bestowed to another noted Hungarian-American emigrant, Dr. William Teller, the world renown physicist.
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Since its inception, ILONA, the company and its ebullient founder have garnered accolades and notoriety by every prominent beauty and affiliated trade publication in America. Here is what a few have been saying:
VOGUE: "ILONA [. . .] a professional review"
SELF: "deliver results with oxygenating products from ILONA."
MADEMOISELLE: "In the Clear Active Skin Solution from ILONA controls surface sebum and unclogs pores."
GLAMOUR: "The fastest way to rejuvenate skin: Use ILONA Soft Polishing Creme."
W: "Lipsliks, the latest makeup offering from skin care guru Ilona."
DERMASCOPE: "Ilona [. . .] a skincare legend."
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