BEAUTY INTERNATIONAL 2006 HONORS BABOR Chairwoman 'A Life of Beauty' Award

Palm Beach, FL, November 1^st, 2006– Jutta Kleine-Tebbe, chairwoman of the administrative board of BABOR Cosmetics, was presented the coveted “A Life of Beauty” award at the Beauty International 2006 conference held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Beauty International, the world’s largest specialist cosmetics trade fair presents this award to honor individuals who have devoted their lives to skincare and cosmetics and are recognized as trailblazers in the industry.

Kleine-Tebbe, at age 18, was first introduced to the cosmetics industry by her father, Dr. Leo Vossen, who pioneered the concept for natural, biomedical skincare through his association with Dr. Michael Babor. He developed Babor’s idea into a brand and BABOR Cosmetics in Aachen, Germany—a move which greatly influenced his daughter’s career choice.

For 44 years, Kleine-Tebbe has devoted her career to the company, which today has over 350 corporate employees and an extended staff in distribution centers in more than 60 countries. BABOR Cosmetics is well respected as one of the leading names in professional skincare for over 50 years. The company’s strengths include its holistic approach, which is based on skincare systems, training centers, outstanding service concepts and the company’s in-house Research & Development department.

Kleine-Tebbe was instrumental in BABOR’s highly successful entry into the spa business. Under her direction in 1997, BABOR Cosmetics opened the doors of its U.S. flagship spa BABOR Institut Palm Beach. Two years later the company opened a BABOR Institut in Aachen, Germany. Kleine-Tebbe, always the driving force behind the company’s international expansion, is currently concentrating on special projects designed to enhance BABOR’s prestigious reputation in the industry and chronicle BABOR’s 50-year history.

Kleine-Tebbe accepted the award from Dr. Werner Janssen, director of the Cultural Association Stichting EURIADE and personal friend. In addition to outlining Kleine-Tebbe’s lifetime contributions to the cosmetics industry, he stressed her commitment to culture in the cross-border region around Aachen where the company is headquartered. BABOR has been a sponsor of the cultural and scientific festival EURIADE which promotes young musicians. Kleine-Tebbe plans to donate the prize money of €2,500 from the award to the festival.

ABOUT BABOR: Based in Aachen, Germany, Dr. BABOR G.M.B.H and Co. is the leading, professionally sold skin care system in Continental Europe and recognized as one of the most trusted brands in the industry today. Blending the best of nature with the most technologically advanced science, the BABOR skin care product line encompasses a wide range of systems designed to offer innovative solutions and luxurious treatments. Each system has been carefully developed and vigorously tested in BABOR’s own laboratories in Germany to produce benefits with proven effectiveness for every skin type and condition.

Cultivated from hundreds of different species, the plant extract ingredients used in BABOR products are cold-pressed to protect their delicate ecological balance. These natural materials, combined with leading edge scientific technology, maximize transdermal penetration, nutrient delivery and anti-oxidant time release to make the most of bio-intelligent reactivity.

With names like BABOR YOUNG for the twenty something set; SKIN CARE SYSTEM GOLD for women in their 30s; HIGH SKIN REFINER® for those over 40 and SELECTION, formulated with champagne extract for skin over 50, individual systems include everything from cleansers to night creams. Each system also provides solutions that target specific skin types like oily, normal, combination and dry. In a category by itself is BABOR’s SeaCreation™, an anti-aging smart cream with pearl protein, sea silk and thermophilus that counteracts the process of aging—almost immediately.

With its U.S. flagship spa, BABOR Institut & Spa, located in Palm Beach, Florida, BABOR enjoys a position of prestige among exclusive resort and destination spas in including The Ritz Carlton Spas, and The Four Seasons in Chicago, Dallas and New York City. Specialty and retail venues include Takashimaya, Nordstrom and Parisian. Plans for 2007 include several new product launches and a continuing expansion into luxury spas, leading day spas and specialty store distribution.