MILLIE Sponsor Spotlight: Albertini International
PCS’ing? Worried about the changing climates and how it can affect your skin and your families’ skin?
In an effort to strengthen the relationships between transient military families and the local communities that serve them — MILLIE offers businesses the opportunity to sponsor our installation guides. Our goal is to help families get rooted in their local communities as quickly as possible, and our sponsors are helping make that happen!
This blog series features profiles of MILLIE sponsors. We want you to know who these businesses are, and why they’ve chosen to support military families in this way! They’re our neighbors, friends, and colleagues — but most of all, they support our mission of Bringing Military Families Home!
PCS’ing to a new climate? Worried about how it can affect your skin and your family’s skin. If you have Dry, Itchy skin we have the cure… Divine Skin Hydrator!
- its unscented
- great for sensitive skin
- keeps you hydrated for 24 hours
→Purchase Divine Skin Hydrator and receive FREE shipping, just enter code “MILLIE” at checkout. You’ll also receive a free travel size Divine with your purchase.←
Sponsor: Albertini International
Military Communities Served: All of them! We’re an international company with an online shop.
Personal Military Affiliation: VP Marketing & Customer Relations, Janice Petit de Mange’s son-in-law serves in the U.S. Army. He and his wife (her daughter) have three lovely daughters. They have been stationed in three different states and one overseas post over the past 13 years.
Mission: To meet the changing beauty needs of women of all ages by offering effective solutions to the skin care challenges that actually does what it says — solves skin problems! Beauty solutions for women old enough to know and young enough to care.
Tell us a little about your business.
It all began with one woman and her desire to solve a problem that she, her friends, and her clientele all seemed to be plagued with — dry skin. In 1969, Valorie Albertini formed friendships with a group of girls who attended Notre Dame all girls high school, just south of Philadelphia. Little did she know these bonds would be lifelong, and these women would become an integral part of her future company, Albertini International.
As an aesthetician, Valorie listened to her friends and clients complain of dry skin as they entered menopause. Once she began experiencing the same thing, she realized she knew how to fix the problem! Her years of experience as a beauty product developer had given her the knowledge to pinpoint the solution: restore skin’s Natural Moisture Factor (NMF)!
So, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She began mixing small batches of moisturizer with targeted ingredients, and began testing the products with this same group of friends — who had begun a yearly tradition of getting together for a Wild Women’s Weekend. Her longtime Philly friends were honest and outspoken, giving her invaluable feedback about everything: telling her what worked and what didn’t, even which bottles, product names, and label choices were best. After years of testing and refining, her Divine Skin Hydrator was perfected, and this fabulous solution to restoring NMF was introduced to the marketplace.
With the help of fellow Wild Woman and business partner, Janice Petit de Mange, Albertini International continues to grow and introduce products designed especially for women aged 40 and over. Products can be found online and in stores and salons across the country. And yes, Val’s group of friends continue to laugh together, support each other’s dreams, and lift up Albertini International as it continues to meet the beauty needs of “women old enough to know and young enough to care.”
What is your main product and how does it benefit customers?
Our main products are designed to help dryness. With 30 years of product development experience we find this to be a constant issue for many different individuals, whether it’s women going through menopause or young children with dermatitis. Our company provides solutions to your skin care issues with easy, affordable, and convenient products that really work.
How are you serving the military community?
As business owners, we believe that supporting our military community is important. And one of us is the parent of a service member and, as a result, has formed warm friendships with many military families. Also, we have recently partnered with MILLIE to provide gift bags of our skin care products for their “PCS Lost and Found Giveaway.”
What drives you to serve the military population?
Military personnel and their families sacrifice a great deal as they work to defend and protect the United States. As business owners and citizens, we benefit directly, every day, by living in a great country and free society that is protected and defended by our military. The least we can do is to provide them some support. Whether we donate time, products, or just share a cup of coffee with a service member, we hope that in some way we can show our gratitude. And we hope that, in some small way, we can make a difference in their lives.
We feel fortunate to have been in the presence of military personnel and their families — real American heroes. Meeting and talking to these heroes and their families has certainly made us aware of their many sacrifices and hardships. One of us is the parent to a military family and, for the past 13 years, has come to understand what their lives are like, and how they must cope with many stressful situations. We are in awe of how military families work together and support each other as they deal with deployments of loved ones and the many moves they make from one post to another. We are amazed, and have seen firsthand, how this community of military families loves and supports each other — unconditionally — in everything they do.
We believe that our products can help deal with the stresses military families and personnel face as they deploy, relocate their families, and move away from dear friends. Those stresses can affect many aspects of life — even down to one’s skin. So, during those stressful times, we suggest individuals find some “ME” time and pamper their skin with our Albertini Skin Products! It might be that little thing at the end of a tough day that will make your skin feel good and ready for the challenges of tomorrow!
To learn more about Albertini International, link up with them here.
If you are interested in becoming a MILLIE Sponsor, visit our sponsorship page! We currently cover over 70 installations on the site and have a variety of opportunities to get your business in front of our audience!
MILLIE is an online community and digital marketplace that connects members of the military and their families with specialized knowledge and trusted resource providers to remove the stress and anxiety of PCSing. Check out MILLIE’s Installation and Neighborhood Guides, our network of Veteran and military spouse Realtors, and Scout, our on-demand task service composed of military spouses.
