Founding Story

Kara Vita was co-founded by Jennie Halloran and Dermazone Solutions - the company which owns the patents, the technology and the formulas to our wonderful products. Together, they created Kara Vita.

Jennie spent 25 years in direct selling. In 1975, she started out as a door-to-door Avon Representative, stayed with Avon for 14 years and then moved to Tupperware. When she completed her career with Tupperware, she had been President of Tupperware Canada and Sr. VP and Managing Director of Tupperware U.S.

In 1999, Jennie was asked by a company to search for a high-quality skincare line to complement a product they were going to market. She did extensive research on skin care and the most up-to-date ingredients. She looked at every skin care product in the retail market - drug stores, health food stores and upscale department stores. She traveled to labs in 4 states and personally tried over 200 different skincare products. Several months into the research, the company that originally asked her to do this research ended the project, but Jennie was so "hooked" on what she was finding, that she kept going.

After 18 months of research, Jennie came to the following conclusions:

• For women to really understand what they are buying in terms of skin care would take months and months of research - time that most women don't have.
• Much of the product available on the market contains very little in the way of effective ingredients and most of them DON'T do what they claim they will do.
• To get REALLY effective skin care, she felt she would have to go to a dermatologist or a very upscale spa and pay between $300 and $400 for 6 to 8 products.
• It was at this point she became convinced that someone needed to bring excellent skin care - product that really does what it says it's going to do - to women all across the country, and to make it available at a price that was an exceptional value!

Several months later, a friend asked her to check out a product line that was created in Clearwater, Florida . Reluctant as she was to try yet another product line, she agreed to do so. The minute she put it on her skin, she knew it was different than anything she had tested before. She knew she had a found a great product!

Within a week she met with the woman who created the product - Deborah Duffey, the President of Dermazone Solutions - and they worked together for 2 years testing the product in clinics and creating a business model that would lead to Kara Vita.

In 2003, Jennie joined with Deborah and Karalyn Schuchert - the owner of Dermazone Solutions - to co-found Kara Vita, LLC. Their intent is to bring exceptional skincare products to women at prices that represent an exceptional value, and, at the same time, provide a lucrative career opportunity for women.