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EXHIBIT 10.1



AMENDMENT TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT




     This Amendment to the June 1, 1998 Employment Agreement between Jafra Cosmetics International,
Inc, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and Gonzalo R. Rubio (“Executive”) (the
“Amendment”) is made as of March 24, 2005, by and among Company and Executive.



     Company and Executive agree as follows:



     1. Amendment to Section 2(a): Term of Employment. Section 2(a) of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows”




	 	 	 	Unless Executive’s employment shall sooner terminate pursuant to Section 7 of the Agreement,
Company shall employ Executive for a term commencing on May 28, 2004 (the “Commencement Date”)
and ending on April 30, 2006. The period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on the
earlier of (i) the effective date of any termination of Executive’s employment pursuant to
Section 7 and (ii) April 30, 2006 shall be referred to as the “Employment Period.”





     2. Amendment to Section 2, to add Section 2(c).




	 	 	 	Upon conclusion of the Employment Period, unless Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant
to Section 7, Company agrees that Executive shall be retained by Company or a related entity as
a consultant to provide consulting services (the “Services”) to the Board and management of
Company or the related entity. In performing the Services, Executive shall be an independent
contractor and not the employee or agent of Company. Executive and the Company anticipate that
the terms and conditions of the Consulting Agreement will be negotiated and agreed to by the
parties on or before September 30, 2005. The parties anticipate that the Consulting Agreement
generally will be in the form attached as Exhibit A to this Amendment.





     3. Amendment to Section 4(b), (c) and (d). These Sections are deleted.



     4. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits), together with the
Employment Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties. Except as expressly
amended in this Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as
set forth in the Employment Agreement. All prior correspondence and proposals (including but not
limited to summaries of proposed terms and all prior promises, representations, understandings,
arrangements and agreements relating to such subject matter (including but not limited to those
made to or with Executive by any other Person)) are merged and superseded by this Amendment.



     5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and, construed in accordance
with the laws of California without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.



     6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executive this Amendment to the Employment Agreement as
of the first date written above.



	 	 	 	 	 



 








	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Jafra Worldwide Holdings s.á.R.L. S.A.

(Luxemburg)



for and on behalf of



JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Dr. Joerg Mittelsten Scheid
 	 
	 	 	Dr. Joerg Mittelsten Scheid 	 



 








 






	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 /s/ Wolfgang Bahlmann 
	 	 	Wolfgang Bahlmann 	 
	 
	 
	 	Executive:

 	 
	 	/s/ Gonzalo R. Rubio
 	 
	 	Name:                 Gonzalo R. Rubio