Category: Beauty Institutions
-
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a scientific and regulatory agency of the federal government charged with protecting public health through overseeing the safety of consumer products. The FDA has various departments that serve to regulate the beauty industry: Office of Cosmetics and Colors, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Devices Branch, and Center for…
-
Trade Shows
Trade shows are designed for beauty industry professionals to energize the workforce, communicate new trends and demonstrate new products, market packaging and product lines, and organize industry interests related to consumers and government policies. Trade shows may be huge international and national conferences open only to professional trade associations, regional and local shows catering to…
-
Spas
The term spa is commonly thought to be derived from the name of the town of Spa in Belgium, where a natural hot springs has been a site of healing since before Roman times. Evidence of human visitation to hot and cold springs can be traced to prehistoric times, and many people worldwide have believed …
-
Nail Salons
Nail salons are beauty service establishments that offer nail care services such as manicures and pedicures, services once relegated to beauty salons and some barbershops. Today, nail salons also offer hand, foot, and back massages. Some nail salons provide skin care and/or waxing services, and some nail techs specialize in elaborate variations of nail art. …
-
Hair Shows
Hair shows are trade shows that focus on hair design and products and are held regionally, nationally, and internationally. Generally only open to hair professionals (cosmetology students, barbers, hairstylists, and salon professionals), they feature competitions, product and technique demonstrations, business seminars, hair runway shows, sales, and opportunities for professional development. Organized by trade associations and …
-
Fat Farms
Fat farms are weight loss retreats/spas that put participants through rigorous fitness regimens in order to lose weight rapidly. They work by combining boot camp-style fitness with starvation-level nutrition and use controversial treatments such as colonics. These farms originally catered to wealthy women, often celebrities, who wanted to lose weight quickly for a movie role…
-
Charm Schools
Charm schools are training facilities that teach their clients how to craft a pleasing personal appearance and a refined attitude. Historically, topics including etiquette, elocution, carriage, and personal grooming have been the subject of charm courses and instruction manuals. Attending charm schools became a popular activity for young women and girls during the first half …
-
Beauty Shops And Salons
Beauty shops have long been seen as a place for women to temporarily escape the problems of labor and love, literally washing away the blues in search of a new look and attitude. Thus, beauty shops quickly gained the reputation as bastions of gossip that mixed seemingly mundane conversation with the smells of hairspray and…
-
Beauty Schools
In the United States, the first beauty schools emerged near the end of the 19th century in tandem with the development of commercially produced and marketed beauty products. Initially, women trained for beauty culture with other women who were established in hairdressing and skin care enterprises. The apprenticeship system continued well into the 20th century,…
-
Beauty Pageants
Beauty pageants or beauty contests are competitions that more often than not judge the beauty of women. Although beauty pageants rank women according to physical appearance, organized pageants also give awards for congeniality or personality in order to emphasize inner beauty. Although beauty contests have existed in multiple historical and cultural contexts, modern, commercialized beauty…