Category: Beauty
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Undergarments
Undergarments or underwear have been coded as delicates, underthings, intimates unmentionables, and underclothes, suggesting the cultural mystique underpinning these most provocative and private garments. While men’s undergarments have remained relatively unchanged throughout most of the 20th century, women’s undergarments have shaped and reshaped women’s bodies since the dawn of fashion in the Middle Ages. The …
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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…
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Trade Journals and Publications
Specialized magazines, newsletters, and trade journals devoted to beauty include product information, reports on the status of the profession, and various beauty association interests and activities—including government lobbying actions, articles on trends, and professional advice for both new practitioners and seasoned entrepreneurs. Catering to a wide range of beauty industry interests, trade journals may be…
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Toni&Guy
Toni&Guy is an international hairstyling company that consists of salons, hair products, hairdressing academies, an Italian-style café chain, and specialized companies related to the salon business. The Toni&Guy hair design brand reflects current trends in fashion and style, emphasizing training, education, and innovative products. Known for their fashion-forward approach to styling hair, their salons are…
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Teen Market
The teen market refers to a representative group of the population made up of girls and boys aged 14 to 18 years. Tradition has it that the teenager was born of the 1950s rockers and beatniks. However, increasingly America began referring to adolescent youth aged 14 to 18 as teenagers. From its inception, the term …
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Tattoos
A tattoo is a type of body modification in which dye is injected into the skin to alter the pigment. Tattooing is prominent throughout the world, and there is anthropological evidence of some sort of tattooing for the past 10,000 years. Techniques vary, but the most common form of tattooing involves pricking the skin and…
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Tanning
Tanning refers to the natural or artificial process of darkening one’s skin color. Typically, tanned skin is achieved via sun exposure but, in recent years, tanning beds delivering ultraviolet rays or booths that cover users with a topical spray that mimics a natural tan have become increasingly popular. History The debate about altering one’s skin …
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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 …
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Men’s Skin Care Lines
Men’s skincare, like all aspects of male grooming, has a long and complicated history. In the ancient Egyptian world, men practiced a beauty and health regimen that included the application of skin conditioners and moisturizers. Cosmetics, especially those intended to protect, shadow, and enhance the appearance of the eyes, were also routinely used in life…
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Seventeen
Seventeen magazine, for teen girls, was first published in 1944. Publisher Walter Annenberg and Seventeen’s first editor Helen Valentine created a magazine that has now become the queen of the teenage magazine market stand. This service magazine for young women was the first of its kind in the United States. Since the inception of Seventeen,…