Category: Beauty
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Vidal Sassoon
As a hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon promoted a belief that the structure of the cut should provide the style; this led to the development of his signature wash-and-go geometric cuts of the 1960s. Though all his cuts are visually distinct, he is most often associated with the 5-point cut, a short geometric cut with one point…
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Sally’s Beauty Supply
Founded in 1964 with one store in New Orleans, Sally’s Beauty Supply has grown to be the world’s largest retailer of professional beauty supplies. Specializing in well-known as well as hard to find products, Sally’s carries over 6,000 products for hair, skin, and nails and are available to retail customers and salon professionals in over…
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Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein, a female pioneer in the cosmetics industry, made her reputation based on face creams. Rubinstein’s glamorous public persona and her own natural complexion were her best advertising for women’s beauty routines. Like her rival, Elizabeth Arden, she became known as a groundbreaking cosmetics entrepreneur, philanthropist, and prominent international businesswoman. Early Years and Immigration…
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Revlon
Beginning as a producer of unique nail enamels, Charles Revson (1906–75) founded a mass production cosmetics firm that he built into an international corporation. Revson was known for his creativity and perfectionism. The Revlon Company modernized cosmetics advertising techniques, and was an early practitioner of the color story. Early Career Born in Boston, Revson was…
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Retail
The modern retail fashion and beauty industry dates back to the 19th century. Begun from secondhand clothing stalls, the ready-made retail market grew from the slums into the highest echelons of society. Currently, both beauty products and clothing are sold in a wide variety of establishments, from grocery and convenience stores to high-end department stores …
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Religion and Beauty
From the annual sales of Easter dresses to the popularity of rhinestone crosses, religion has been marketed for the masses. Nevertheless, religion and the beauty industry have had a contradictory relationship, in part because religion has been both a source of inspiration as well as condemnation. As men and women have fashioned their own identities,…
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QVC
QVC, Inc. is a television and Internet retailer with 1,150 products on offer each week. Merchandise categories include fashion, beauty, home furnishings, electronics, and toys and gifts. It is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world, with net sales of $7.4 billion in 2007. QVC (Quality, Value, Convenience) was founded in 1986 by …
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Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was an American reality television program developed for the Bravo television network that ran from 2003 to 2007. After its debut in 2003, the show became a surprise hit, and its rights were purchased by NBC. The program’s executive producers, Dave Collins, who has been in a gay relationship …
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Procter and Gamble
Procter and Gamble (P&G) is an American manufacturer of soaps and beauty products that was first established in the 19th century and is now a billion-dollar business. P&G has introduced a myriad of common household beauty products that range from Ivory Soap to Oil of Olay. In 1837, cousins William Procter and James Gamble founded…
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Piercing
Piercing is a type of semi-permanent body modification. In the technique most commonly used by piercing professionals today, a hollow-point needle is inserted in the skin to cut a small opening for the display of jewelry, usually a ring or a stud. Although vulnerable to infection, the flesh surrounding the puncture wound tends to heal…