Category: People in Beauty Industry
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Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf is an influential feminist and is considered a founder of third-wave feminism. Wolf was born in San Francisco and attended Yale University, earning a bachelor of arts degree in English literature (1984); she then spent a term as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford (1985 to 1987). She garnered international acclaim in 1991 with …
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Madam C. J. Walker
African American beauty entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, originally named Sarah Breedlove, was born in 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, to sharecropper parents who had recently been freed from slavery. Walker experienced considerable hardship in the early years of her life. Orphaned at the age of seven and obliged to live with her older sister and …
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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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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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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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Metrosexuals
The term metrosexual, which was first coined by British cultural critic Mark Simpson in a 1994 article for the Independent and in a 2002 discussion of the English soccer star David Beckham written for www.salon.com, burst onto the American scene with three specific developments in 2003: the publication of a New York Times article titled …
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Max Factor
Max Factor is best known for his invention of specialty cosmetics used in the early American film and television industries. Beginning with foundation products, his innovations expanded into the mass market. Factor also developed the concept that makeup used should match a person’s coloring. Early Years Born Max Faktor in Lodz, Poland, he gained recognition…
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Annie Turnbo Malone
A pioneer of black beauty culture and the founder and president of Poro College in St. Louis, Annie Minnerva Turnbo Malone was one of the most successful black female entrepreneurs of the early 20th century. While her fame would later be eclipsed by that of her former student and business rival, Madam C. J. Walker,…
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Celebrity Hairstylists
Hairstylists have always held an intimate and fabled position in the creation and maintenance of female charm and beauty. The role of the hairstylist as magic worker, beauty artist, and perhaps even more importantly, as confidante, friend, and advisor, who constructs the safe haven in which women can be transformed into their idealized selves, has …
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Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder (1908–2004) was known for her belief that all women can be beautiful. Like the other grande dames of the cosmetics industry, Lauder gained entrance to the cosmetics business through skin care products. Her company’s global reputation was built on brands such as cosmetic line Clinique, and Aramis, her first specialty fragrance line for…