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A professor named William Henry Perkins was trying to formulate a cure for Malaria but instead, he instead created the first permanent hair dye. Surprisingly mauve! https://prose.com/blog/history-of-hair-color.php -
Sir Hiram Maxim patented the first hair curler on August 21, 1866. The hair culer was made to suport the beauty stabders of the time. https://www.k-state.edu/english/westmank/downton/curlingiron.hilton.html -
The first hair salon ever was created in 1888, by a women named Harper. She saved up all her earnings from being a servent to start her own hair salon named Harper Method Shop. https://www.ogleschool.edu/blog/a-history-of-beauticians/ -
Alexandre Ferdinand Godefroy, a French coiffeur inventeu patented the hair dryer's earliest ancestor. The contraption which would send hot air through a pipe to a dome surrounding the persons head.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/who-made-that-hair-dryer.html -
Charles Nestle in 1906 in England. His system involved combining the chemical process with the thermal process. While it was a fairly unwieldy machine, it was able to permanently curl the hair.https://glamourdaze.com/2018/03/a-history-of-the-perm-hairstyle.html -
In 1909 metal plates were introduced by Isaac Shero. The hot plates on this straightener were designed to move smoothly over the hair to not cause much damage.
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If the Shiseido Corporate Museum is a shrine, Ishii is its proud leader. His knowledge of the oldest cosmetics company in the world is staggering. Every object has a story, and Ishii doesn’t tire of telling them.
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It wasn’t until about the 1920s that highly visible cosmetics, such as red lipstick and dark eyeliner, reentered the mainstreamhttps://www.britannica.com/story/why-did-we-start-wearing-makeup -
The records of the National Cosmetology Association of Missouri, a disbanded branch of the world’s largest organization of salon professionals, contain organizational papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and photograph albums. Many of these records
document hair conventions and the branch’s participation during National Beauty Salon Week.https://files.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/C4180.pdf -
In the mid-1920s, actor Lon Chaney pioneered special effects makeup by creating his own looks for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom of the Opera, and many other films. The art of film makeup really began to take off with the popularity of monster movies in the early 1930s.
https://www.centralcasting.com/special-effects-makeup-in-film/#:~:text=History%20of%20special%20effects%20makeup&text=In%20the%20mid%2D1920s%2C%20actor,movies%20in%20the%20early%201930s. -
Known as Pancake makeup, it was first used in Vogues of 1938 (1937) and Goldwyn's Follies (1938), quickly becoming not only the film industry norm but a public sensation. http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Makeup-HISTORY.html#ixzz73wskU7KB -
The United States Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act is signed into law, requiring some safety substantiation of cosmetic products. This compels companies to begin testing their products on animals.https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/timeline-cosmetics-testing-animals -
Hairspray became common after the patent of the aerosol process and the making of the aerosol spray can. It was first packaged in 1948, as the beauty industry saw that the aerosol cans used in WWII for insecticides could be used as a dispenser for hairspray.https://www.chicagoaerosol.com/blog/posts/did-you-know-aerosol-hairspray-was-invented-in-1948 -
In the 1980's cosmetology became recognized as a serious profession and a smart career move for women and men who want to be financially independent. The modern era requires looks that are often difficult for the woman to achieve on her own.https://www.beautyschools.com/the-history-of-beauty-schools/ -
The first hair salon franchis started in 1998. Gary Robins started the franchis the name was supercuts.https://www.npr.org/2013/10/17/234929759/the-roots-of-franchising-took-hold-in-a-hair-salon-chain -
NikkieTutorials posted video of herself glamming half her face to show how she uses makeup to transform herself. People all around the world added to the trend of showing trasnforming makeup. https://www.glamour.com/story/the-power-of-makeup-instagram -
While the beauty industry may be in a relatively
stronger position than other consumer categories,
2020 will be one of the worst years. With the closure of premium beauty-product outlets because of COVID-19, approximately 30 percent of the beauty-industry market was shut down. https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Consumer%20Packaged%20Goods/Our%20Insights/How%20COVID%2019%20is%20changing%20the%20world%20of%20beauty/How-COVID-19-is-changing-the-world-of-beauty-vF.pdf -
Doing hair and makeup professionally involves face to face one on one contact the very thing that the entire world has been told to avoid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. For these freelance artists this makes their jobs and for many their primary source of income an impossibility. Now these professionals are left to find creative ways to keep their heads above water both emotionally and financially.https://www.allure.com/story/covid-19-freelance-makeup-artists-hairstylists -
Clients are screened for coronavirus symptoms, and they have to sign a waiver. Customers must arrive alone with washed hair and wait outside until contacted. Both stylist and customer must wash their hands after check-in.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-are-hair-salons-and-barber-shops-reopening-many-are-back-in-business-and-customers-should-be-ready-to-pay-covid-19-fees-wash-their-own-hair-and-skip-the-chit-chat-with-their-stylist-2020-05-29 -
The most bougie of all expensive brands is this one La Praire. Our research concluded that the price point of La Praire products is the highest.While the prices can go as high as $250 for this brand’s products.
https://www.brandedgirls.com/top-most-expensive-cosmetic-brands-in-the-world/