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Annie Tumbo starts to sell hair products
Black entrepreneur Annie Turnbo begins selling hair treatments, including non-damaging hair straighteners, hair growers, and hair conditioners door-to-door. -
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Maxfactor sells nn crack makeup
Max Factor migrates from Lodz, Poland, to the United States, and four years later to Los Angeles, where he sells make-up to movie stars that does not cake or crack. -
Sarah Mcwilliams sells hair grower
Sarah McWilliams begins to sell a hair grower door-to-door. After she married Charles J. Walker, she became known as Madam C.J. Walker and incorporated her company in Indianapolis in 1911 -
Schueller developes safe hairdye
French chemist Eugene Schueller develops the first safe commercial hair dye. In 1910, he names his company L'Oreal. -
Elizabeth Hubbard opened a salon
Florence Graham and cosmetologist Elizabeth Hubbard open a salon on Fifth Avenue in New York, which Graham will rename Elizabeth Arden. -
T.J williams found maybelline
T.J. Williams founds Maybelline, which specializes in mascara. -
Lipstick is invented
Lipstick is introduced in cylindrical metal tubes. -
Bobby pins invented
The bobby pin is invented to manage short (bobbed) hair. -
Lauwrence Gelb starts a company called Clairol
Lawrence Gelb, a New York chemist, brings home from Paris a hair color product that penetrates the hair shaft, and starts a company called Clairol. He opens a company named after the product, Clairol. In 1950, he introduces Miss Clairol Hair Color Bath, a one-step hair coloring product. -
charles and Joseph Revsojn starts selling nail polish
Charles and Joseph Revson, nail polish distributors, and CharlesLackman, a nail polish supplier, found Revlon, which sells nail polish in a wide variety of colors. -
Permanent waving non-electrical
A new method for permanent waving, using chemicals, which doesn't require electricity or machines, is introduced. -
Pan-cake makeup developed
Pan-cake makeup, originally developed to look natural on color film, was created by Max Factor. -
Aerosols are patented
Aerosols are patented, paving the way for hair spray. -
Sunscreen is made
A Miami Beach pharmacist, Benjamin Green develops sunscreen to protect soldiers in the South Pacific -
Mascara wands made
Mascara wands debut, eliminating the need for applying mascara with a brush. -
Cover-girl makeup introduced
Cover Girl make-up, one of the first brands sold in grocery stores and targeted to teens, is introduced by Noxema. -
Powder blush-on
Revlon offers the first powdered blush-on.
