Cosmetics

Di sebabkan aku jenis perempuan yang sukekan cosmetics, lalu terdetik di hatiku, untuk search tentang cosmetics ni. sbena nye aku da lame terfikir, just baru sekarang baru teringat. ngehngehngeh...

ok.. let's get started. first of all, we have to know first what is cosmetics. Cosmetics are anything applied to the face or body in order to improve your appearance. Cosmetics include anything from cold cream, hand cream, eye cream, astringent, after-shave lotion, suntan lotion, talcum, bath powder, body paint, solid perfume, bath oil, bath gel, hair dye, hair bleach, mouthwash, nail polish remover, mustache wax, facial pack, mud pack, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, cream rinse, hair mousse, styling gel, hair spray, shaving soap, shaving cream, shaving foam, depilatory, deodorant, antiperspirant and the usual facial makeup.

secare ringkasnye, kosmetik ni da lame wujud, sejak zaman firaun lagi da de. tapi aku bukan nak ketengahkan kosmetik zaman tuh, tapi nak ketengahkan cosmetics yg de sekarang. sejak bila bile brand2 or kosmetics ni naek.

Brief Timeline of Cosmetics

1900: Black entrepreneur Annie Turnbo begins selling hair treatments, including non-damaging hair straighteners, hair growers, and hair conditioners door-to-door.

1904: 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.

1909: French chemist Eugene Schueller develops the first safe commercial hair dye. In 1910, he names his company L'Oreal.

1905: 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.

1909: Florence Graham and cosmetologist Elizabeth Hubbard open a salon on Fifth Avenue in New York, which Graham will rename Elizabeth Arden.
Edna Johnson and Theresa Thomas
near a table holding up
cosmetics and smiling

1914: T.J. Williams founds Maybelline, which specializes in mascara.

1915: Lipstick is introduced in cylindrical metal tubes.

1922: The bobby pin is invented to manage short (bobbed) hair.

1932: 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.

1932: 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.


1933: A new method for permanent waving, using chemicals, which doesn't require electricity or machines, is introduced.

1935: Pan-cake makeup, originally developed to look natural on color film, was created by Max Factor.

1941: Aerosols are patented, paving the way for hair spray.

1944: A Miami Beach pharmacist, Benjamin Green develops sunscreen to protect soldiers in the South Pacific.

1958: Mascara wands debut, eliminating the need for applying mascara with a brush.

1961: Cover Girl make-up, one of the first brands sold in grocery stores and targeted to teens, is introduced by Noxema.

1963: Revlon offers the first powdered blush-on.

then, after that naek la brand2 len..dan evolusi kosmetiks bermule.