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4 unusual facts about cosmetics


Cosmetics

The main directive in the European Union affecting the manufacture, labelling and supply of cosmetics and personal care products is Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Eyeshade

Cosmetic products which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.

Kozmetika

Kozmetika (Serbian Cyrillic: Козметика; trans. Cosmetics) were a Serbian New Wave/art rock band from Belgrade, notable as one of the pioneers and promoters of New Wave music and culture in Yugoslavia through their youth magazine Izgled.

Pears soap

He completed his apprenticeship in 1789, established a barber's shop in Gerrard Street in Soho and began to produce cosmetic products.


Alloxan

Primo Levi in his novel The Periodic Table in chapter Nitrogen considers pythons as a source for alloxane on behalf of a lipstick producer but he is turned down by the director of the Turin zoo because the zoo already has lucrative contracts with cosmetics companies.

Alrashed Sahoubah

Bani Sahoubah was well known as skilled in the arts, crafts and cosmetics and as influential mystics of Lurianic Kabbalah.

An Angel's Choice

Choi Eun-seol (Choi Jeong-yoon) is a researcher at a cosmetics company and a young married woman who is cheerful, lively and very curious.

Animals, Men and Morals

The book contains essays by Ruth Harrison on factory farming; Muriel Dowding, founder of Beauty without Cruelty, on furs and cosmetics; Richard D. Ryder on animal testing; and Terence Hegarty from the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments on alternatives.

Black Devil Disco Club

A new record, Circus, is scheduled to be released April 11, 2011, and features Nancy Sinatra, Afrika Bambaataa, Faris Badwan (the Horrors), YACHT, Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion), Aja Emma (Cosmetics), CocknBullKid, Nancy Fortune, and Nicolas Ker (Poni Hoax).

Bluemercury

Bluemercury carries a variety of beauty products for men and women from over 100 brands including Laura Mercier, La Mer, Diptyque, Bobbi Brown, and Oribe, as well as the Beck's private cosmeceutical line M-61 Laboratories.

Buchs, Aargau

The largest employers are the Chocolat Frey AG, the Jowa bakery and the Mibelle AG cosmetics manufacturer, all of them belonging to Switzerland's largest retailer Migros.

Carlene LeFevre

She has worked as an elementary school teacher, aerobics instructor, and a Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman.

Change Myself

At the same time, her song "I'm Lovin' You" (a duet with Exile vocalist Atsushi) started airing in commercials for Shiseido's Maquillage cosmetics line, featuring actress Juri Ueno.

Charles Scribner's Sons Building

Declining business forced the Scribner's Bookstore to relocate to a lower-rent district in New York before it was acquired by Barnes & Noble, Inc. The building has subsequently housed Brentano's bookstore, a Benetton clothing store, and presently Sephora, a cosmetics retailer.

Dania Ramirez

She has recently been added to the roster of models for CoverGirl Cosmetics.

Detoxification foot pads

In April, in response to questions from the Associated Press, an FDA spokeswoman said regarding the agency's investigation of the claims made for Kinoki foot pads that "basically, when we open up a case it means that the violation might be in terms of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, such as when (product makers) make false, misleading claims."

Etidronic acid

Etidronic acid (INN) or 1-hydroxyethane 1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) is a bisphosphonate used in detergents, water treatment, cosmetics and pharmaceutical treatment.

Etos

Etos stores are supposedly composed by four elements Earth (health, from vitamins to medicines), Water (bodycare, from shampoo to toothpaste), Fire (beauty, cosmetics, fragrance, face care) and Air (presents).

Genevieve Atkinson

When Adam Newman (Michael Muhney) sells cosmetics line Beauty of Nature off to the highest bidder, Jack was planning on becoming the highest bidder and winning the line, however, Genevieve's bid, from her holding company FMN, becomes the highest and she becomes the owner of Beauty of Nature.

Georgette Mosbacher

Georgette Mosbacher (née Paulsin; born January 16, 1947 in Highland, Indiana) is the CEO of Borghese, a cosmetics manufacturer based in New York City, and a fundraiser for the United States Republican Party.

Glabridin

It is used as an ingredient in cosmetics and is listed in International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI).

Guilherme Leal

He is the co-chairman of the Board of Directors of, and owns a 25% stake in, Natura, Brazil's leading manufacturer and marketer of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products.

Hans Fróði Hansen

Hans Fróði Hansen (born 24 August 1975 in Leirvík, Faroe Islands) is a retired football player and now manager from the Faroe Islands, who had started a second career as Fashion- and Beauty advisor under the name Hans F. Hansen of Scandinavia.

Hi no Ataru Basho

The b-side, "Koisuru Kisetsu", was used in an Elleseine cosmetics commercial and served as opening theme to the TV Tokyo program Break Beats.

In Praise of Cosmetics

In Praise of Cosmetics is the title given to Max Beerbohm's article in the first edition of "The yellow book" published in 1894.

Ingrid Vandebosch

Seeking new opportunities in modeling, as well as film and theatre, she later moved to New York City where she became the "face" of Artistry, a cosmetics line owned by Quixtar, a sister company of Amway.

Jean Michel Karam

In this context, he launched the skincare brand IOMA, a collaboration between technology experts and dermatology and cosmetics specialists, of which the previous president of Thierry Mugler, Véra Strubi, presently a member of the board of directors.Today, Karam is Chairman and CEO of both MEMSCAP and INTUISKIN/IOMA.

Jennifer Flavin

Flavin is also the co-founder of Serious Skin Care, a company which sells beauty treatments and cosmetics via the Home Shopping Network.

José Carlos Semenzato

The conglomerate, which has been restructured as a holding named FranHolding has other franchising chains, such as the Instituto Embelleze, in the area of professional education in cosmetics, NumberOne Idiomas, in the area of idioms teaching, and Ricardo Almeida, a clothing fashion school.

Karsanbhai Patel

Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (b. 1945, Ruppur, Mehsana, Gujarat) is an Indian industrialist, founder of the Rs. 2500 crore (USD 500 mn) Nirma group with major interests in detergents, soaps and cosmetics.

Kermesite

Kermesite or red antimony has been used as early as the Old Kingdom’s 6th Dynasty in ancient Egypt (c. 2345–2181 BCE) in lip cosmetics and in the 18th Dynasty Queen Hatshepsut (Maatkare) (1498–1483 BCE) negotiated with the Land of Punt for its colored antimony deposits.

Lana Ogilvie

She was the first non-white model to be given a contract with the CoverGirl cosmetics brand, frequently being paired with Rachel Hunter.

Lucy Ratcliffe

Lucy won the competition, receiving a modelling contract with Models 1 in London, a cosmetics campaign with Ruby & Millie Cosmetics, and a fashion spread in B Magazine.

Magdalena Wróbel

Wróbel has worked for fashion designers and cosmetics companies such as Bill Blass, Christian Lacroix, Comme des Garçons, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Guy Laroche, Marithé François Girbaud, Valentino and others.

Martin Buber

Buber was a direct descendent of the prominent 16th century rabbi, Meir Katzenellenbogen, known as the Maharam of Padua, as was his cousin, cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein.

Mecia Simson

She received a contract with top modelling agency Models 1, a cover and six page spread in Company Magazine, and became the face of a Max Factor cosmetics campaign as her rewards for winning the competition.

Nilo Haq

Haq's first beauty role was in Toronto, Canada at Faces Cosmetics as a makeup artist, soon after which she was hired by MAC Cosmetics in Toronto in May 2005.

Pink Ribbons, Inc.

When Haley was approached by Self magazine and cosmetics company Estée Lauder in 1992 to use her ribbons in a breast cancer awareness campaign she refused, because she had no desire to be part of a commercial effort.

Roger Touhy

He is best remembered for having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John "Jake the Barber" Factor, a brother of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor, Sr. Despite numerous appeals and at least one court ruling freeing him, Touhy spent 26 years in prison.

Sharon Newman

As she continues regaining control of her life, an incident where Sharon saved Summer (a model, for Jabot Cosmetics) from an inequitable fashion photographer prompted Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) to secure her a job at Jabot to mentor younger models.

Shea nut and butter production in Burkina Faso

The export earnings were boosted due to shea butter’s use in cosmetics (for lotions, creams, soaps and other products) by well-known firms such as L'Oréal, The Body Shop and L'Occitane en Provence.

Stiftung Warentest

In April 2004, a facial cream marketed by German actress Uschi Glas received a devastating rating, because the cream caused pimples and rash for people with sensitive skin, and the producer sued the foundation.

The Fuller Brush Girl

Ball plays a quirky door-to-door cosmetics salesperson for the Fuller Brush Company.

Two Guys

Bernard Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, began his retail career when he convinced the Hubschmans to let him operate the cosmetics concession at a Two Guys store in Totowa, New Jersey.

Wallisdown

Local industries include Parvalux Electric Motors on Wallisdown Road, the UK's largest fractional horsepower motor manufacturer, next to cosmetics and healthcare giant Procter & Gamble.

Wild Young Hearts

"Wild Young Hearts" is currently used in commercials for Unilever's Simple brand of skin cosmetics.


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