Established in Grasse by Albert Sittler, Molinard has been in operation for five generations. The signature for Molinard is in its fragrance. From innovations in chemistry, to personalized perfumes, Molinard has maintained its reputation as a fine…
E. Virgil Neal was involved in many, sometimes fraudulent businesses, and in order to escape some of his bad investments, Neal created a cosmetics company, To-kalon. The business would later get rid of the hyphen in its name, and became, "Tokalon."…
Founded in 1978 by Gianni Versace as a luxury fashion brand, Versace released its first perfume in 1981. Following death of Gianni Versace in 1997, the company was run by his family. Versace sold to Michale Kors Group in 2018, but still maintains the…
Gabrielle Chanel opened her first fashion house in Biarritz, France after her success designing womenswear in 1915. Six years later, Chanel released the famous Chanel No. 5, and just three years after that, its first makeup line was created. The…
1946 is the first registered patent for the self-illuminating compacts manufactured by Venus Ray. The Venus Ray compacts were briefly produced and sold. The exact end date of their production is unknown.
The details of how French cosmetic company, Dorin, came into being are a mystery, but Marguerite Brunet is credited with launching the enterprise in 1780 because of her close relationship with Queen Marie-Antoinette. She and King Louis XVI chose…
In the development of personal hygiene, deodorant became more popular than perfume for controlling body odor. The idea of controlling body odor was created through marketing targeting an insecurity people may have about how they smell, further that…
DUO eyelash adhesive pioneered a new formula of eyelash adhesive developed to be more gentle on the eyelid as well as easier to be removed. It was produced originally by the Knomark company, but was then acquired in 1957 by Revlon. DUO eyelash…
In 1933, Marjorie A. Birk patented strip eyelashes. Her design attached the eyelashes individually to a strip of material rather than have a large application band. This innovation was applied to the New York manufactured, Ey-Teb eyelash models.…