|
The Product Trivia hasn't been researched yet - if you would like to research it please email info (at) industryplayer.com
|
|
|
During the reign of Catherine de Medici in France perfumes flourished. Catherine brought her own perfumer, Rene le Florentin from Italy, with her. His laboratory was connected with her apartments by a secret passageway, so that no formulas could be stolen en route. Napoleon spent exorbitant amounts for perfume. Two quarts of violet cologne were delivered to him each week, and he is said to have used sixty bottles of double extract of jasmine every month. Josephine had stronger perfume preferences...
|
|
|
There was little development until the 18th century when doctors, dentists and chemists starting creating new formulae including brick dust, crushed china, cuttlefish and even sugar. By the end of the 18th century Borax was being added to create a foam. The poor could not afford these compounds and used their fingers and rubbed with bicarbonate of soda.
|
|
|
Victorians claimed to abhor makeup, associating it with prostitutes. Women in the 19 th century liked to be thought of as fragile ladies. They compared themselves to delicate flowers and emphasised their delicacy and femininity. They aimed always to look pale and interesting. Paleness could be induced by drinking vinegar and avoiding fresh air. Sometimes ladies discreetly used a little rouge on the cheeks, but make up was frowned upon in general especially during the 1870s when social etiquette...
|
|
|
The Product Trivia hasn't been researched yet - if you would like to research it please email info (at) industryplayer.com
|
|
|
In Connie Francis' 1959 song, "Lipstick on Your Collar," lipstick was the giveaway that her boyfriend had been untrue. According to a 1996 survey by Shisedo Cosmetics, Tokyo, 87% of American women admit to having left traces of lipstick in unwanted places. By 1908, it was okay for women to apply lipstick at the table during lunch at a restaurant. It was not okay to apply lipstick at dinner!. The average woman consumes 4-6 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime. A connection has been made between lipstick...
|
|
|
Tip #1: Skip the lash comb. They're really just fussy. Instead, remove excess mascara by wiping the wand on a tissue, eliminating the blobs BEFORE you start. Tip #2: Try a clean mascara wand. Sweep a clean, fresh mascara wand through lashes when they're wet. Don't worry, you don't have to buy them. When you finish a mascara, clean the wand in a capful of eye makeup remover, then wash with soap & dry. Keep it clean by washing it whenever you wash your makeup tools. Tip #3: Skip the coloured mascara...
|
|
|
The Product Trivia hasn't been researched yet - if you would like to research it please email info (at) industryplayer.com
|
|
|
Purified Water. Guar Gum. Vegetable Glycerin. Glycerol Stearate. Patchouli. Sandalwood Essential Oil. Lavender.
|
|
|
From 1820 onwards the need for diapers increased as the Industrial revolution meant that people could buy household furniture and saw the need to protect it. By the late 1800s both American and European babies were wearing a square of linen, cotton flannel or stockinet folded and held in place by safety pins. The first mass produced cloth diapers were introduced by Maria Allen in 1887 in the USA.
|
|
|
If desired, the potash could be further refined by baking in a kiln to produce a less impure form of potassium carbonate, known as pearlash for its pearly white colour. The refined potash was in increasing demand in Europe for use in the production of glass and ceramic goods. American hardwoods, besides being more abundant, are said to have provided a higher yield of quality potash than European wood. In some parts, potash receipts became a common form of currency...
|
|
|
Hair is actually dead material when it leaves its root - otherwise it would hurt very much when your hairdresser works with his scissors. On a normal scalp there are about 100-150 thousand hair fibres. A blonde head of hair has usually much more fibres than red or dark haired heads. Hair consists mainly of keratin, which is also responsible for the elasticity of fingernails. A single hair has a thickness of 0.02-0.04mm, so that 20-50 hair fibres next to each other make one millimetre. Hair...
|
|
|
It wasn't until 1979 that the FDA concluded that sunscreens could help prevent skin cancer, and developed the first rating system for SPFs. In 1985, alarmed at the growing incidence of skin cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) became the first medical society to start a public education skin cancer campaign, warning the public about the dangers of overexposure to the sun. In 1988, the AAD held a consensus conference on photo aging and photo...
|
|
(US)
