Hair In The 20th Century Essay

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From the 1900s all the way up to the 2000s, there has been many variations of different hairstyles that were in style during that time. There was short, there was long, there was wavy, there was straight, the list goes on. Hair is a form of art in some people's eyes that some use as their own canvases so there will always be room for something new when it comes to hair. During these times volume is usually always a major key in the hair world back then. First, i wanted to talk about the industry of hair products in the 20th century in europe. Schwarzkopf, the first hair shampoo was created and founded an created by Hans Schwarzkopf, the shampoo was actually in a powder form. People would use bars of soap to wash their hair before this invention. …show more content…

In 1909 he founded his company Société Française de Teintures Inoffensive Eugène Schueller, a youns pour Cheveux. In 1920 it was still a small business, but around 1950 he had 100 chemists employed in his factory. In 1966 the company expanded to United States and was selling 14 millions dollars yearly. Clairol, This company started his activities in 1931 with a young American chemist and his wife, Lawrence and Joan Gelb, who chose that name regarding a line of products for hair coloring that they found in France, acquiring their rights of commercialization. Joan Gelb offered his products in person to the beauty salon, and thanks to their good quality they could compete with the most important brand at that time, Roux. In 2004 the company had commercialized products by 1,600 millions dollars. Last but not least, Revlon, with an initial investment of 300 dollars, in 1932 the brothers Charles and Joseph Revson and their partner Charles Lachman, who had created a formula for waxing the nails which promised long time of permanence-, founded the company Revlon. In 1940 they were also selling lipsticks, and in 1960 they were between the top cosmetic companies in the

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