Inventors
Inventors
People
Hair
Time Periods
100

Marketed the first nail polish.

Charles Revson

100

A.K.A. Madame C.J. Walker. A pioneer of the modern black hair care and cosmetics industry. She sold her homeade treatment called "Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower". She also organized a convention for her Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists Union of America which was one of the first national meetings for businesswomen ever held.

Sarah Breedlove

100

Created by the ancient Egyptians from a mixture of ground galena, sulfur and animal fat.

Kohl makeup

100

In ancient Rome, haircolor was used by women to indicate

Class in society

100

During the ____________ women commonly used henna to add color to their lips and cheeks.

Egyptian era

200

Introduced the first permanent hair color product and founded a company called Clairol.

Lawrence Gelb

200

Invented the cold wave that used no machines or heat in 1938. The cold wave is considered to be the precursor to the modern perm.

Arnold F Willatt

200

The first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion and to use cosmetics as part of their personal beautification habits, religious ceremonies and preparing the dead for burial.

The Egyptians

200

The color that Roman noblewomen tinted their hair.

Red

200

Archaeologists believe that the practices of haircutting and hairstyling began sometime during the

Ice age

300

Invented the cold wave that used no machines or heat in 1938. The cold wave is considered to be the precursor to the modern perm.

Arnold F Willatt

300

Invented a heavily wired machine that supplied electrical current to metal rods around which hair strands were wrapped.

Charles Nessler

300

 what people tinted their nailed to show social statues?

The Chinese

300

The color that Roman middle-class women tinted their hair.

Blond

300

what time period did women use bleach to make their hair blond?

Renaissance

400

The individual credited with coining the term Day Spa is

Noel DeCaprio

400

Emigrated from Lodz, Poland to the United States in 1904 and by 1908 began making and selling to movie stars makeup that wouldn't cake or crack under hot studio lights.

Max Faktor

400

Farouk shami invented the worlds first ammonia free hair color in the what year?

1980s

400

The color that poor Roman women colored their hair.

Black

400

What ancient culture used the way a person looked naked as the basis for determine beauty?

Greek

500

The beauty icon who turned the hairstyling wold on its ear with revolutionary geometric cuts was

Vidal Sassoon

500

In 2003 ____________ introduced the first consumer oriented DVD to the professional salon industry in order to speak directly to the consumer.

Sebastian International

500

What term was coined by beauty legend Noel DiCaprio in the late 1980s?

Day spa

500

Which term refers to the variety of permanent waving and straightening services available for various hair types and conditions?

Texture services

500

During the ___ , women used beauty masks and packs made from honey, eggs, milk, oatmeal, fruits, vegetables, and other natural ingredients in accordance with the strict social mores of the day.

Victorian age 1837-1901