Timeline on Comestics

By:Santana Mahone

1900’s

Black entrepreneur Annie Turnbo begins selling hair treatments, including non-damaging hair straighteners, hair growers, and hair conditioners door-to-door.

1909

French chemist Eugene Schueller develops the first safe commercial hair dye. In 1910, he names his company L'Oreal.

1914

T.J. Williams founds Maybelline, which specializes in mascara.

1915

Lipstick is introduced in cylindrical metal tubes.

1922

The bobby pin is invented to manage short (bobbed) hair.

1932Charles and Joseph

Revson, nail polish distributors, and CharlesLackman, a nail polish supplier, found Revlon, which sells nail polish in a wide variety of colors.

1935

Pan-cake makeup, originally developed to look natural on color film, was created by Max Factor.

1941

Aerosols are patented, paving the way for hair spray.

1961 Cover Girl make-up, one of the

first brands sold in grocery stores and targeted to teens, is introduced by Noxema.

1963

Revlon offers the first powdered blush-on.