Toni&Guy is an international hairstyling company that consists of salons, hair products, hairdressing academies, an Italian-style café chain, and specialized companies related to the salon business. The Toni&Guy hair design brand reflects current trends in fashion and style, emphasizing training, education, and innovative products. Known for their fashion-forward approach to styling hair, their salons are
George Ellis Johnson, born in Richton, Mississippi in 1927, founded the Johnson Products Company in Chicago in 1954. Johnson had worked as a chemist for the Fuller cosmetics company for 10 years before starting his own business with 500 dollars in borrowed money. The company represented part of a larger trend of growth in the
Since ancient times, natural and formulated substances have been used to care for and style hair. Products were designed as cleansers, treatments to regrow or remove hair, styling elements like stiffening agents, or beautifiers imparting shine, curl, or color. From shredded vegetables, to bear grease, to Dippity-do, hair care products run the gamut through shampoos
Bed Head is a line of hair, makeup, body, and nail products that transformed a playful insult into high fashion and sought-after name brand. Bed Head is known for catering to a hip, trendy, and modern customer. Its one-of-a-kind packaging and unforgettable product names have given Bed Head its reputation as a company pushing the
Anti-aging products are one of the most fundamental aspects of the modern beauty industry. While cosmetics often enhance or conceal physical features, anti-aging products and beauty techniques tend to take a more proactive—and oftentimes clinical—approach to beauty and health. While cosmetics have existed for at least seven thousand millennia, anti-aging techniques were traditionally tied to
In the communication field, the term “cultural product” refers to media artifacts such as books, newspapers, magazines, recorded music, films, television programs, and related audiovisual materials. “Cultural product” succinctly conveys the juxtaposition that renders these artifacts controversial: they express cultural values of societies that produce them, yet are economic goods created, distributed, and engaged by
Plastics products manufacturing workers mold, cast, and assemble products made of plastics materials. The objects they make include dishes, signs, toys, insulation, appliance parts, automobile parts, combs, gears, bearings, and many others. Thermoplastics, plastics that soften with heat and harden when cooled, were discovered in France in 1828. In the United States in 1869, a