About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Avon Products, Maybelline, Estee Lauder Companies, Mary Kay, Revlon, Eyes Lips Face, Max Factor, Burt's Bees, CoverGirl, V. Vivaudou, Alberto-Culver, Love Cosmetics, Clinique, Aveda, Charles of the Ritz, Stila, Richard Hudnut, Bonne Bell, Clarisonic, Lentheric, SkinCeuticals, NARS Cosmetics, Germaine Monteil, Timeless Secret, The Campana Company, American Yvette Company, Carol's Daughter, Urban Decay, Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., Sexy Hair, PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics, Johnson Products Company, Artistry, Origins, Gurwitch Products, Avlon Industries, Bumble and bumble, Ben Nye Makeup Company, Pureology, Nexxus. Excerpt: Mary Kay, Inc. is a privately-held company that sells skin care and cosmetics products. Mary Kay World Headquarters is located in Addison, Texas, United States, a Dallas suburb. Mary Kay Ash founded Mary Kay Inc. on Friday, September 13, 1963. Richard Rogers, Mary Kay's son, is the executive chairman, and David Holl is president and was named CEO in 2006. The company's original nine skin care products are based on a recipe from a tanner, whose skin was said to be much smoother and clearer than his age would indicate thanks to having experimented on his face with using some of the products he had been using to tan hides. Some years later, Mary Kay encountered these products, in the form of various creams that the man's daughter had developed from his original formula, and began using them herself. She later purchased the formula from the family and used it in her skincare line. In the United States, roughly 200 products are currently available from the company. In other countries, fewer products are available, because they are reformulated to meet local laws or, more commonly, consumer preferences. For example, makeup for Asian markets is sometimes much whiter than European makeup, while African...