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The development of hair-styling products, particularly setting sprays, hair-oil and hair-cream, influenced the way hair was styled and the way people around the world wore their hair day to day. Women's hairstyles of the 1950s were in general less ornate and more informal than those of the 1940s, with a "natural" look being favoured, even if it ...
In 1948, Chase Products became the first company to package hair spray. Hair spray became very popular in the 1950s due to its ability to keep hair in place and prevent hair from falling out of a styled look. [4] Famous Hair Products. Bear's grease made from bear fat and marrow had been in use as early as the 11th century as a baldness remedy.
In the 1950s, Al Capp's comic strip hero Fearless Fosdick (a spoof of Dick Tracy) endorsed Wildroot Cream-Oil in a popular series of print advertisements, presented in comic strip form. [16] In the ads, Fosdick battled his nemesis Anyface, a murderous scoundrel who could mold his pliable face into any form of disguise.
Advertising that "every woman is different," by the 1950s, the shampoo was available in three expressions, color-coded for easy identity: [1] D (red label) "For Dry Hair" O (yellow label) "For Oily Hair" N (blue label) "For Normal Hair" In 1963, Breck was sold to Shulton Division of American Cyanamid, a chemical company based in New Jersey.
Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. was an American cosmetics and beauty parlor products [1] firm based in Chicago. The company acquired a hair-coloring line through the acquisition of a competitor business. Later the retailer diversified into the field of personal care products, manufacturing Degree, among other items. [2]
Aqua Net was invented by the Rayette Company of St. Paul, Minnesota [3] in the 1950s. [7] Rayette was founded by chemist Raymond E. Lee [8] in 1935, and specialized in professional hair care products including shampoo and hair coloring as well as curlers, dryers, rollers, brushes, and hairnets. [8]
Conk hairstyle. The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. [1] This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer called congolene, an initially homemade hair straightener gel made from the extremely corrosive chemical lye which was often mixed with eggs and potatoes.
E. F. Young Jr. (July 13, 1898 [1] [2] – May 4, 1950 [3]) was an American businessman in Meridian, Mississippi, who built a business related to services, such as barber shops and beauty shops. He also manufactured and sold hair care products developed for African Americans. Young manufactured products in Chicago, Illinois, and Meridian.