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Vaseline (/ ˈ v æ s ə l iː n /) [1] [2] [note 1] is an American brand of petroleum jelly-based products owned by transnational company Unilever. [3] Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, soaps , lotions , cleansers, and deodorants .
Chesebrough was told it was a nuisance, except when someone had a cut or burn; they found that if it was rubbed on an injury, then it would lessen the pain and make the injury heal quicker. He then trade-named the jelly as Vaseline. In 1875, he founded the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, a leading manufacturer of personal-care products.
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company (/ ˈ tʃ iː z b r oʊ /) [3] was an oil company, founded in 1859, which produced petroleum jelly under the brand names Vaseline [4] and Luxor. [5] Robert Augustus Chesebrough, a chemist who started the company, was interested in marketing oil products for medicinal use.
Vaseline’s petroleum jelly is made entirely of white petrolatum, which is a mixture of hydrocarbons (organic compounds found in nature or fossil fuels), she explains.
Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [1] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. [2]
For seven years now he had been shooting Cosmo's cover girls in slips and body stockings, push-up and padded bras, using masking tape, Vaseline, bobby socks, baseballs, and whatever else he needed ...
Still a Bayer trademark name for acetylsalicylic acid in about 80 countries, including Canada and many countries in Europe, but declared generic in the U.S. [5] Catseye Originally a trademark for a specific type of retroreflective road safety installation. [6] The IP belong to Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd. and was registered by Percy Shaw. [7 ...
Vaseline is a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly. Vaseline may also refer to: Petroleum jelly, called by the brand name Vaseline due to trademark genericization "Vaseline", a song by Elastica from Elastica; The Vaselines, a Scottish rock band