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The company was founded in 1960 by Jheri Redding and Paula Kent, thus the name, "Red-ken."Redken pioneered the "Scientific Approach to Beauty," and revolutionized the professional salon business by introducing the concept of protein reconditioning and developing new protein based products, which they patented.
Spray-on hair was one of the products pioneered by Ronco in the 1980s, under the name "GLH-9" (Great Looking Hair Formula #9). [2] The product "was popular in the 1990s with 30-minute infomercials for the product on late-night cable TV", [ 3 ] and the Ronco version sold over a half million cans. [ 3 ]
The event is now known as the International TrendVision Award, or ITVA: a global hairdressing competition. [ 7 ] In 2003, Wella was acquired by Procter & Gamble (P&G), purchasing 77.6% of the company for $3.4 billion and paying a total of $5.7 billion including shares, [ 8 ] further expanding the group's beauty portfolio across Eastern and ...
He invented the first ammonia- free hair color, after developing an allergy to the chemical that initially led doctors to encourage him to leave his profession. [ 2 ] His company, the Houston-based Farouk Systems, currently employs 600+ people in the US, and exports its line of hair and skin care products under the BioSilk, SunGlitz and ...
During World War II, the company's name changed to National Industries, Inc., and factories were converted to manufacture non-haircare-related items for the war effort, including aircraft gun turrets, electric motors and radar equipment. After the war, National Industries shifted back to producing personal care products.
The author. "I’ve had people tell me it 'disgusts' them to see interracial couples," she writes. "They’ve told me they don’t understand why Black neighborhoods look so 'ghetto.'"
Hair styling powder, often regarded as a modern innovation, can actually trace its origins back to the late 16th and early 17th century, powdered substances, such as starch or flour, were employed to enhance wigs and natural hair, [2] during the reign of Henry IV of France. [3]
It is made of multi-layered keratinized (dead) flat cells whose rope-like filaments provide structure and strength to it. The protein called keratin makes up most of its volume. A cross section of the hair shaft may be divided roughly into three zones. Hair fibers have a structure consisting of several layers, starting from the outside: