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Founded in 1959 in a garage in Queens, New York, [3] Conair started out by selling hair rollers and then hair dryers. It continued to expand, and became a public company in 1972, but then went private again after a leveraged buyout in 1985. [4] It was owned by the co-founder and chairman Leandro Rizzuto until his death in 2017.
[4] [5] [6] There are five principal tools used for hair straightening without chemical treatment: Straightening comb (also known as a hot comb) which applies heat to the hair. [7] Hair irons (flat iron) apply heat directly to hair. For shorter hair, a flat iron with heating plates that are around 0.5 to 1 inch wide are used.
historical image of hair irons (top) A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the arrangement of the hair using heat. There are three general kinds: curling irons, used to make the hair curl; straightening irons, commonly called straighteners or flat irons, used to straighten the hair; and crimping irons, used to create crimps of the desired size in the hair.
A hot comb (also known as a straightening comb or pressing comb) is a metal comb that is used to straighten moderate or coarse hair and create a smoother hair texture. [1] A hot comb is heated and used to straighten the hair from the roots. It can be placed directly on the source of heat or it may be electrically heated. [2]
The "Turk's head" brush design (top) prevents the stem coming into contact with the surface being cleaned. A Turk's head brush is a type of cleaning brush where the bristles are arranged covering the end of the stem as a half-sphere, so that the end of the stem does not come into direct contact with the surface being cleaned, especially when cleaning the inside of a cylindrical object.
Three plastic toothbrushes. A toothbrush is a special type of brush used to clean the teeth, gums, and tongue.It consists of a head of tightly clustered bristles, atop of which toothpaste can be applied, mounted on a handle which facilitates the cleaning of hard-to-reach areas of the mouth.
The Basil Brush Show is a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox Basil Brush. [1] It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 27 September 2002 to 25 December 2007. The show is a spin-off from the original 1960s–1970s BBC television series, but without any of the original cast. [2]