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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 .
Vaseline – body lotion, shower gel, deodorant (Vasenol in Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Mexico) Vibrance – shampoo and conditioner; Vim (Middle East) Vinólia – soap (Brazil) Vitakeratin – hair treatment (Philippines) VO5 – hair care/styling (except the United States) White Beauty – skin lightening cream; Williams – men's ...
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.
Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum (/ ˌ p ɛ t r ə ˈ l eɪ t ə m /), 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]
A number of Irish food and drink products have been granted Protected Geographical Status under European Union law (applicable in the EU and Northern Ireland) and UK law (applicable in England, Wales and Scotland) through the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) regimes (although no TSG products from Ireland ...
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
Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), [a] is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. [4]
The following places in countries other than Ireland are named after places in Ireland. Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland. The following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place ...