Nail Polish
Nail polish can be traced back to at least 3000 BC. The Chinese found ways to use gum arabic, egg whites, gelatin, and bees wax to create varnishes and lacquers for the nails. The Egyptians used henna to stain their fingernails.Nail color often represented social class. During the Chou Dynasty, (circa 600 BC) gold and silver were the royal colors. Later, royalty starting wearing black or red nail color. Lower ranking women were only permitted to wear pale tones. Wearing royal colors without the rank was punished by death.
Modern nail polish is a actually a variation of car paint.
Max Factor Makeup
Max Factor is often called the father of modern makeup.
Q-Tips
Cotton swabs under the brand name of Q-Tips were invented in 1923 by a Polish-born American named Leo Gerstenzang.
Hair Related Innovations
Hair dyes, products and styling appliances.
Underarm Deodorants
The original formulation for Mum deodorant was invented in 1888, by an unknown inventor from Philadelphia and is generally recognized as being the first ever commercial product to prevent odor.
Suncreens
Chemist Eugene Schueller invented the first sunscreen in 1936.
Noxema
In 1914, a skin cream was invented by Baltimore pharmacist George Bunting. The name of the skin cream "Dr. Bunting's Sunburn Remedy" was changed to Noxema after a customer swore that the cream had knocked out his eczema.
Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
Vaseline petroleum jelly was patented on May 14, 1878.
