I am inspired by Mary Kay Ash. I remember doing hair at the Hilton for her gems. That was many years ago, wow.
Jheri Redding was my mentor in the early 1990’s. He was the brains behind Redken. Paula Kent Meehan and Jheri Redding founded Redken, now owned by L’Oreal.
Paula Kent Meehan and Redken in this vintage commercial. I wish they still had the old formulas, like P.P.T.
Alberto-Culver was one of the “iron fists” in the beauty industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto-Culver
More history about the founding father of Avon Cosmetics.
L’Oreal was founded by Chemist, Eugène Schueller.
Clairol was founded by Chemist, Lawrence M. Gelb. Back in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Clairol was famous for back door hair coloring, as in no-one knew. lol When Lawrence died, the sons took over but less the passion!