cosmetics industry

A brief biography of the energetic woman who founded The Body Shop with its line of cosmetics made from natural ingredients. Includes health and skincare advice.

Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the beauty industry in America, highlighting influential trends, developments, companies, products, and events that shaped the industry from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries.

Tells the story of how Annie T. Malone of Peoria, Illinois, became the first African-American woman to create a hair care company for African-American women, and describes her success, her struggles, and her philanthropy.

A biography of the businesswoman who was born in poverty on a Louisiana plantation, founded her own hair care business, and made more money than any woman, black or white, had ever made before in America.

A biography of the African-American woman who went from being a laundress to a self-made millionaire.

A biography of the African-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes.

Describes the life and accomplishments of Madam C. J. Walker, detailing how she created a hair care empire and helped African-Americans in the early twentieth century with her line of beauty and hair products.

Introduces the life of Madam C. J. Walker, who invented hair-care products for African Americans, founded factories and beauty schools, and organized one of the first national meetings of businesswomen in the United States.

A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success.

Presents a brief biography of Madam C.J. Walker, in simple text with illustrations, describing the life and times of this African-American inventor who created hair-care products for women.