1. Timeline on Comestics By:Santana Mahone

2. 1900’s Black entrepreneur Annie Turnbo begins selling hair treatments, including non-damaging hair straighteners, hair growers, and hair conditioners door-to- door.

3. 1909 French chemist Eugene Schueller develops the first safe commercial hair dye. In 1910, he names his company L'Oreal.

4. 1914 T.J. Williams founds Maybelline, which specializes in mascara.

5. 1915 Lipstick is introduced in cylindrical metal tubes.

6. 1922 The bobby pin is invented to manage short (bobbed) hair.

7. 1932 Charles and Joseph Revson, nail polish distributors, and CharlesLackman, a nail polish supplier, found Revlon, which sells nail polish in a wide variety of colors.

8. 1935 Pan-cake makeup, originally developed to look natural on color film, was created by Max Factor.

9. 1941 Aerosols are patented, paving the way for hair spray.

10. 1961 Cover Girl make-up, one of the first brands sold in grocery stores and targeted to teens, is introduced by Noxema.

11. 1963 Revlon offers the first powdered blush-on.