Why do people buy them?
*People like to feel confident and perfect so they use cosmetics to make themselves look beautiful.
*They feel pressured to buy cosmetics when they see the perfect models advertising it.
*People can hide their pimples and other non aesthetically pleasing things on their face.
*A study by the university of the Basque County shows that the humans that use cosmetics buy them mostly for emotional reasons.
*They feel pressured to buy cosmetics when they see the perfect models advertising it.
*People can hide their pimples and other non aesthetically pleasing things on their face.
*A study by the university of the Basque County shows that the humans that use cosmetics buy them mostly for emotional reasons.
How many employees does the cosmetic industry hire?
Scientific surveys say Australia employs approx. 18 375 people each year.
How much money do they make each year?
The cosmetic industry in Australia approximately makes 6 billon dollars each year!
How much does the cosmetic industry pay the employees?
Starting out as $15-$20 per hour depending on experience. But if the factory is in a third world-country they are payed way less.
What are some of the biggest companies?
1. Proctor and Gamble. 2. L'oreal. 3. Unilever's. 4.Avon. 5. Johnson and Johnson. 6. Revlon
History of cosmetics
Ancient Sumerian people were possibly the first to invent and wear lipstick around 5000 years ago. They made it by crushing gems and using them to decorate their faces mostly on eyes and lips. The ancient Indus Valley Civilization put red tinted lipstick to their faces for decoration. Ancient Egyptians extracted red dye from a lot of types of chemicals but they made them extremely sick. You can see on the pictures of ancient Egyptians that they are wearing wearing cosmetics such as eyeliner. Also the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans wore cosmetics too. It says in 2 Kings 9:30 in the Old Testament of the bible it mentions Queen Jezebel applying cosmetics to her face and in the book of Esther it describes beauty treatments. Cosmetics were also used in ancient China and Japan where they made cosmetics out of natural products e.g.they used moisturizer made out of fungus.