Hey, makeup junkies! You may know how to apply blush to suit your face shape and where to find Maybelline coupons online, but I betcha don’t know these wild beauty facts!
There are 20,000 pores in the average female face.
America’s number on best-selling cosmetics product is Maybelline GreatLash Mascara. The stuff in the pink and green tube has topped this list for more than a decade, and the Maybelline company estimates that a tube is sold every 1.6 seconds!
Cosmetics company Elizabeth Arden was founded by a woman named Florence Graham.
Avon was the first major cosmetics company to announce a permanent end to animal testing of its products in 1989.
In 1926, Q-Tips made their debut on the American market under their original brand name: Baby Gays.
Helena Rubenstein began her career doing film makeup, and she sparked a national sensation for mascara when she used it on silent film star Theda Bara, who was the first movie star to appear onscreen in mascara.
The first UVA/UVB sunscreen was invented by Coppertone in 1980.
American women spent 5.5 billion dollars on drugstore skin care products in 2010.
Baltimore pharmacist George Bunting invented a skin cream called “Dr. Bunting’s Sunburn Remedy” in 1914, but changed the name to Noxema after customers began reporting that it eliminated eczema.
If you knew these facts, give yourself a pat on the back and print off some of these Maybelline coupons – you’ve earned them!
