Cosmetic brands as their names appeared

1. Cover Girl (CoverGirl) is literally translated as "the girl from a magazine cover". The brand is founded in the 1960th year.

2. Shiseido: the name of the cosmetic brand is represented by two hieroglyphs: shi and necks - they from the Chinese "Book of changes" are taken. They can be translated so: "Read earth forces because it feeds and develops life". There are also other variants of translation of the name: "house of happiness", "one thousand wishes of happiness"...

3. The Oriflame is transferred from Latin as "a gold flame".

4. Lancaster: the cosmetic brand is based after World War II by the French businessman Georges Wurz and the Italian druggist Eugène Frezatti. Such name was taken in honor of the heavy Lancaster bombers on which the British RAF exempted France from fascists.

5. AVON: history says that having arrived to England, Deyvid McConnell (the founder of the company) visited Stratford on Avon, hometown of William Shakespeare. After visit of England the area around Suffern laboratory seemed to Deyvid similar to the rural landscape surrounding the hometown of Shekspira. And the name of the river on which the city is located became a name of the company over time. Avon is transferred from Celtic as "the current water".

6. – the first cream of the company from the Latin word "nivius" - "snow-white" was so called NIVEA.

7. Lancôme: Armand Ptijan (the founder of the brand) chose the easily said name by analogy with the Lancosme lock in the Central France. The letter "s" was replaced with a small badge over the letter "o" that also has to be associated with France.

8. Faberlic: Faber is a Latin word, oznachayuy "master", "master", "maestro". "Face" - Slavic - "face", "image".

9. L'Oreal: Eugene Schuller, the chemical engineer, in the 1907th year invented absolutely harmless hair-dye and called it L'Aureale ("Aura").

10. Revlon - it is founded in 1932 by Charles Revson, his brother Joseph and the chemist Charles Lakhman in honor of whom at the name of the company there is a letter "L".

11. Colgate: William Kolgate founded the company in 1806.

12. The Body Shop: Anita Roddick saw this name on signs in America, so in this country workshops of body car repairs are called.

13. DOVE – is translated from English as "pigeon".

14. Lumene
15. RoC: the name came from initial letters of a name and a surname of the owner of dermatological laboratory "Roge Cavailles" where cosmetics was created.

16. Menard: the company borrowed the name from the Greek mythology. The maenad — a name of the charming Greek goddess, companion of god of fertility and production, the exciting fun and winemaking, Dionysus called ancient Romans Bakhus, or Bacchus. To the company it was named by the founder and its current president of Daisuke Nonogawa.

17. RIMMEL: in 1834, on the fashionable street of London the Bond of the Street the father and the son of Rimmel, having moved from Paris by the invitation, opened own perfumery shop.

18. PAYOT: the doctor of NADIA PAYOT created the cosmetic brand for beauty shops.

19. GEHWOL: on the German pronunciation the name is translated as "Healthy Walking".

20. Yves Rosher: Yves Rocher - a name of the founder of the cosmetic brand.

21. ORLY: Jef Pink (founder) called the brand in honor of the wife.

22. Clarins: the ksmetichesky brand grew from small family business of family of Kurten-Clarins. Jacques of Kurten-Clarins, the founder of the company, liked to repeat a phrase: "Never sell a product - get the client".

23. Guerlain: the founder is Pierre-Francois-Pascal Guerlain (Guerlain).

24. Johnson & Johnson (J&J): the company is founded by brothers of Johnson (Johnson). Snachla it made sterile clothes for surgeons.

25. Clarins: founder of the cosmetic brand Christian of Clarins.