The Most-Loved Beauty Brands 2014

 #6. Avon

Avon is an American international manufacturer, established in the USA over 120 years ago. The history behind the famous brand is, it was discovered by a 28-year-old door-to-door bookseller, David McConnell. He exposed that the rose oil perfumes that he was giving away as an added customer incentive were the very reason women were buying his books.

It is then he decided to sell perfumes rather than books. Today, Avon is known for its glamorous style and fashion statements selling beauty care, household and personal care products with a brand value of $7,901 million.

#7.Lancome Products

Founded by Armand Petitjean, in France, Lancome has become the most well known brand in the market by offering unique and complementary skin care, make-up and perfume in more than 130 countries. Timely ambassadresses of this product were Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Penélope Cruz and now Emma Watson. They deal in products like foundation, skin care, hair care, eye shadow.

Their most famous products is mascaras, namely "Hypnôse", which contains a patented ingredient, "LR 2412", aimed to improve skin texture qualities.  They have a brand value of $4,088 million.

#8. Maybelline

It is one of the world’s leading cosmetic brands with a brand value of $2,921million. Maybelline was created by a 19 year old entrepreneur named Tom Lyle Williams in 1915. Williams noticed his older sister Mabel applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look. He adapted it with a chemistry set and produced a product sold locally called lash-in-brow-line. Williams renamed his eye beautifier Maybelline, in honor of his sister Mabel, who gave him the idea.

Maybelline cosmetics are used in more than 129 countries; today it offers a wide range of products such as lip-gloss, eyeliner, eye shadow, nail, mascara, best makeup foundation and much more.

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