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Pantene
Pantene is a hair-care brand that began in Switzerland in 1945, built around panthenol, a pro-vitamin B5 discovered by Swiss researchers and the source of the brand's name. Procter & Gamble has owned it since 1985, after acquiring…
ghd ("good hair day") is a hair-styling brand from Leeds, England, founded in January 2001 after its founders bought the rights to a straightening iron from a South Korean inventor. Its first product, the ghd Styler, made the company a…
Mamonde is a Korean beauty brand created by Amorepacific in 1991 and named after the French phrase "Ma Monde," meaning "my world." It centres on flower-derived skincare, pairing botanical extracts such as rose, chamomile, hibiscus and…
L'Oréal
L'Oréal is a French beauty group founded in 1909 by Eugène Schueller, who started out selling hair dye. Today it is the largest cosmetics company in the world, based in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, and organised into consumer, luxury,…