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Summary
Overview
Chemical engineer Azar Moayeri immigrated with her family from Iran to Vancouver and, finding only chemical-based hair removal products available, began formulating Canada's first all-natural hair removal product from her home kitchen; the family got involved and Parissa was born.
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Timeline
History
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Range
Signature products
Wax Strips
first-ever ready-to-use Wax Strips on the market in North America↗
Organic Sugar Wax
Legs & Body Organic Sugar Wax - $21.99 USD↗
Hot Wax
salon style waxes like sugar wax, hard wax and warm wax↗
Warm Wax
salon style waxes like sugar wax, hard wax and warm wax↗
Persian Cold Wax
Company manufactures and markets Parissa and Persian Cold Wax products↗
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Formulation & philosophy
Ingredients & philosophy
Parissa centres body positivity and natural, non-toxic at-home hair removal, aiming to empower people to feel positive in their own skin whether they remove their hair or not.
Pine ResinCane SugarBeeswaxGum RosinCanola OilCastor Seed OilChamomile ExtractVitamin E
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References
Sources
T1 primary · T2 secondary · T3 note- [1]T1parissa.comhomepage
- [2]T1parissa.com/pages/our-storyhistory
- [3]T2parissa.com/pages/our-valuesphilosophy
- [4]T2parissa.com/pages/cruelty-freesustainability
- [5]T2parissa.com/pages/parissa-buildingsustainability
- [6]T2parissa.com/pages/natural-ingredientsingredients
- [7]T2parissa.com/pages/sustainable-packagingsustainability
- [8]T2parissa.com/pages/media-coveragepress
- [9]T2parissa.com/blogs/how-to-guides/history-of-parissahistory
- [10]T3newsfilecorp.com/release/153811/Global-Success-Local-Roots-Parissa-Celebrates-40-Years-as-The-Worldwide-Leader-in-Natural-Hair-Removalexternal_other
- [11]T3iawfoundation.org/community/azarmoayeri/profile/external_other