Knowra L'Oréal L'Oréal L'Oréal is a French multinational beauty company founded in 1909, known for developing, manufacturing, and marketing cosmetics, hair products, and related services.
Eugène Schueller : Eugène Schueller was a French chemist who founded L'Oréal in 1909. His hair-dye formula and business launched the company.
Hair dye : Hair dye is a product that changes hair color using temporary, semi-permanent, or permanent formulations. Schueller's early hair-color products formed L'Oréal's original business.
Hair care : Hair care comprises products and practices for cleansing, conditioning, styling, and treating hair. L'Oréal sells hair-care lines for home use and salons.
Animal testing in cosmetics : Animal testing in cosmetics uses animals to assess the safety of ingredients or finished beauty products. L'Oréal ended finished-product animal testing in 1989 and develops alternative methods.
L'Oréal Paris : L'Oréal Paris is L'Oréal's mass-market beauty brand, selling cosmetics, hair care, and skin care. It is the company's flagship consumer brand.
L'Auréale : L'Auréale was the name of the hair-coloring product Eugène Schueller launched before naming his company L'Oréal. The product name preceded and inspired the company's name.
Skin care : Skin care comprises products and practices intended to cleanse, protect, or improve the skin. Skin care is a major category across L'Oréal's divisions.
Episkin : Episkin is a L'Oréal-developed technology that produces reconstructed human skin models for research and safety testing. It provides a non-animal testing approach developed within the company.
Lancôme : Lancôme is a French luxury cosmetics and perfume brand owned by L'Oréal. Its acquisition expanded L'Oréal's luxury beauty business.
French cosmetics industry : The French cosmetics industry comprises companies producing beauty, fragrance, and personal-care products in France. L'Oréal grew from a French beauty trade into a global corporation.
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