Beauty

Lancome Corporate Office

Lancome was founded by Guillaume d’Ornano and his business partner Armand Petitjean. The company originally sold only perfume and the name was chosen by d’Ornano’s wife, Elisabeth.

The company launched 5 fragrances at the World’s Fair in Brussels. Two years later, the company would create its first skin care product.

Lancome was acquired by Loreal in 1964 and quickly became the company’s leading luxury product.

Today, Lancome is known for its high-end fragrances, makeup, and skin care products.

Although co-founder Armand Petitjean insisted that the company never advertise, as a subsidiary of Loreal, the company heavily advertises in women’s publications.

In September 2022, the company announced that Latin artist Rosalia would be their new face and spokesmodel.

Lancome maintains a corporate office in North America in Westfield, New Jersey.

Lip Smacker Corporate Office

In 1973 Jess A. Bell Sr. created the first flavored lip balm in Strawberry, Lemon, and Green Apple flavors.

Bonnie Bell began manufacturing these lip balms under the Lip Smacker name in 1974, starting with the iconic Dr. Pepper flavored lip balm.

In 1987, the company began selling products internationally.

Lip Smackers makes lip balm in a variety of flavors, including most sodas (such as Dr. Pepper, Coke, and Sprite), along with fruit and candy flavors, such as Skittles.

In 1996, the company created a webpage and began selling its famous lip balm online. That same year, the company designed a top with a hole in them so lip balms could be attached to purses, key rings, backpacks, and gym bags.

In 2014, Swarovski partnered with Lip Smacker to produce three of their biggies, a larger version of a normal Lip Smacker, covered in over five hundred Swarovski crystals. The Swarovski Lip Smacker biggies are priced at $250 each, making them the most expensive lip product compared to the likes of MAC or Lancôme.

In 2015, Buddy Bell sold the family brands, Lip Smacker and Bonne Bell to Markwins International.

All Lip Smacker products are made in the USA.

While the infamous Dr. Pepper lip smacker has been discontinued, other soda favors, including Vanilla Coke and Fanta are still being sold.

Lip Smacker maintains a corporate office in Industry, California.

Vasayo Corporate Office

Husband and wife team Dallin and Karree Larsen created Vasayo in 2016. The company uses an MLM system to sell vitamins, supplements, and beauty products.

In 2019, the company was listed as one of the Top 50 Healthcare Companies by IFAH.

Vasayo states that their products go directly to the cells in the body, bypassing stomach acid.

The company is a multi-level marketing company, which means that sales associates not only earn money from selling products but from recruiting new sales associates.

Vasayo products are sold internationally as well. Current countries include China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, and Mexico. Vasayo products are sold in China via a cooperative agreement with Nu Life International.

The company recently introduced CBD oil-infused products, such as creams and tinctures.

The corporate office for Vasayo is located in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Function of Beauty Corporate Office

Zahir Dossa, Hien Nguyen, and Joshua Maciejewski founded Function of Beauty in 2015 after realizing that you could purchase customized makeup, skincare products, even custom earplugs, but when it came to shampoo and conditioner, clients had to make do with whatever was on the shelf.

Function of Beauty has clients fill out a questionnaire about their hair, then customizes shampoo and conditioner to fit a client’s special needs.

The company’s success has been nothing short of phenomenal. Just two years after founding, the company was valued at $110 million. This enables the founders to enjoy what they love most; flying.

Function of Beauty is also earth-friendly, making all plastic parts from recycled materials, caps are made from aluminum that is made to be recycled, and products are NOT tested on animals.

CEO Zahir Dossa admits that the product isn’t cheap, but it also is not made in China or Taiwan, but at a factory in Pennslyvania.

Function of Beauty maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

Billie Razors Corporate Office

Georgian Gooley had been using men’s razors for decades to avoid paying the “pink tax” that is typically applied to women’s razor and shaving products.

In 2017, Gooley and friend Jason Bravman decided to join the subscription razor marketplace, but make their company exclusive to women’s products.

Gooley stated in an interview that ” Instead of speaking to women in clichés and making them feel ashamed about their body hair, we wanted to celebrate womankind and reinforce that shaving is a personal choice, not an expectation.”

The company operates a subscription razor service where clients can order new razors and shaving products online and receive them as often as they wish (monthly, every quarter, etc.)

Gooley found it strange that most shaving ads show women with no hair. She introduced a marketing campaign called Project Body Hair, where women post real photos of their body hair, whether its a unibrow, underarm hair or wherever hair grows on their body. These pictures are being added to Unsplash, where they can be used by the public.

Procter and Gamble purchased Billie in January 2020 for an undisclosed amount.

The company still maintains a corporate office, at this writing, in New York, New York. It is unknown if the acquisition by Procter and Gamble will change this.