Top 10 Makeup Manufacturers:

We all know that Estee Lauder comes from America and L'oreal is from France but what about all the other brands? Well, here is the list of where all the big cosmetic manufacturer companies are from and who is worth the most!

As it turns out, from the top 100 cosmetic companies, America had the most with 34, France came second with 16, Italy had 11, Germany, 10; Japan, 9; the U.K, 6 and Russia, Switzerland, South Korea had 3 each while Brazil and Spain each had 2 each and Sweden with 1!

So now for the (drum roll please!) top 10 beauty manufacturers...  

1: L'oreal Group

Based in Clichy, France this mega manufacturer owns companies such as Lancome, Vichy, Maybelline and loads more just google and see for yourself.

2: Procter and Gamble
From Cincinnati in Ohio, this company owns main brands such as Max Mara, Olay, Pantene, Aussie and Max Factor as well as dozens more. 

3: Unilever PLC              
Situated in both London and Rotterdam this company which turned 80 in 2010 owns Sure, Dove and of course Vaseline among others.

4: Shiseido CO. LTD

This company from Tokyo which owns Shiseido along with Nars and several perfume brands includind Jean Paul Gaultier made $5.881 billion in sales in 2004.

5: The Estee Lauder COS. INC.

Based in New York this company owns dozens of subsidairies such as Tommy Hilfiger, Clinique, Bobbi Brown and Aveda.

6: Avon Products INC.

Avon which is from New York has several main brands and made $5.2 billion in 2004 sales, thats a lot of money!

7:  Beiersdorf AG 

Nivea, Atrix and Labello are all owned by this company from Hamburg, Germany along with others. Honestly I never knew this company existed, I thought Nivea was just Nivea but obviously not!

8: Johnson and Johnson  

From New Brunswick in New Jersey, (Jersey Shore anyone?!) this company owns big brands such as RoC, Clean and Clear, Neutrogena and ph5.5 and can I just say I don't know what my skin would do without them!

9: Alberto-Culver

I think we're talking hair care with this company from Melrose Park, Illinois because it owns VO5 and Tresemme and loads others that I've never heard of before!  

10: Kao Corp

Yep, this one is from Tokyo and its also big on its hair care products as it owns John Frieda, Frizz Ease and also Molton Brown so...

I hope that this has given you an insight to where your shampoo comes from cause I certainly found out loads I never knew before!   

 

For more mind-boggling facts visit this site: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3027409/Top-100-Cosmetic-Manufacturers

Its where I got all my info and its got some even better stuff on it too!