Max Factor, Sr.

Max Factor, Sr. (* 1870s in Zduńska Wola or Łódź as Maksymilian Faktorowicz; † August 30, 1938 in Beverly Hills, California ) was a Polish- American cosmetics entrepreneur.

Life

Maksymilian Faktorowicz was born in 1872 or 1877 as a Jew in the then Russian-occupied Poland in or near Lodz. Even as a nine year old boy, he worked for a wig maker and Estheticians; As a teenager he completed his training in Berlin and Moscow. He quickly became the official cosmetics consultant of the imperial family and the Royal Opera.

Early 20th century, emigrated with his family to the U.S., he demonstrated his skills in his new home in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

In 1908 he moved to Los Angeles and founded the company Max Factor & Company. Since 1991, It is one of Procter & Gamble.

For the local film industry, he developed from 1914 special agents who carried the bill differing from the theater requirements, and quickly became famous as a beautician of the stars, the term make-up was through him popular. He created waterproof mascara, lip gloss invented in 1930 and 1937, the so-called Pan - Cake Makeup.

Others

• The criminal Andrew Luster is one of his heirs.