Who was Max Factor (Sr.)?

"Max Factor (15 September 1872 – 30 August 1938), born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-Jewish businessman. Founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, he largely developed the modern cosmetics industry and popularised the term make-up in noun form based on the verb."




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1. @Max Factor International
2. @Lifetime TV
3. @About (dot) com
4. The Man Who Made the Faces Up By Mary Tannen @ NYTimes
5. Making Up Hollywood by Sasha Archibald @ Cabinet Magazine
6. @WiseGeek