Personal care or toiletries is the industry which manufactures consumer products used in personal hygiene and for beautification.
Video Personal care
Subsectors
Subsectors of personal care include personal hygiene and cosmetics.
There is a distinction between personal hygienic items, which are necessities, and cosmetics, which are luxury goods solely used for beautification. In practice, such sundries are often intermixed in retail store aisles.
Maps Personal care
Products
Personal care includes products as diverse as cleansing pads, colognes, cotton swabs, cotton pads, deodorant, eye liner, facial tissue, hair clippers, lip gloss, lipstick, lip balm, lotion, makeup, hand soap, facial cleanser, body wash, nail files, pomade, perfumes, razors, shaving cream, moisturizer, talcum powder, toilet paper, toothpaste, facial treatments, wet wipes, and shampoo.
Hotel application
Typical toiletries offered at many hotels include:
- small bar of soap
- disposable shower cap
- small bottle of moisturizer
- small bottles of shampoo and conditioner
- toilet paper
- box of facial tissue
- face towels
- disposable shoe polishing cloth
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
- Cologne
- Personal maid/servant
Corporations
A few examples of the major corporations in the personal care industry, illustrating the great diversity in the industry, include:
- PZ Cussons
Other corporations, such as pharmacies (e.g. CVS/pharmacy, Walgreens) primarily retail in personal care rather than manufacture personal care products themselves.
See also
- Cosmetics
- Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- Toiletry kit
- Sachet
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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