T-Beauty, or Taiwanese Beauty, refers to beauty products and routines associated with Taiwan.
According to NBC "Taiwanese beauty movement focuses on a simple, holistic approach to skin care by using high-quality, natural ingredients and techniques rooted in traditional Chinese medicine." [1] It is also influenced by Taiwan's warm climate with a resulting emphasis on hydrating and lightweight products. [2]
In general it includes four steps: cleanse, tone, moisturize and sheet mask. [1]
The Taiwanese cosmetics industry got its start doing contract manufacturing for Japanese firms like Shiseido and the Kao Corporation. [1]
In the 2000s Taiwanese companies began exporting products under their own name. [1] Early successful brands included My Beauty Diary, Annie's Way, and Maskingdom. [3]
Taiwan banned cosmetic testing on animals in 2016. [1]
In 2017 Taiwan exported $730 million worth of cosmetics. [1]
The Taiwan Beauty Alliance is an industry organizing group. [4]
The economy of Taiwan is a highly developed free-market economy. It is the 8th largest in Asia and 20th-largest in the world by purchasing power parity, allowing Taiwan to be included in the advanced economies group by the International Monetary Fund. Taiwan is notable for its rapid economic development from an agriculture-based society to an industrialised, high-income country. This economic growth has been described as the Taiwan Miracle. It is gauged in the high-income economies group by the World Bank. Taiwan is one of the most technologically advanced computer microchip and high-tech electronics industries makers in the world.
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Lush Retail Ltd. is a British cosmetics retailer which is headquartered in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1995 by trichologist Mark Constantine, his wife Mo Constantine and five other founders.
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Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of cosmetic products for use by humans.
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