Hazel Gladys Bishop
Personal Information
Born: 1906
Died: 1998
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Barnard College BA Chemistry 1929; Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons postgraduate classes in biochemistry
""The longer lasting properties that are obtained only in part through greater staining of the lips. They are also obtained in part by the pigments being embedded in a basic composition which adheres more tenaciously to the lips than was true in the old conventional formulas. Thus the smear-proof lipstick derives its color from pigment plus stain, rather than from stain alone. This is important because, without pigment, the lip application has a “thin water-colored” look which, in my opinion, is neither satisfactory or desirable to the American women." (cosmeticsandskin.com); ''Women should use makeup to accentuate their most attractive feature. After the age of 25 or thereabouts, personality becomes an increasingly more attractive feature.'' (nytimes.com); "Women have an insight and understanding of cosmetology a male chemist can never have. Does a man, for instance, know what happens to makeup under the hot beach sun?” (c250.columbia.edu); "
— Hazel Gladys Bishop
Professional Life
Field of Study: Chemistry; Cosmetics; Academia
Institution/Corporation: Exxon; Fashion Institute of Technology
Degrees & Memberships: Member: American Institute of Chemists; American Chemical Society; Society of Women Engineers; NY Academy of Sciences; Society of Cosmetic Chemists; National Board of the women's Medical college of Pennsylvania
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1957 Women of Courage Award, Assembly of Brooklyn Jewish Women's Organizations
Achievements: 1942 worked at Standard Oil Development Company designing fuels for airplanes during World War II; 1948 she & Alfred Berg established Hazel Bishop, Inc. to manufacture "No Smear Lipstick" a long-lasting lipstick she invented; after losing her company she became a consultant to the National Association of Leather Glove Manufacturers and developed "Leather Lav," a leather glove cleaner then founded H.B. Laboratories, Inc. to produce additional leather products*also developed a foot care product marketed by H.G.B. Products Corporation and in 1957 created a solid perfume stick called Perfemme;
1942 worked as an organic chemist for Standard Oil Development Company (now Exxon) designing fuels and discovered the cause of deposits affecting superchargers of aircraft engines
1930s developed a pimple concealer and mentholated tissues which never went to market
1951 became the first woman to appear solo on the cover of Business Week
attended college with the intention of becoming a doctor but the stock market crash of 1929 ended her academic career
lost control of her company in 1954 in a proxy fight with majority stockholders
1962 she became a stockbroker and financial analyst and was an expert regarding cosmetics stocks first with Bache and Co. (1962–1968), then for Hornblower & Weeks-Hemphill Noyes in 1967, and ultimately for Evans & Co. (1968–1981)
1978 became a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City
appointed to the Revlon Chair in Cosmetics Marketing in 1980 where she helped the school launch its Cosmetology, Fragrance, and Toiletries program
used bromo acid dyes to get her lipstick to last
after being ousted from her company she continued to make her own smudge-free lipstick at home for her personal use until her death