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    Pears Glycerin soap is a British brand of soap first produced and sold in 1807 by Andrew Pears, at a factory just off Oxford Street in London. It was the...
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    kind) for Pears in 1865. In 1882, Barratt recruited English actress and socialite Lillie Langtry to become the poster-girl for Pears soap, making her...
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    Barratt was born in London. He married Mary Pears, the eldest daughter of Francis Pears, the head of A. & F. Pears. He consequently entered the firm in 1865...
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  • now known as Unilever, in 1899. Lux Soap was introduced to America in 1925 by the Lever Brothers. It was a white soap packaged in pastel colors designed...
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    Lifebuoy is a British brand of soap marketed by Unilever. Lifebuoy was originally, and for much of its history, a carbolic soap containing phenol (carbolic...
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  • Andrew Pears was an English man, born around 1770, who invented transparent soap. He moved to London in 1789 from his home in Mevagissey, Cornwall, where...
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  • dark red complexion. The Bath will not render it white'. A series of Pears Soap advertisements also took the fable as its theme, depicting a black child...
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    the 19th century, soap businesses were among the first to employ large-scale advertising campaigns. Thomas J. Barratt was hired by Pears to be its brand...
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    became famous when it was used over many generations in advertisements for Pears soap. During Millais's lifetime, it led to widespread debate about the relationship...
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  • products and salons Lifebuoy soaps and handwash range Liril 2000 soap Lux soap, body wash and deodorant Nature Protect Pears soap, body wash Pepsodent toothpaste...
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