In his honor, she established the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Choose an Estée Lauder @set with perfumes, creams or other beauty care essentials. Mix and match your favorite Estée Lauder products and give your friends or loved ones a gift they’ll appreciate. In 2012, the company launched AERIN Beauty, a luxury lifestyle beauty and fragrance brand inspired by the signature style of its founder, Aerin Lauder.
The price of these cosmetics makes them available to a very specific clientele. Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, another subsidiary of genifique, is an exclusively priced line of beauty products developed by Bobbi Brown, a world-renowned makeup artist. Estee Lauder acquired Bobbi Brown Cosmetics in 1995, just four years after it’s founding in 1991.
Brand acquisitions began with an investment in the Toronto-based M•A•C Cosmetics in 1994, which the company then acquired in 1998. Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, designed by the celebrated makeup artist, was acquired in 1995, as was La Mer – along with the original recipe for its supreme luxury product, Crème de la Mer, containing the nutrient-rich Miracle Broth™. The company ventured into its first hair care and holistic beauty brand with Aveda in 1997. The renowned fragrance house Jo Malone London was acquired in 1999. There are cult favorite skin care products, and then there’s Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair.
Eventually, when she launched her perfume empire with her husband, she added an accent mark to make her name look French and began pronouncing it the way her father had in his Hungarian accent. ESTÉE STORIES Behind the scenes of our brand, & the inspiration that brings it to life.
After more than 76 years in the skincare biz, it’s safe to say the pros in the laboratory at Estée Lauder know what they’re doing. And it’s also safe to say their cult-favorite Advanced Night Repair Serum is the brand’s pièce de résistance. From there, her formulas gained traction across the country and then the world. Between creams with velvety, luxurious textures and scents with impeccable, balanced notes, Lauder was rightfully seen as a pioneer in the beauty space. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, she was lauded as a master of her craft, earning prestigious awards like the Spirit of Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Estée herself quickly became the face of the brand, growing it through valuable interactions with customers. The brand skyrocketed to international fame by introducing new and exciting products in skincare, makeup and fragrance, always with women’s needs in mind. It’s not the first time companies have sent their products to the space station. The hotel brand Double Tree sent up its famed chocolate chip cookies and Pizza Hut delivered pizza back in 2001 on a cargo ship.
“NASA is at the forefront of space exploration, and as a leader in skincare innovation, Estée Lauder is proud to support the incredible work NASA is doing to promote a space economy by being the second-ever commercial product to launch.” ELC is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. After years of operating her cosmetics business, Lauder made it official in 1946 by forming the corporation that still bears her name today. She and her husband were the entire company at the time, and they offered only a handful of products. They were also making these items using the kitchen of a former restaurant.