Star Nail International company primarily manufactures and markets manicure supplies and hand creams for use by professional cosmetologists. It also sells its nail items over the counter. Star Nail peddles its products under several brand names, including namesake Star Nail, All Season Nails, All Season Professional, Cina, Cina Pro, and Cuccio Pro. Typically manicurists and beauty schools request product samples from the company Web site before they buy. Products are also distributed through the Canadian company Image & Impact.

Murad, Inc. company was founded in 1989 by CEO Dr. Howard Murad. Murad wants you to love the skin you're in. As a skin care products manufacturer, the company's products portfolio includes cleansers, toners, hydration and skin protection products, supplements, and sunscreens. Murad's products are sold through the company's catalog and Web site, as well as through beauty supply stores (such as Sephora), salons, and spas in some 45 countries. In addition to topical skin applications, Murad launched the concept of "Internal Skincare," or the science of boosting skin health by taking nutritional supplements. It also boasts a Skin Scope, which uses ultraviolet light to indicate skin factors such as sun exposure.

P.H. Glatfelter Company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania. P.H. Glatfelter Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures specialty papers and engineered products in the United States and internationally. It offers book publishing papers for the production of hardbound books and other book publishing needs; carbonless and forms papers for credit card receipts, multi-part forms, security papers, and other end-user applications; envelope and converting papers for the direct mail market, shopping bags, and other converting applications; and engineered products for digital imaging, transfer, casting, release, postal, and playing card applications.P.H. Glatfelter products include food and beverage paper used for tea bags and coffee pods/pads and filters; composite laminate papers used in production of decorative laminates for furniture and flooring; and metallized products used in the labeling of beer bottles, inner liners, gift wrap, self-adhesive labels, and other consumer products applications, as well as a line of paper products used in batteries, medical masks, and other engineered applications. It serves customers in various markets, including book publishing, carbonless and forms, envelope and converting, engineered products, food and beverage, and composite laminates markets. The company sells its products directly, as well as through wholesale paper merchants, brokers, and agents primarily in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Founded as a pharmacy by Giovanni Battista Schiapparelli in 1824, Schiapparelli 1824 S.p.A. manufactures and distributes cosmetics and related items. The company's products include cosmetics, perfumes, tissues, and a line of dietetic products. Cosmetics and perfume brands sold through the company's Schiapparelli Pikenz operations include Blumarine, Parah, Gian Marco Venturi, and Annabella. The Nutritionals Schiapparelli subsidiary produces and distributes dietetic items including Euvita and Quid. Through financial group Clovis S.A., managing director Gianni Mazzola owns almost 30% of the company.

Justin Brands two-stepped away and returned to its cowboy roots. The footwear firm is most well-known as a manufacturer of western boots, but Justin Brands also makes and markets work, safety, and sports footwear. Its western boots come in a variety of exotic leathers, including lizard and ostrich. The company also caters to cowboys and fillies who want to learn more about the West and its culture. It publishes books on Western history and art and Native American culture through its Northland Publishing unit. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns the company alongside its other footwear firm, H.H. Brown Shoe.

Kalil Bottling has been all in the family since 1948. President George Kalil grew up learning the business from his father and grandfather. Today, Kalil oversees a company that serves Arizona and parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and west Texas, supplying retail customers with a variety of beverages. Among its offerings are thirst-quenchers such as AriZona teas, Arrowhead water, and Vernors ginger ale, along with more widely known brands, including Gatorade, Big Red, 7UP, Snapple, and Sunkist. The company operates out of its production facility in Tucson, Arizona, and operates four distribution warehouses -- one each in Tucson, Phoenix, and Flagstaff, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.

Thomas Pink designs, makes, and retails stylish upscale men's and women's clothing and their accoutrements in about 20 US locations. It boasts more locations from Europe to Asia. Thomas Pink operates the world's largest shirt shop on New York's Madison Avenue and has expanded its US presence when LVMH acquired the company outright in 2002. Additional US locations include Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Michigan, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington, D.C. Tapping into its feminine side Thomas Pink began making clothing for women in 2003.

B.J. Vines, aka Betsey Johnson, is a perennial favorite among women who are funky and consider themselves eclectic, and after some 30 years in the business, the eccentric designer and her company namesake are still going strong. Betsey Johnson clothes, shoes, fragrance, makeup, lingerie, legwear, and accessories are distributed through about 50 specialty stores of the same name and department stores worldwide. B.J. Vines has expanded its product offerings and operations through about a dozen licensing agreements. Having owned a majority of the firm, Johnson sold a controlling stake to Boston-based private equity firm Castanea Partners in August 2007.

Mary Kay Cosmetics Ltd., founded in 1993, represents one of Mary Kay's more than 30 international markets. The UK boasts more than 5,000 independent sales representatives who work full-time or part-time based out of their homes. These sales reps peddle Mary Kay products directly to customers at home parties or at work. Mary Kay's products include skin care, cosmetics, fragrances, nail polish, men's grooming products, and sunscreen.

Eagle Creek takes the lug out of luggage by making backpacks and other carrying bags that are designed for comfort. The company specializes in making outdoor backpacks, but it also makes and markets wheeled switchbacks and trunks, duffel bags, shoulder bags, and even money belts and wallets. Eagle Creek's Pack-It-System helps to organize and pack clothes and other travel items within a suitcase, backpack, or briefcase. Its products are sold through specialty luggage stores, outdoor shops, and department stores in the US and Europe. Employee-owned Eagle Creek was acquired by top jeans manufacturer and outdoor enthusiast V.F. Corporation in 2007.

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