Do You Know What The Names Of These Beauty Brands Mean?

NARS was named after it's founder, French photographer François Nars.

Maybelline was after Tom Lyle Williams' sister, Mabel, who gave him the idea after watching her applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look.

The name was inspired by the castle Le Château de Lancosme.

OPI was originally named Odontorium Products Inc., since it was a dental supply company that was later bought and turned into a nail polish brand.

NYX is named after the Greek goddess of night.

MAC stands for Make-up Art Cosmetics.

Yes, e.l.f. = eyes lips face.

Stila is derived from the Italian word "stilare," which can mean "to pen". Its founder, Jeanine Lobell, said that they sort of made up the word.

The name is derived from the scientific name for oat, Avena Sativa, which is one of the key ingredients in their products.

Essie was named after its founder, Essie Weingarten.

Miss Jessie was the paternal grandmother of Miko and Titi Branch, founders of Miss Jessie's Natural Hair Products.

It's a combination of its founder's last names: Charles Revson, Joseph Revson, and Charles Lachman (who contributed the "L").

Yup, WEN is "new" spelled backwards.

Sephora is a word made up by combining the name "Zipporah" (Moses' wife in the Book of Exodus), and the word "sephosis", a Greek term attributed to beauty and vanity.