Personal care or toiletries is the industry which manufactures consumer products used for beautification and in personal hygiene.

Subsectors

Subsectors of personal care include cosmetics and feminine hygiene.

There is some small distinction between personal hygienic items and cosmetics, which are luxury goods solely used for beautification, but in practice such sundries are most often intermixed in retail store aisles.

Products

Personal care includes products as diverse as chapstick, cleansing pads and wipes, colognes, cotton swabs, cotton pads, deodorant, eye liner, facial tissue, hair clippers, lip gloss, lipstick, lotion, makeup, mouthwash, nail files, condoms, pomade, perfumes, personal lubricant, razors, shampoo, conditioner, talcum powder, shaving cream, skin cream, toilet paper, toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Hotel Application

Basic toiletries are offered at most hotels such as:

• small bar of soap - 1 for sink and 1 for bath
• disposable shower cap
• small bottle of moisturizer
• small bottles of shampoo and conditioner
• toilet paper
• box of tissue
• disposable shoe polishing cloth

Corporations

A few examples of the major corporations in the personal care industry, illustrating the great diversity in the industry, include:

Other corporations, such as pharmacies (e.g. CVS/pharmacy, Walgreens) primarily retail in personal care rather than manufacturing personal care products themselves.

See also

• Cosmetics
• Pharmaceuticals and personal care products
• Toiletry kit
• Sachet

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