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S.B.Fuller

By Sonja Mack | Published July 28, 2010 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

One of the early powerhouses in the haircare industry was S.B. Fuller who established the Fuller Products Company on the Chicago’s Southside in 1936. By 1947, he scored a coup when he purchased Boyer International Laboratories, a white cosmetics manufacturer that sold products such as Jean Nadal Cosmetics and a tonic called H.A. Hair Arranger. By the 1950s, Fuller developed a sales force of 5,000 that reportedly sold haircare and cosmetics to white and black customers. He became the first African American member of the National Association of Manufacturers. (Image: S.B. Fuller, Black Enterprise, August 1975)

One of the early powerhouses in the haircare industry was S.B. Fuller who established the…