Ella Marie Cohen Beauty Co. (Rimmel London)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryCosmetics
Founded1834
FounderEugène Rimmel
Headquarters
London
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Bernd Beetz (CEO)
Productscosmetics
ParentCoty
Websiterimmellondon.com

Rimmel (commonly known as Rimmel London) is a British multinational cosmetics brand, now owned by parent company Coty. The House of Rimmel was founded by French-born British cosmetics entrepreneur Eugène Rimmel in 1834, in Bond Street, London. [1]

With creative success with these products, Rimmel London began creating products such as pomades and mouth rinses. Today, the brand is one of the world's most popular make-up producers.

Marketing and spokesmodels

Rimmel's company motto is "Get the London Look". The faces of Rimmel were Kate Moss,[2] Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lily Cole, Ayumi Hamasaki,[3] and ITV's Holly Willoughby.

In October 2009, it was announced that Jerry Hall, Georgia May Jagger, and Canadian supermodel, Coco Rocha, were set to join to the line up of spokeswomen.[4] Within days of Rocha's first campaign release, Rimmel announced that they had signed Zooey Deschanel, Solange Knowles, and Alejandra Ramos Munoz would help the brand launch into the global marketplace.[5] In 2013, Rimmel announced their collaboration with British singer, Rita Ora, for makeup collections.[6] In 2016, Rimmel named British model Cara Delevingne as one of the faces of their brand.[7]

Ads featuring Moss and Jagger were banned from British magazines and television after the Advertising Standards Authority found them to be misleading as the ads used false lashes.[8] In 2021, Rimmel announced Adwoa Aboah as the global activist for the brand. She would be the face of major beauty campaigns for the year.[9]

International

Rimmel products are available in pharmacies and supermarkets in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Greece, and the United States.[10]

References

  1. ^ "A brief history of Rimmel | Beauty | the Guardian".
  2. ^ "Kate Moss and Rimmel: an exclusive collection for 15 years of collab". LadyFirst. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  3. ^ "浜崎あゆみ、英国ナンバーワンメークブランドの顔に | 日テレNews24". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  4. ^ "Rimmel London add Georgia May Jagger and Coco Rocha to their roster while Rocha cooks at home". Sassybella.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. ^ Costello, Brid (5 March 2010). "Zooey Deschanel and Solange Knowles Tapped by Rimmel". Wwd.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Rita Ora Confirms Rimmel London Collection". MTV. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  7. ^ "CARA DELEVINGNE IS NOW THE FACE OF RIMMEL". Elle South Africa. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  8. ^ "Adjudications - Advertising Standards Authority". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  9. ^ "Rimmel London Taps Adwoa Aboah as a Global Activist for the Brand". Beauty Packaging. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  10. ^ "Promotions : Rimmel London". Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-11-08.

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