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- James Albert Markham (December 22, 1943 - ) is an American hair stylist and serial entrepreneur, who has founded four hair care companies– Markham Products, ABBA Pure and Natural, PureOlogy Serious Colour Care, and, most recently, ColorProof Color Care Authority. He was also celebrity stylist Jay Sebring's protege and successor of Sebring International after Sebring was murdered by the Manson Family. Markham is known for advancing the Sebring cutting technique and introduced a generation of men to a new way of cutting and caring for their hair in the early 1970s, which emphasizes cutting hair in the direction it grows, daily washing and conditioning, and blow-drying. By 1973 Markham had improved upon the concept and took it nationwide over the next decade, coining the technique The Markham Method. Under his men's hair care line, Markham Products, he personally trained and certified thousands of barbers and stylists as Markham Style Innovators. The stylist's client list included many notable celebrities including Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Peter Lawford, Wolfman Jack, among many others. He also taught film producer and celebrity hairstylist Jon Peters the Sebring method. Markham is known in the hair care industry for his innovative products in both the men's and women's markets, and he has won many awards for his contributions to the beauty industry. With his third company, ABBA Pure and Natural, he was the first-to-market with natural-based, vegan hair care products that qualified under PETA's guidelines to be vegan and cruelty-free and was permitted usage of PETA logo symbols. With PureOlogy, Markham pioneered the sulfate-free movement. Sulfate-free has become an industry standard in hair care, beauty and personal care products. With ColorProof, Markham has continued to lead the industry with innovation including professional hair care that are hypoallergenic, silicone-free and fragrance-free for color-treated hair. Markham's focus continues to be developing clean, non-toxic, environmentally-friendly and vegan products. Over the last several years, Markham and his wife, Cheryl Genis Markham, his partner in his last three companies, have devoted themselves to numerous charitable organizations. Markham served as a technical consultant under Nancy Haigh, set director for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Markham's hybrid memoir/entrepreneurial guide was released in February 2020. (en)
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- James Albert Markham (December 22, 1943 - ) is an American hair stylist and serial entrepreneur, who has founded four hair care companies– Markham Products, ABBA Pure and Natural, PureOlogy Serious Colour Care, and, most recently, ColorProof Color Care Authority. He was also celebrity stylist Jay Sebring's protege and successor of Sebring International after Sebring was murdered by the Manson Family. Markham is known for advancing the Sebring cutting technique and introduced a generation of men to a new way of cutting and caring for their hair in the early 1970s, which emphasizes cutting hair in the direction it grows, daily washing and conditioning, and blow-drying. By 1973 Markham had improved upon the concept and took it nationwide over the next decade, coining the technique The Markham (en)
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