Pond's

Pond's is an American brand of beauty and health care products, currently owned by Unilever.

Pond's Cream was invented in the United States as a patent medicine by pharmacist Theron T. Pond (1800–1852) of Utica, New York, in 1846. Mr. Pond created an extract from witch hazel [Hamamelis spp.] which he discovered could heal small cuts and other ailments. The product was named Golden Treasure. After Pond died, it would soon be known as Pond's Extract.

In 1849, the T. T. Pond Company was formed with Pond and other investors. Soon after, he sold his portion of the company because of failing health. He died in 1852. In 1914, the company was incorporated under the name Pond's Extract Company.

The company then moved to Connecticut, establishing its manufacturing center there. Later it moved its sales office to New York City.

In 1886, Pond's began to advertise nationally. It advertised under the name of Pond's Healing until 1910.

By the twentieth century, the company's main emphasis was selling cosmetics products. Pond's Vanishing Cream and the Pond's Cold Cream marked the entrance of Pond's products into the facial care industry. Today Pond's products are sold around the world. The largest markets are in Spain and in Asia, including India, Japan and Thailand.

By 1910, Pond's was a well-established brand among Americans. Concentrating mostly on their vanishing cream, the Pond's company began an ad campaign that would become popular because of the celebrities involved in it. Pond's Healing took a back seat to Pond's Vanishing Cream, as Pond's Healing and Pond's Cold Cream would be announced in small print under the Pond's Vanishing Cream advertisements.

By 1914, mentions of Pond's Healing were taken off the ads, and the Pond's company began to advertise Pond's Vanishing Cream and Pond's Cold Cream together, making sure to explain each cream's different purposes on the new ads. One such ad line read, "Every normal skin needs these two creams."