When the Great Depression hit in 1929, the business struggled, and in 1931, Earl died, leaving Prudence to take charge.

For the next 18 years, she managed the company, gradually building on its foundation as a technical magazine with broad international readership.

They purchased The American Perfumer magazine in March 1960, which doubled the size of the company, and also resulted in the formation of Allured Publishing Corporation.

The next generation of Allureds had arrived when Stan's daughter, Nancy, joined the company in November 1972.

Over several years, The American Perfumer editorial had been making a transition from the essential oils trade where it had originally started to deal with the technology of cosmetic product.

In 1988, Jean and Janet planned the launch of Skin Inc. magazine, and Nancy became publisher of Cosmetics & Toiletries.

A Cosmetics & Toiletries audit classification job category "estheticians" emerged in the late 1980s.

After some investigation, it became clear that there was room in esthetics, also known as the professional (salon) skin care industry, for a magazine.

After establishing the brand within the spa and salon industry, Jean left the company in 1994 to pursue other interests, and a member of the magazine's start-up team became publisher.

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