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Cosmetics sales in Moscow contribute to 20% of the total Russian perfumery and cosmetics market. The Moscow market is estimated at $1.5 bln in 2006. The majority of cosmetic companies work in Moscow or have there representative offices in the Russian capital. Moreover both local and international establishments choose Moscow region to construct their production sites.
Moscowites buy more cosmetic products than their compatriots in the regions. For example, 48% of Russian people use hair colorants. In Moscow the colorants consumption rate is 55.8%. In hair styling segment the situation is the same. 27.8% of people living in Moscow (46.1% of women and 7.2% of men) purchase mousses and styling gels, while only 20% of Russians (33.5% of women and 3.8% of men) regularly apply hair styling.
The majority of cosmetics manufacturing is located in Moscow and Moscow region. For example, SM-Michel, one of the key Russian make-up products manufacturer, is located in Podolsk city. Art-Visage, another celebrated colour cosmetics producer, us located in Zelenograd. Tubapak launched a tube manufacturing in Krasnogorsk in 2005. Magrav makes its products in Dedovsk
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