Aloe Vera and Vaseline

Vaseline is mainly a petroleum product that was discovered by a twenty-two-year old inventor known as Robert Augustus Chesebrough. Vaseline is however, one of the products produced by Robert Augustus. Some of the products include skin lotions, soaps, creams, lubricants and cleansers. This product is generic in the Spanish and Portuguese countries where these products are known, as Vasenol. Robert Augustus was one of the founders of petroleum jelly mainly located at Brooklyn in New York. Robert used his scientific knowledge and skills to make a useful product from what most oil workers considered worthless. Based on the oil worker’s belief that the residue was capable of healing cuts, bruises, wounds and burns, he took a sample of it to his laboratory. There, he was able to produce a white petroleum jelly, which is known as Vaseline today after carrying out some practical tests with his workers. Learning that the product could be useful to other people, he found himself some of the necessary tools and equipment that he needed to progress with his production. Marketing was been carried out by some of the salespersons he had hired to distribute the orders all over New York and England. (Sherman J, p20)
Most of the Americans bought it at a very high rate because most of the households had accepted the product since it had no side effects. According to the medical practitioners, Vaseline prevented the skin from being rough, minimizes the probability nasal congestion from taking place and the cracking of the lips. Petroleum is also used in manufacturing other products such as production of detergents, coatings that are used in the storage of fruits, sprays for killing weeds and pests, making of paint, coolants for refrigerators and plastics for making carpets telephones and shoes. (Sherman J, p21)
A. Current Market Situation
Vaseline is the product that has proven to be the most effective product according to most of the users. This is because most of these

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