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 Dean Christal is an American entrepreneur and the founder and inventor of Olaplex.

Career
Christal grew up in the beauty business with his parents and brother having their own businesses in the field.

Christal started his career with a clothing company with his wife and after running it for a time span of 20 years, they moved on to hair. They launched Liqwd in 2009. Later, while doing stem cell research for a relative, Christal invented a silicone coating that would cover medical implants, he invented Olaplex. However, he needed to resolve issues and fine tune it. For that, he collaborated with Craig Hawker of University of California, Santa Barbara.

When Olaplex was completed, successful and patented, Christal, Craig and their third collaborator, Eric Pressly started developing it in Eric's garage. When the celebrity colorist, Tracey Cunningham, used it on Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez, she started to order for more and Christal and his team had to develop more on a daily basis which eventually resulted in an increased response and demand.

Christal's Olaplex is the world's frst and original patented hair-bonding treatment.