Faktor to człowiek, którego życie można opisać krótkimi słowami: konsekwencja, oddanie pracy i łut szczęścia. Na pierwszy plan wysuwają się jednak fachowość i kompetencje. Kolejne prace, których się imał, i etapy życia połączą się pod wspólnym szyldem Max Factor. Jego historia pokazuje, że małymi krokami, zdobywając doświadczenie powoli i wytrwale, można stworzyć markę tak wielką, że nazwisko twórcy zapisze się na zawsze w historii.

A Woman who doesn’t wear lipstick feels undressed in public

Kobieta bez szminki na ustach czuje się nago

I am only a creature who makes the court beautiful, and have no life to live myself. The only thing I wanted was to be free.

Zdunska Wola, 1877. A Jewish textile mill worker, Abraham Faktor and his wife, Cecilia Tandowski Faktor had 10 children, which, taking into consideration the high mortality rate among the working class was nothing unusual. It was also not unusual that children were sent to work as early as possible in order to enhance the family income.

When Cecilia died, leaving a very young family, Abraham had to work long hours in the mill, so his youngest son, Max was practically brought up by his elder siblings. Little is known about his schooling, Max might not have received a formal education however, it is certain that he started supporting his family at a very early age. This informal education included four very important steps that later proved to define his life and career, as separate pieces of a puzzle which together make up the whole picture of a complete man.