FORM 8-A
                                
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

       FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                
                                
                       CONAIR CORPORATION                
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      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     Delaware                                               11-1950030   
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(State of incorporation                                  (I.R.S. Employer 
or organization)                                       Identification No.)

 150 Milford Road
East Windsor, New Jersey                                      08520   
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(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


         Title of each class               Name of each exchange on which
         to be so registered               each class is to be registered
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   Class A Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value        New York Stock Exchange
             


     If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities 
and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please
check the following box. [  ]

     If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities 
and is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a 
concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant 
to General Instruction A.(c)(2), please check the following box. [  ]


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                               None     
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                         (Title of class)


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Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
              CLASS A COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE

              The information required by this Item 1 is incorporated herein 
by reference to the information contained in the section entitled "Description 
of Capital Stock - Common Stock" in the prospectus forming part of the 
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-90648) under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 27, 1995, as such Registration Statement may be amended from time to
time.

Item 2.  EXHIBITS.

         1.   All the exhibits required by Instruction II to Item 2 will be 
              supplied to the New York Stock Exchange.







                           SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.









Date:  May 2, 1995                        CONAIR CORPORATION
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                                          By: /s/ Richard A. Margulies 
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                                              Name:  Richard A. Margulies
                                              Title: Vice President