Sharriewilliams
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The Maybelline Story
http://www.maybellinebook.com/
I'm the great niece of Maybelline founder, Tom Lyle Williams and author of The Maybellne Stoy. My Blog expands the book by showing original Maybelline ads from 1915 to the sale of the company in 1967, as well as Maybelline family photo's and interesting stories.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 681 )
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History of Mascara
Alanna Martine KilkearyOur Beauty P.I. series is where Makeup.com editor Alanna delves into the history of various makeup products — where they originated from... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Thomas Lyle Williams Sr (January 19, 1896 – September 26, 1976) Was an American...
Thomas Lyle Williams was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, in 1896 to Thomas "TJ" Jefferson and Susan Williams.[2] In 1912 he married Bennie Gibbs, with whom he ha... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline, Cosmetic Queen for Over a Century
Maybelline products, mounted on a card, and placed on display racks, for easy accessibility, was the brain child of Maybelline's marketing man, Rags Ragland,... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Featured Hollywood Star Loretta Young in Glamorous 1950 Glossy Ads
Loretta Young, Maybelline's Hollywood Madonna, a symbol of beauty, serenity, and grace. But behind the glamour and stardom was a woman of substance.Nobody... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Vintage Beauty Trick Taken to a New Level. Sensory Deprivation the Ultimate in...
Evelyn relaxing at her new home in West Los Angles, California, 1938.Relaxation is a Beauty Secrets.After Evelyn and Bill followed Tom Lyle to California he... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
"Dream Wild Ride"...Maybelline Story Reads Like the Best Fiction but with Real...
REVIEW... From the Midwest through Chicago and Hollywood, we follow a path strewn with scandals, jealousies, triangles and betrayals. Read more
Posted on 13 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Vintage Maybelline Beauty Trick, Homemade Mud Pack for Healthy Skin
Nana in 1917 at 16 years old. All my young life, Nana preached about having beautiful skin. "Sharrie," she'd say "the first thing people notice is your eyes... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Tea Bags for Puffy Eyes a Vintage Miss Maybelline Beauty Trick That Still Works
When Nana was a young girl, in 1915, she like most young ladies of her time, read a movie magazine called Photoplay, that revealedBeauty Secrets of the Harem, s... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
103 Years of Maybelline Ads Show How Little Has Changed in beauty...The...
while trends and looks superficially change, nothing has really changed fundamentally in beauty. Women still want lush lashes and brows and perfect skin 103... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Provided an Inexpensive Eye Beautifier That Mirrored the Glamour of...
1933 Maybelline Ad.Maybelline founder, (1915,) Tom Lyle Williams, believed awoman’s greatest asset was her ability to capture a man’s imagination through her... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Read How a Fluke Turned into a Simple Product, and How It Turned into an...
The Maybelline Story starts a century ago and takes you though the interesting life of founder Tom Lyle Williams and his fascinating family as he climbs his... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
A Tale of Real People Finding Themselves, Dreaming Big and Never Giving Up.
One reason I read is to learn from the experience of others. This is why I loved the Maybelline Story (that and the exciting American history backdrop in Chicag... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Mascara Or False Lashes, What's the Popular Cosmetic Drug of Choice
$8.1 billion worth of mascara was sold last year and while Maybelline is still the number one mascara in the world, smaller cosmetic companies are not... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Was America's First Mascara, 1915. Eugene Rimmel's, European, Mascaro...
Let's Set the Record Straight Cosmetics and Skin http://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/bcb/water-cosmetique.phpGiven that ‘rimmel’ means mascara in Turkish, Farsi... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Excerpt from The Maybelline Story. Maybelline Founder Tom Lyle Williams Ran the...
Bill Williams holding Lady, 1938Tom Lyle did his best to take over being "dad," while running his growing mega-company. He enjoyed his time with his nephew,... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline's Three Most Popular Beauty Products, Volum Express Mega Plush Mascar...
Mascara Maybelline Volum’ Express Mega Plush Mascara. This is the most underrated mascara in the drugstore. It’s a unique gel-mousse formula that is more... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
During Victorian Times, Mascara Wasn’t Any Cleaner Or Safer. Ladies of the...
They also used singed bottle corks and the blackish juice of elderberries. In 1872, French perfumer-entrepreneur Eugène Rimmel invented the world’s first... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline's Marketing Strategy Through Digital Marketing is a Far Cry from...
When my great uncle, Tom Lyle Williams founded the Maybelline Company in 1915, he placed 1 1/2 inch ad in the Classified section of movie magazines, like... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Watch Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story on American Masters Podcast for 3 Days...
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story watch for 3 day's only on American Masters Podcast Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
This Maybelline Story Video Produced by L'Oreal Has a Few Discrepancies, But,...
Mabel Williams, wasn't trying to win over her boyfriend by having beautiful eyes. Maybelline was first Lash-Brow-Ine in 1915 not 1913 and Tom Lyle was a young... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE