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LATEST ARTICLES ( 712 )

• Sharrie Williams, Great Niece of Maybelline Founder, Tom Lyle Williams and Autho...

  

  Sharrie shares intimate details of her family's triumphs and tragedies.Sharrie: From what I’ve heard from people who have read my book, be prepared to stay up... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• For 100 Years, Maybelline Has Helped Women Everywhere to Find the Power of...

  

  ...gain confidence to pursue dreams...develop optimism in the face of doubt...be inspired to pursue what can be...and build the strength to make it happen,... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Undisputed Giant During the Great Depression and Still is

  

  Maybelline ad, 1936As the Great Depression continued through the 1930's Maybelline cornered the market in eye cosmetics. No other cosmetic company enjoyed more... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Founder, Tom Lyle Williams, Fondly Remembered by His Young Nephew, Bo...

  

  Tony Williams, with Bobby and his father,Ches Haines. Bob Haines, remembers a few telling stories about his uncleThe story goes: Tom Lyle thought the plain... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• National Lash Day. Maybelline's "The Falsies Push-Up Drama Mascara" Gives Me...

  

  Sharrie's Lashes Look as Long as Falsies withMaybelline Volum’ Express, The Falsies Push-Up Drama MascaraA wing-shaped brush creates ultra-dramatic, cat-eye... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Forever Sweethearts, The George and Helen Williams Huber Love Story

  

  Annette, Noel A. and Helen Williams, 1929.Like all little girls, Helen Williams grew up reading the Fairy Tale, Sleeping Beauty and dreamed that one day her... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• A Match Made in Heaven. Jean and Noel Williams Love Story

  

  It was a freezing cold February morning in Chicago when the Bride arrived at the church soon to be wed to Maybelline Company's Vice President Noel James William... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Company's Vice President Becomes Father of the Bride. The Annette...

  

  Annette Louise Williams, father, Noel J Williams, was Vice President of the Maybelline Company, the company his brother Tom Lyle Williams founded in 1915. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Love Story Week Continues with the Bob and Jackie Haines Fairy Tale.

  

  There once was a little boy named Robert (Williams) Haines, who was so adored, it seemed nearly impossible, he'd ever find a bride acceptable to his doting... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• A Valentines Day Love Story Taken from the Original Maybelline Family Diaries

  

  So there was this boy, named Jim Hughes, and every time Shirley Hewes was with him she felt butterflies. Just about everything about him, made her smile. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• A Maybelline Family Valentine, the Dick and Ann Williams Love Story

  

  Painted by Maria Pace Wynter.Quote from ‘The Little Prince’: “A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Family's "Tale of Two Sisters" Happy Romance Week

  

  Two beautiful Maybelline sister's looking for the right guy during WW11.A long time ago, in another time and place, there were two lovely sisters named June... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Celebrating Black History Month with Maybelline's First Black Model, Je'Tuan M....

  

  Je'Taun M. Taylor ; Maiden name Je T'Aime Mason (origin of French word Je T'Aime, meaning "I Love You".) She was born and raised in Chicago, IL at Cook County... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• 103 Years After Mabel Williams Mixed Vaseline and Ash to Create Maybelline...

  

  How it started: In 1915, Mabel Williams burned her eyebrows and lashes. Unsure how long they would take to grow back, she burned a piece of cork, mixed the ashe... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline's Marketing Strategy in the Early 20th Century Was the Key to Their...

  

  In the 1920's Maybelline marketed to the trade, who purchased the product and sold it to the consumer, in drugstores. At the same time, consumer advertising,... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Original Maybelline Family Descendant, Donna Williams, Passed Away January 2nd....

  

  0n January 2, 2018, my beautiful sister, Donna Jean Williams passed away in her Dana Point home after a year long battle with Cancer.Donna was born, March 24,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Flight Attendants Carried Maybelline in Their Over-night Bags in the 1960s

  

  Remember when Flight Attendants were called Stewardesses?And carried over-night bags on short trips!Well, most likely these Maybelline products could be found i... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2018 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Merry Christmas from Author, Sharrie Williams. Here Are Some of My Favorite...

  

  Tom Lyle Williams was Unk Ile to the family and never failed to remember every single one of his siblings, their children and their children's children on... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2017 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Great Lash Mascara by Maybelline a Cult Favorite for Over 46 Years. Here's How...

  

  "GREAT LASH" MascaraMaybelline debuted its "Great Lash Mascara" in 1971. It is still recognized by it's Pink and Green Chartreuse packaging inspired by Lilly... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2017 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• @VintageNews Thomas Lyle Williams Created the First Maybelline Mascara Using...

  

  Dec 3, 2017 Domagoj Valjak Story taken directly from The Maybelline StoryMaybelline, currently known as Maybelline New York, is one of the most famous makeup... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2017 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE