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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FOREWORD by Michael A. Levine, Hollywood Publicist
“A woman’s most powerful possession is a man’s imagination.”Tom Lyle Williams, 1934I think every girl I ever dated as a teenager had one of those pink and... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Entrupeneure's Starting a Business Venture? Need Inspiration? Read This Guy's...
Bob CurmudgeonSeptember 11, 2016 at 5:42 PMPlease be sure to click the link to BOWEN's article at the end, to validate my saying "Kudos" to Sharrie for featurin... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Eye Makeup Trends by Decade: The Shadow, Mascara, and More That Ruled the Last...
Elle Magazine, Article by Jane Brown, September 1The Icons: Mary Pickford, Bette Davis, and the Gibson GirlMaybelline's namesake, Mabel Williams, 1915The... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
The Villa Valentino: a Showplace in the Hollywood Hills.
The statue, Aspiration over looking the pool. Read more about Aspiration: http://dispatches-from-hollywood.com/2011/12/the-sheik-of-de-longpre-park/Valentino's... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
How Many Women in the World Are Aware That They Owe a Debt of Gratitude to a...
Maybelline's namesake, Mabel Williams Hewes, Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary August 17, 1892 is Mabel Williams Hewes Birthday. On August 17, 1926, she... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline's King of Advertising, Tom Lyle Williams and His Film Queens
King of Advertising, Tom Lyle WilliamsThe man who would become a cosmetics giant, Tom Lyle Williams, was aprivate figure who hid from the public because when... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline, "The Little Company That Could"
Maybelline ad, 1936As the Great Depression continued through the 1930's Maybelline cornered the market in eye cosmetics and money poured in from every direction. Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Ziegfeld Follies Star, Mary Eaton, Featured in 1924 Maybelline Ad
Mary Eaton, featured in beautiful Photoplay Magazine, February 1924.Mary Eaton made her Broadway debut in 1917 with Adele and Fred Astaire in Over the Top. Read more
Posted on 01 August 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Discovers "Miss Typical America" Eleanor Fisher in 1938
Here is an example of how the Hollywood Studio/Star System worked in the 1930's. Paramount Studio's promoted True Confession, a 1937 screwball comedy film... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Happy 45th Birthday Maybelline "GREAT LASH"
Maybelline debuted its "Great Lash Mascara" in 1971. It is still recognized by it's Pink and Green Chartreuse packaging inspired by Lilly Pulitzer's vibrant hue... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Model, Natalie Moorhead Introduces Sophistication in the 1930s
Cold as ice, Vampish Natalie Moorhead ended the Roaring 20's with pure sophistication and skyrocketed Maybelline advertisements to a new artistic level. Read more
Posted on 11 July 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Beauty and the Dirt Review of The Maybelline Story
The Maybelline Story starts out with fire and ends with fire and the fierce love Evelyn had for the two brothers burned in her until her untimely death in 1978. Read more
Posted on 07 July 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline's Yankee Doodle Dandy Girl, Joan Leslie, Stars with James Cagney, in...
Maybelline Joan Leslie, endorses Maybelline James Cagney and Joan Leslie, in Yankee Doodle Dandy.Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is one of Hollywood's greatest,... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
The Maybelline Story Reads Like the Best Fiction but with Real Characters and...
From the Midwest through Chicago and Hollywood, we follow a path strewn with scandals, jealousies, triangles and betrayals. Throw in arson, a still-unsolved... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
HOT BEAUTY REVIEWS (@HotBeautyReview) THE MAYBELLINE STORY
HOT BEAUTY REVIEWSINDEPENDENT BEAUTY SITE, CREATED BY YOU http://www.hotbeautyreviews.com/BlogItem6.phpTHE FABULOUS MAYBELLINE STORYI love reading books. Read more
Posted on 13 June 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Cousin, Caitlin Hewes, Signs Contract to Play Professional Ice...
Berisoff, Hewes Continue Careers in Europe. UConn graduates commit to Planegg Penguins in Munich, GermanySTORRS, Conn. – Two former members of the UConn... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline a Pioneer in Advertising, the First to Use "Before and After" Imegery
Armed with market savvy, an eye for beauty and a penchant for perfection, Tom Lyle continued to experiment boldly, introducing what would become one of the... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
MGM Studio Opens in 1924 in Culver City Californa. Here's a Bit of Hollywood...
Newly formed MGM, 1924. From my grandfather's archives. Buster Keaton, Hardy Rapst, Irving Thalberg, (Head of Production,) Nick Schende, Natale Talmadge, (Mrs.... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Great Granddaughters of Maybelline's First African American Model, Je'Taun M....
Je'Taun M. Taylor, Maybelline's first African American model, 1959, read more about this amazing woman, click... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE -
Maybelline Turned Sweet Simple Pauline into a Pin Up Girl
Evelyn remarked to Pauline that she needed a little make- over. She took her by the hand into the bedroom and closed the door. Read more
Posted on 11 May 2016 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE