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• Vintage 1952 Christmas Card from the Maybelline Company and Tom Lyle Williams

  

  Maybelline Christmas Card from TL Williams, 1952. Merry Christmas from Tom Lyle Williams.Tom Lyle Williams was Unk Ile to the family and never failed to remembe... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Old Hollywood Glamour at the Premiere of 1940 Film, All This and Heaven Too,

  

  Tom Lyle Williams, Jane Allen, Emery Shaver, Annette Williams, Arnold Anderson, 1940 at the Villa Valentino.Wednesday June 13, 1940Excerpt from Jane Allen's... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• NICHE MAGAZINE HOLIDAY ISSUE Featuring Sharrie Williams "Maybelline Memories...

  

  NICHE MAGAZINE | HOLIDAY 2013SHOOT EXCLUSIVE | HOLIDAY 2013COLIN JUSTIN | HOLIDAY 2013CLOUD NINE | HOLIDAY 2013GLITTER GUIDE | HOLIDAY 2013CurrentSlide... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Shape Up With Dancing with the Stars, Karina Smirnoff and Maybelline Heiress,...

  

  Dancing with the Stars, Karina Smirnoff, held a three day extravaganza last weekend at the Weston Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage California...to promote... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• A Maybelline Family Holiday Favorite from the 1950's. Try This Rich, Decedent,...

  Taken directly from my Great Auntie Frances A. Williams, personal cookbook, this Chocolate Icebox Desert, takes you back to a time when the word diet wasn't a... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Vintage Photos and Antidotes from Maybelline Heiress Eva Williams Haines Album.

  

  Maybelline might have been called Evaline People have asked me why I didn't put more pictures in my book so they could see the different family members as they... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• The Era of Teen Marketing Was Born in 1955 When Elvis Presley Caused the First...

  

  Excerpt from The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It. Although Tom Lyle knew that much of the company's success was due to his own... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Gained National Attention During the Great Depression and Went from...

  

  Vintage Drug Store Advertising Banner announcing Maybelline sold in it's original 75 cent box.The original Maybelline box was sold only through classifieds in... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• My Guest Blogger, Leon Purvis Wants a Date with Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas, Wil...

  

  I received an email from Leon Purvis asking me id I'd like to post a video of him asking Gabby Douglas for a date. I was a little uncertain about it, but than... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 CULTURE, DATING, LIFESTYLE, RELATIONSHIPS

• Glamour, Style and the Confidence to Dress Like a Million bucks...An American...

  

  My father and grandmother,Bill and Evelyn Williams.A picture's worth a thousand words I hear. This picture was taken in 1935 while Preston, Evelyn and Bill... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Family History is the Greatest Gift One Can Pass On..... and to Connect with You...

  

  Buy A Signed Copy of My Book All Major Credit Cards now accepted Pay Pal AMAZON My Auntie Mabel Williams, 1915 I've had a passion for my family history since I... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• The Maybelline Story Takes You on a Journey Through 20th Century America, and...

  

  Click Pay Pal here All Major Credit Cards accepted The Maybelline Story starts almost a century ago and takes you though the interesting life of founder Tom Lyl... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Old Hollywood Glamour at the Brown Derby with Mae West and WC Fields. Excerpt...

  

  Tom Lyle and his custom Packard Victoria My 16 year father, Bill Williams along with his uncle Tom Lyle Williams and Emery Shaver, pulled up to the valet at... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• A Great Review From a Man's Point Of View

  

  It's one thing for women to love The Maybelline Story, but check out this great review from a James Pringle. I just wanted to let you know that your book... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Halloween!! Speaking of Scary Nightmare Stories, Here is One That...

  

  There was one tiny little problem with the Williams copyright. A St. Louis man by the name of Benjamin Ansehl had started a company called Lashbrow... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Tom Lyle Did His Best Taking Over Being "dad," While Running His Growing...

  

  Tom Lyle enjoyed his time with his nephew, swimming in The Villa Valentino's Olympic-size pool, playing badminton, dropping dimes in the slot machine in the gam... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Geometry of the Heart ...My Grandmother Was in Love with Both Brothers. One Was...

  

  Evelyn and Preston An odd understanding had developed—a virtual trinomial equation with no solution. Preston had no doubt that Evelyn reserved her passion for... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• A Stunning American Treasure Filled with Nostalgia, History and Marketing...

  

  1933 Maybelline Ad. Tom Llye Williams, Maybelline's founder believed that a woman’s greatest asset was her ability to capture a man’s imagination through her... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Actress Alice Faye and Maybelline's Tom Lyle Williams, Mistaken for Jean Harlow...

  

  Times Square 1938, during the filming of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Alice Faye Tom Lyle Williams My aunt Verona said she remembered once running into Tom Lyle... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Alice Faye and Maybelline's Tom Lyle Williams, Mistaken for Jean Harlow and...

  

  Times Square 1938, during the filming of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Alice Faye Tom Lyle Williams My aunt Verona said she remembered once running into Tom Lyle... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE