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• 50 Years of Maybelline-Magic Took Place in a Simple Nondescript Building in...

  

  2. THE VISIBLE MAYBELLINE COMPANY By Harris A. Niel Jr. The beige brick building that housed the Maybelline Company in the 1960s was handsome, but nothing... Read more

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

• Former Maybelline Executive, Harris A. Neil Jr., Shares the Nuts and Bolts of...

  

  My name is Harris A. Neil Jr. I worked at Maybelline in Chicago from January, 1959 to August, 1968, a period of great growth and excitement in the history of th... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Mad Men's Don Draper Continues to Represent Maybelline in 1966 and 68 and Roger...

  

  I just happened to catch this scene on Mad Men a few weeks ago and was surprised to see this 1960's Maybelline ad still up on the active client bulletin board.... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Former Maybelline Executive, Harris A. Neil Jr., Tells His Story in a 10 Part...

  

  My Guest Blogger Harris A Neil Jr. gives the historical nuts and bolts of packaging, production and distribution within the Maybelline Company,between 1959 and... Read more

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

• PURE NOSTALGIA...The Original Maybelline Building in Chicago, Then and Now......

  

  Maybelline Building in 1934 withe it's executives, family and employees. Don't you love the Maybelline truck? Executive Secretary, Dorothy Moulander standing... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Celebrating Cinco De Mayo 2013 and Old Hollywood with Emery Shaver's Nephews.

  

  Tom Lyle Williams and Emery Shaver, standing in front of TL's 1934 Packard Victoria, parked in front of the Villa Valentino. Celebrating Cinco de Mayo and... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Old Hollywood Glamour 1940 Style - Tuxedos, False Eyelashes, Daiquiris and...

  

  Excerpt from a diary written by Jane Allen, while visiting the Villa Valentino, with Tom Lyle Williams niece, Annette Williams, in June, 1940. Picture left to... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Inside View of Life at the Villa Valentino During World War Ll - Exclusive Famil...

  

  Tom Lyle Williams with his nephew Bill Williams by the pool at the Villa Valentino Bad-mitten Court at the Villa Valentino Lush gardens surrounding the Pool at... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Newly Discovered Pictures and Letters from the Villa Valentino in the Hollywood...

  

  Donna Williams, Floyd Welles, Jeff Welles, Sharrie WilliamsMeeting Emery Shaver's nephew's, Floyd and Jeff Welles for the first time, was quite unexpected and... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline Heir, Bill Williams 1977 Clenet ... the Ultimate Gatsby Automobile

  

  I received this email March 11th Dear Sharrie Williams,My name is Brandon Dickson and I am a film student at California State University, Northridge. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• 1938 Maybelline Ad Featuring The Good Housekeeping Stamp of Approval

  

  The Good Housekeeping Stamp of Approval guaranteed Maybelline was as pure as a mother's Love. By 1938 Maybelline targeted a new market of women - or should I sa... Read more

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

• In Belgrade, Serbia, Fashion, Beauty and Maybelline Are Synonymous

  

  My cousin Joyce Hewes-Dennehy, sent me this picture a friend of her's took while in Belgrade. I did a little research on Maybelline, fashion and Belgrade and... Read more

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

• Maybelline Ads Went from Black and White to Gorgeous Color in 1838 Through...

  

  1933 black and white Maybelline ad. 1938 full page color Maybelline ad. Maybelline black and white ad from 1952 Maybelline two page color ad in Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• REVIEWS...A Tale of Real People Finding Themselves, Dreaming Big and Never Givin...

  

  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 13 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• MAYBELLINE BLACK AND WHITE ADS - 1950's STYLE

  

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  Posted on 10 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Social Event with North Scottsdale Ladies Discussing The Maybelline Story with...

  

  Author Sharrie Williams on the right with her daughter Georgia were honored at a special party given on April 3rd, by Suzanne Simon at her beautiful Troon... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Lash-Brow-Ine History, by James Bennett for Cosmetics and Skin

  

  Lash-Brow-Ine Cosmetics and Skin Anyone who talks about the origins of Maybelline usually starts with Maybelline’s founder, Tom Lyle Williams, watching his... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline's History by James Bennett for Cosmetics and Skin

  

  Maybelline The rise of Maybelline from a small mail-order firm to a global cosmetics business is impressive. Despite the fact that the company is now called... Read more

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

• REVIEW.....Maybelline Story Reads Like the Best Fiction but with Real...

  

  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 22 March 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Maybelline's Master of Perfection.

  

  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 21 March 2013 CULTURE, HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE