The Maybelline Story

Vintage 1960s Maybelline print ad slideshow

By Sharrie Williams · Written March 2013 · 1 min read

If my makeup bag ever dumped out of my school locker, slipped down bleachers during Football games, or slid under car seat at the drive-in….I quickly scrambled for my mascara, because Ultra-Lash was clearly the key to my enchanting doe-eyed sex appeal.


A woman’s expressive eyes can say “Come look at me.” “Coax me out of my bashfulness.” “Yes, I’m flirting.” “I’m interested in you.” 
 My great uncle, Tom Lyle Williams, appreciated beauty in all women and their beauty spoke to him straight through their eyes. Here is a tribute to Maybelline during the 1960s.





Vintage 1960s Maybelline print ad slideshow






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