The Maybelline Story

1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look….. by Glamour Daze @glamourdaze

By Sharrie Williams · Written August 2013 · 1 min read


1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look….. by Glamour Daze @glamourdaze

Those very long lashes are black, her mascara of choice being cake Maybelline, which she applies with a fine set of brushes given to her by Max Factor himself.

1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look….. by Glamour Daze @glamourdaze

You can bet that Jean Harlow is using a Maybelline
 Eyebrow Pencil to draw on her pincel thin eyebrows. 

1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look….. by Glamour Daze @glamourdaze
15 cents, in the 1930’s… today would be more like 2 dollars. Maybelline still maintains the same quality and is still sensibly priced.



1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look….. by Glamour Daze @glamourdaze

Jean Harlow featured in a Maybelline Ad during the 1930’s.


1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look….. by Glamour Daze @glamourdaze

Maybelline was the first Make-up to introduce carded merchandise displayed on a rack, usually at the front of the Dime Store, to encourage impulse buying in the 1930’s.


Please visit Glamour Daze Fabulous Vintage Blog if you love Vintage Fashion and Make-Up and check the beautiful article she did on my book, The Maybelline Story…..
http://glamourdaze.com/2013/08/1930s-makeup-the-jean-harlow-look.html


Visit my new Blog, SAFFRONS RULE, taken directly from my 1964 High School Diary at 
http://saffronsrule.com/2013/08/29/making-out-at-the-drive-in-and-my-hair-didnt-even-get-messed-up/

Coming soon · Next from Sharrie Williams

Maybe She’s Born With It

The next chapter of the Maybelline family story. Get a text the day it’s out.

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