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In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags

By Sharrie Williams · Written September 2012 · 1 min read

In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
Remember when Flight Attendants were called Stewardesses?
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
And carried over-night bags on short trips!
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
Well, most likely these Maybelline products could be
 found in most of their bags during the 1960s.
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags
In the 1964 most Airline Stewardesses carried Maybelline in their over-night bags

1960’s American Airline Commercial. Check the make-up and oh, were they really so naive! I guess so, and to think that’s what I aspired to be when I was 19…But Maybelline was the make-up in most every girls bags…Why? because it was Quality Yet Sensibly Priced.




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