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Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl …

By Sharrie Williams · Written March 2012 · 2 min read

The Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama Mad Men, Season 5, Premiere’s this Sun., Mar. 25 at 9pm, ET/PT.

Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl …



I love the fact Man Men is vintage 1960’s, in the Advertising Industry. I hate the fact, that the era was so so sexist…. and back then, I had no idea what was going on.

Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl …



Do you remember, Maybelline’s Magic Mascara, with it’s totally new Spiral Brush in 1960.


Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl …



and the bubble hairdo. That was my life as a teenager. Big rollers, mascara, pale lipstick and looking for the perfect guy to make all my dreams come true!!!

Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl …
1960 Maybelline ad in Glamour Magazine. 

Be sure to watch Mad Men, season 5, on Sunday, and if you haven’t been following it, catch up on all the seasons with Netflix. It’s one of the best shows on TV, especially if you love vintage. (And, especially because there are so few quality shows on TV today.)

Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl …
Maybelline ad, 1960.

 According to Maybelline marketing man, Rags Ragland, “A woman’s greatest asset is a
man’s imagination.”…..”
That sum’s up, early 1960s advertising and a woman’s role in a man’s world.

Read all about my life in the 1960s and how I was so influenced by Rags Ragland’s phrase… Maybelline… and advertising… Pick up your copy of The Maybelline Story today. You won’t be able to put it down.
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