Very pretty pink lip colors from Maybelline! I love this vintage ad so much as it is so fresh and springlike. The model is a natural beauty dressed in PINK (my favorite color), and says “I want my lips to be delicious. To feel dewy, not dry. To gleam with clear, constant color. And I… Read more »
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Maybelline Blooming Colors Traveler Kits, 1973
I really love the beautiful spring flowers in this 1973 Maybelline ad! Blooming Colors Travelers kit had everything you needed to take colorful eyes wherever you go. The kit had three spring soft shadows from the famous Blooming Colors collections; super Automatic Overliner in a color to complement; plus Blooming Colors Automatic Mascara to pull… Read more »
Maybelline Waterborne Eye Shadows Vintage 1971
Pale pastel eye shadow was the look in the early ’70s. It was all about “a new wave of colors”, but they had to be muted. This 1971 ad for Maybelline Waterborne eye shadows shows the model wearing blue, pink, yellow and green shadows, with corresponding pearl necklaces. Waterborne eye shadows came in collections of… Read more »
Winter-eyes With Maybelline Frosty Whites 1969
This is a great December 1969 ad for Maybelline Frosty Whites eye shadow and eye liner. It has a sparkly, wintry feel to it, with the luminously pale model decked out in Frosty Whites makeup. White eye shadow was popular in the late ’60s. In reality, it made all but a few of us look… Read more »
Maybelline Waterborne Eye Shadow~Vintage 1971
Maybelline makeup was a mainstay in the 1970s. Not as hip and groovy as Yardley of London or Love Cosmetics, but it did its own thing. Blue and pastel eye shadows were huge at the time, not that anyone looked good in them! This circa 1971 ad is for Maybelline Waterborne Eye Shadow. It came… Read more »
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