Flight Attendants carried Maybelline in their over-night bags in the 1960s

Remember when Flight Attendants were called Stewardesses?

And carried over-night bags on short trips!

Well, most likely these Maybelline products could be

 found in most of their bags during the 1960s.

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.

Martin Luther King Day and Maybelline in the 1960s

Maybelline was the first Cosmetic Company to feature a Black Model in 1959, Je'Taun Taylor.

 In 1964, Great Lash Mascara was born and featured a beautiful young Black Model, who spoke to the growing liberated female market.  The genius in this Ad was connecting Civil Rights with Women's Rights.

Martin Luther King Jr. was the driving force behind the  the March on Washington, which helped bring about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a U.S. federal holiday since 1986.

Maybelline Designer Lash Collection 1968

Read more about Maybelline and Tom Lyle Williams decision to feature Black Models in the 1960s. The Maybelline Story. 4.99 Kindle and 15.95 on Amazon. Or buy a signed copy from me directly from this site.

Vintage Maybelline print ads considered works of art.

1933 black and white Maybelline ad.

 

1938 full page color Maybelline ad.

                 Maybelline black and white ad from 1952

Maybelline two page color ad in 1960