What does Beauty mean to you. Here are some fun Quotes from your favorite Celebrities

 Beauty is confidence.   I see beauty in a person’s Spirit, not their makeup. Being authentic, not being  "Magazine Perfect" is real Beauty to me.Sharrie Williams, Author of The Maybelline Story
To me, beauty and makeup and color is like the finishing touch on everything.Marc JacobsThe best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.Calvin KleinI think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun.Emma Stone

Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.Colleen AtwoodI think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.Drew BarrymoreWhether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.Lady Gaga

I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.'Jennifer LawrenceWhen I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.Natalie DormerI don't have to wear any other makeup as long as I have blush.Victoria Justice

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.Gabourey SidibeI'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.Denzel Washington

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want tohave fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on.
Emma Watson

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MARILYN MONROE IN FASHION, A FABULOUS NEW BOOK.

Marilyn in Fashion: The Enduring Influence of Marilyn Monroe by Christopher Nickens and George Zeno (Jul 3, 2012

$30.00$19.80

MARILYN MONROE - CARLYLE BLACKWELL JR - BRUNO BERNARD.

Maybelline photographer Carlyle Blackwell Jr., Hollywood actor, race car driver and innovator of natural color photography in the 1950's.

Carlyle Blackwell posing Marilyn Monroe in 1952.

Black and White photos by Carlyle Blackwell, 1952.

Below are several pictures of Marilyn Monroe by Carlyle Blackwell Jr., using natural color, natural lighting and

                  Maybelline..... of course!!!! 

Carlyle Blackwell Jr. collection of Marilyn Monroe using natural light and color in 1953.

Below, Marilyn Monroe's pictures are  discovered by Hugh Hefner.

When 27-year-old Hugh Hefner launched his debut Playboy Magazine, with “Sweetheart of the Month” Marilyn Monroe gracing the cover in December of 1953, he had no idea that it would become a world wide success.  

The famous women of the 1950’s that appeared in Playboy Magazine include Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Tina Louise, Joan Arnold, Kim Novak, and Brigitte Bardot.

Playboy Magazines first centerfold in the 1954 Issue.click.

Photographers and artists like Carlyle Blackwell, Bruno Bernard and Zoe Moezert paid $50/hr for nude models to pose..... Many of their models became Hollywood Stars. 

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Today Bruno Bernard is remembered as the man who immortalized and mastered the art of pin-up photography.  He has been called "King of Glamour" and Rembrandt of Photography.

His daughter Susan Bernard is in charge of his photographs.  His website can be viewed at Bernard of Hollywood.  Susan Bernard's book Marilyn Intimate Exposure is available on amazon.com.

Zoe Moezert 

In the late 1930's Mozert also became famous as a movie poster artist. She painted the poster for Carole Lombard's "True Confession", and the Howard Hughes film "The Outlaw" with Jane Russell.

My Dream Girl: A Collector's Guide to Zoe Mozert, by Norm Platnick and Rick Huisking. Twelve years in the making, this new volume attempts to bring together everything known about Zoe Mozert's printed works, 

Dolores Del Monte, March 1954 Playmate and The Maybelline Story.

Playboy centerfold Dolores Del Monte didn't even know that she was a Playmate until 1979. She used to pose for Bruno Bernard and Zoe Moezert and was glad she was  receiving $50/hour.

Dolores Del Monte, Miss March 1954 Centerfold.

Bruno sold some of her pictures to The Baumgarth Calendar Company, which in turn sold the pictures to a young man named Hugh Hefner

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t was Dolores's son, Steve who found out when he was browsing the contents of the 25th Anniversary 

issue of Playboy. He called his mother from College and informed her that she was one of Playboy's first centerfolds.  For 25 years she had no idea what had happened to the picture she had posed for so long ago. Today she is a regular at Playboy Mansion parties. 

I met Dolores Del Monte last year at a book signing in Laguna Beach at the 484 North Gallery and found her story absolutely fascinating.  Imagine not knowing you were Miss March, 1954 until 1979.  She turns 80 this year and still is a great beauty with the longest eyelashes I've ever seen.

   

Delores Del Monte's story made me curious to see if any Maybelline ads were shot by these famous Hollywood Photographers..... Paul Hesse and Carlyle Blackwell are two I can document, however I'm sure Tom Lyle used a variety of the best, to capture the perfection he demanded. 

Check in tomorrow to see the final day of Hollywood's Glamour Photographers and.....Photographer and Race Car Driver Carlyle Blackwell Jr's pictures on the track.

Photo's of Misty Roe as Marilyn Monroe in Goodbye Norma Jean.

Norma Jean Baker, becomes Marilyn Monroe, in these scenes filmed at my father's estate in 1975.

 

 

 

Click on video, to see the final scenes from the 1976 film, Goodbye Norma Jean, filmed at my father's estate, Casa de Guillermo, in Palm Springs California.

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Watch for another cooking segment on. AZTZ, Morning Scramble, Oct 11.  I will be making two rich, fattening, comfort deserts, from the Ladies in The Maybelline Story, during the Depression Era, of the 1930's.   The show and the recipes will be posted on The Maybelline Blog. 


My father Bill Williams Clenet, # 13, will be shown at the Santa Barbara Concours D' Elegance Oct 28-30.  


If you are in Laguna Beach, Sat. Nov. 5th, at 6:00, I will be doing a presentation at  Laguna Beach Books.

Norma Jean Baker transforms into Marilyn Monroe at Casa Guillermo, 1975.

Scenes from Goodbye Norma Jean, from my father, Bill Williams, Casa Guillermo, 1975

In these scene's, Norma Jean, is being told she has what it takes, but must undergo some "Work," to transform her image. 

 Stay tuned next weekend when Norma Jean morphs into, Marilyn Monroe, and walks through the grounds of beautiful Casa Guillermo.

More scenes from the Casa, including the cars and the glamor will be posted, but you can read all about it, bigger than life, in The Maybelline Story, get a signed copy from http://www.maybellinebook.com/

Maybelline and the teenage market, Post WW ll, USA.

Maybelline was readily available in drug stores after World War ll and the average teenager was able to purchase Maybelline mascara, shadow and pencil for one dollar.   

Maybelline ad, 1946

The movies pumped out teenage movies so fast that every talent scout from every Motion Picture Studio in Hollywood had their eye's open for the next big thing.

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Schwab Drugstore, 1949


Lana Turner a 16 year old student at Hollywood High was discovered while having a soda at Schwab's drugstore and soon become Hollywood's most gorgeous "sweater girl," in the late 30's. 

-- Lana Turner in They Won't Forget, the film that launched her career and labeled her "The Sweater Girl"

 Click on tribute to Lana Turner.



I don't think any young girl was more influenced by Maybelline ads in Hollywood glamour magazines than Norma Jean Baker, (Marilyn Monroe,) in Post WW ll

Marilyn Monroe on the cover of Yank Magazine, 1945.

1946 Maybelline ad appealing to the average girl
after WW ll.

In 1975 the film Goodbye Norma Jean was filmed at my father's home in Palm Springs.  Many of my friends and family were extras, wearing costumes from the 1940's.  See below for a few pictures of my sister Donna Jean Williams, during the filming with her friend, Gerry Marks.

Donna Jean Williams in our dad, Bill Williams, Model-T truck, taking a break from filming Goodbye Norma Jean.

Gerry Marks in the background, with the Model-T truck loaded with supplies for a shot in the film.

Inside my fathers living room where a party scene was being shot. Gerry Marks, with one of the cast, and my sister Donna Jean Williams dressed 40's style posing for background shots.

Marilyn Monroe - Photograph​s - At Tobey Beach by Andre DeDienes (1949)

How Norma Jean Baker became Marilyn Monroe
Monroe became one of Blue Book's most successful models; she appeared on dozens of magazine covers. Her successful modeling career brought her to the attention of Ben Lyon, a 20th Century Fox executive, who arranged a screen test for her. Lyon was impressed and commented, "It's Jean Harlow all over again."[22] She was offered a standard six-month contract with a starting salary of $125 per week. Lyon did not like the name Norma Jeane and chose "Carole Lind" as a stage name, after Carole Lombard and Jenny Lind, but he soon decided it was not an appropriate choice. Monroe was invited to spend the weekend with Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels at their home. It was there that they decided to find her a new name. Following her idol Jean Harlow, she decided to choose her mother's maiden name of Monroe. Several variations such as Norma Jeane Monroe and Norma Monroe were tried and initially "Jeane Monroe" was chosen. Eventually, Lyon decided Jeane and variants were too common, and he decided on a more alliterative sounding name. He suggested "Marilyn", commenting that she reminded him of Marilyn Miller. Monroe was initially hesitant because Marilyn was the contraction of the name Mary Lynn, a name she did not like.[citation needed] Lyon, however, felt that the name "Marilyn Monroe" was sexy, had a "nice flow", and would be "lucky" due to the double "M"[23] and thus Norma Jeane Baker took the name Marilyn Monroe.