Maybelline introduced Eye Cream in 1955.

Maybelline introduced an Eye Cream in 1955, but at the time women were not aware of how important it was to protect  the skin around the eye from wrinkling.  It was discontinued the next year.

Pauline Williams, 1955.

My mother, however started using Maybelline eye cream when I was 8 years old and by the time I was 15, I too was hooked on eye cream - long after Maybelline eye cream was not available.  In fact, interestingly enough, I started using Estee Lauder, Eye Zone, 30 years ago and to my great disappointment, it has just been discontinued.  So, I've switched to la prairie, SWITZERLAND, and I have to say, it's amazing.  If you don't use eye cream it's never to early to start.  Remember, beautiful eyes are your most important feature.

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Sharrie Williams

3rd,Beauty Secret from the Harem!

When Nana was a young girl, in 1915, she like most young ladies of her time, read a movie magazine called Photoplay, that revealed Beauty Secrets of the Harem, so to speak.  The secrets were homemade beauty tricks passed on from one generation to the next and were built upon as the ages unfolded. Nana and her sisters,Verona and Bunny learned the tricks, to make themselves as glamorous and alluring as the silent screen stars.

I was indoctrinated into the Harem when at 5 years old, when Nana  made my eyes up and paraded me around my great uncle Tom Lyle's living room for applause.  From that time on, Nana became my mentor and I her little protege. 


One of her delicious little secrets for depuffing your eyes "after a late night romp with Valentino" she'd wink, was TEA BAGS. 


Yes, just plain old black tea bags.  But there was more.  First you place two tea bags in a half cup of boiling water for about 30 seconds, just to get the tea moving.  Next, you  gently squeeze out the excess water and place them on a small plate.  Now stick them in the freezer until they are ice cold.  Lay down for half hour if possible but at least 15 minutes and meditate on how gorgeous you are going to look with your Maybelline eyes tonight.  Let me know what you think, I bet you will be begging for more of Nana's fabulous Secrets of the Harem. 


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