Maybelline founder Tom Lyle Williams

Miss Maybelline's secret from the foutain of youth.

Nana's Beauty secret for making hair grow faster be healthier and look fabulous!



One of my grandmother's favorite actresses in the 1930's was May West, famous for saying "Why don't you come up and see me some time."  In this article West gives a few beauty secrets on make-up and being beautiful.  Nana too had a big bag of beauty secrets which you can see on my website under Beauty Secrets, and here is another one of her favorites for beautiful hair.


Raw fertile egg yokes for making hair grow  faster, be stronger and have an unmistakable healthy shine. 


I know this sounds strange but no other egg found in the world will work quite as well as a raw fertile egg.  You must find the egg now day's in Health Food Stores that carry raw butter, milk and eggs.  Raw fertile eggs have the membrane of the Rooster in them and you absolutely only use the yoke.  You can beat the egg white and use it as a tightening face mask (one of Nana's famous tricks,) but only the yoke is used in this method. 


Just pop the fertile egg yoke in a blender with two cups of fresh squeezed orange juice and you have a frothy  "Orange Julius drink."  It tastes wonderful and get's the protein into the body lickity split so it can start laying down strong cells and build healthy bones, hair and nails.  Drink this twice a week and see if you don't notice difference in your hair, nails and how you generally feel. 


Raw fertile eggs are a "perfect food,"  Nana would say, "pure, nutritious and a miracle food for anyone needing strength and energy."  Raw fertile eggs are one of the best kept secrets in the world.  Leave it to Nana to own the secrets of the fountain of youth. 


Read more about my grandmother, in The Maybelline Story and stay tuned for Tama's African tote bag and my book sold at the maybellinestory.com store, any day now.  Happy Summer Beach Read. 



May West 1933, click to see what a dame she was.

The Maybelline Story and African print beach bag for $50.00

The Maybelline Story is runner up in this year's "Best Beach Book Festival" under autobiography/biography and to celebrate, The Maybelline Story Book Store, is offering this reversible African print beach bag shown below designed by Instruments 4 Africa founder Tama Walley.  The profits will go to help 12 malian girls get an education, stay connected to their culture and find their voice.

Erika at Bikram Yoga Dallas loves her bag and The Maybelline Story!

 Just click on www.maybellinestory.com next week, where for only $50, you can purchase your copy of The Maybelline Story and Tama's reversible African print beach bag made in Mali, West Africa, in a variety of African prints.  Tama designed these bags to be rolled up and easily carried in a purse for quick access while shopping, traveling,  carrying your yoga mat, or just heading to the beach with The Maybelline Story, a towel and sun screen this Summer. 

Check in next week for more pictures of Tama's handy, lightweight, attractive bags in other fun African prints and enjoy your book and bag all summer long. 

Maybelline and the Gibson Girl, 1915.

Queen Victoria set the standard for women at the turn of the Century. The Gibson Girl with hair piled high on her head, a squeaky clean face and a pinch of the cheek for color, was the image set in advertising.  Virtue replaced makeup - while remaining a long suffering childlike woman - was promoted in early silent films.  In other words it was a tough audience when Lash-Brow-Ine was introduced in 1915, and Maybelline in 1916.   How did it make it?

Noel Williams future wife second on left, Frances Allen Williams, 1910.
This was the audience Lash-Brow-Ine faced in 1915.

Lash-Brow-Ine became Maybelline in 1916

Tom Lyle Williams with his father TJ and his sister Mabel, name-sake for Maybelline, 1916.

First Lash-Brow-Ine ad in 1915.
First Maybelline ad in 1916.
First box of Maybelline 1916.

Lash-Brow-Ine and Maybelline advertised in Photoplay magazine here seen with Mary Pickford the ultimate childlike woman in 1915.                                  





It was advertising that made Maybelline the most popular eye beautifier in the world, and it was Tom Lyle Williams who was the King of Advertising from 1915 to 1968 when Maybelline sold to Plough Inc.,  and left the Williams family after 53 years.  Today Maybelline New York is owned by the French company L'Oreal.



Read all about it in The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It

LILLIAN GISH, Maybelline's long suffering heroine, 1912.

Not only was Lillian Gish born in the right era, but she was also born with the ethereal beauty and grace to make her a star in the silent film industry.  If Mary Pickford was the silent cinema's greatest personality, Lillian was its greatest actress. 


Lillian's film debut came in 1912, when she and her sister starred in An Unseen Enemy under the direction of D.W. Griffith.  This frail and hauntingly beautiful actress created the image of the suffering heroine. 

This was the image that influenced modest young ladies and wearing stage make-up as it was called was not a respectable thing to do.  How did Maybelline gain public acceptance?  To find out you will have to read my book, be sure to pick up a signed copy from this site or buy The Maybelline Story from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Borders or of course get it on your Kindle or ebook for the Nook. 



 
A tribute to Lilian Gish.

Maybelline and the Child Bride, 1917

Maybelline made it's leap into the public eye in 1917 when silent film star Mary Pickford ruled the industry.  American women praised Pickford for being a virtuous childlike Bride with no identity of her own.  Click below to see what Tom Lyle was up against trying to convince women to buy Maybelline, make up their eyes and flaunt beauty on the street.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VPhcwg8k5Q&feature=fvst Mary Pickford, 1917, Poor Little Rich Girl.


Read more about the silent film industry and Maybelline as it broke into the female psyche pre WW1, in The Maybelline Story. Available in Kindle and ebook on the Nook.




Maybelline vintage ad model Ethel Clayton, 1915.

Mabel Williams was the inspiriation and face for Lash-Brow-Ine ads in 1915, followed by silent film star, Ethel Clayton.


Mabel Williams
Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 — June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Clayton's screen debut came in 1909, in a short called Justified. She jockeyed her early film appearances with a burgeoning stage career. Her pretty blond looks were reminiscient of the famous Gibson Girl drawings by Charles Dana Gibson. On the stage she appeared mainly in musicals or musical reviews such as The Ziegfeld Follies of 1911. These musical appearances indicate a singing talent Clayton may have possessed but went unused in her many silent screen performances.




Read more about Mabel Williams and her tremendous contribution to brother, Tom Lyle Williams, Maybelline Company, in the Maybelline Story.


Pick up your copy of The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It at Barnes and Nobel, Amazon, or buy a signed copy from maybellinestory.com.  Also now available on Kindle and ebook for the Nook.

Maybelline Story meets Zorba the Greek's daughter, in Glendale.

The Maybelline Story at Barnes and Noble, in the Americana Mall, Glendale California,



Is now available on ebooks for your Nook.  Here I am holding the new Nook with the Maybelline Story.


 While I was there I signed a few copies of my book and discussed scheduling a book signing for the near future.


My old friend, Tama Walley, was in town from Mali, West Africa, promoting her charity, Instruments 4 Africa and checking out the Maybelline Story with my new friend, Candace Savalas, who by the way is the daughter of actor Telly Savalas aka Kojak "Who Loves Ya Baby?"


Candace Savalas is in the process of writing her father's story in a memoir she hopes to publish soon.



Stay tuned for the update of my book signing at this fabulous oasis of books in the best kept secret in town,  Glendale, California.  Hope to see you there. 
Check out Telly Savalas on these websites.
http://www.tellysavalas.com/about/bio/index.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telly_Savalas
http://savalas.tv/



Don't forget to pick up your copy of The Maybelline Story in book or ebook.

A tribute to my Bikram Yoga teacher, Jason Winn.

A tribute to my yoga teacher Jason Winn, whose encouragement helped make it possible for me to complete my book, The Maybelline Story.

With his support, a momentum built that took me places in my consciousness I might never have achieved on my own.  I want to thank Jason with all my heart for the many gifts I received as his dedicated student for many years. 



Jason Winn's studio in Laguna Beach, which he opened with his sister Melissa, was known as an oasis for yogis who traveled from all over the world to take class from him.



A teacher who lead by example, Jason was wise and strong enough to give correction to posture exactly when needed – objectively, encouragingly and always from his heart. During recent years, Jason dedicated time to the US Yoga Federation on its journey to the Olympics. He was the shining star in the Bikram Yoga community

Melissa Winn Carrier: "- click here to see a picture of Jason when we all went to see Star Wars for his Birthday in 2002.  Can you pick me out in the group?
         

               Click below for a tribute to Jason Winn.



There was a memorial service for Jason on Sunday, June 27, 1010 in Santa Barbara. For more information, visit his Facebook fanpage, Jason Winn or his website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-50qpheRnYg


Sharrie on Maui doing Bikram Yoga - 2003

The Beach Boys and Chuck Williams from the Maybelline Family

http://www.maybellinebook.com/2011/02/maybelline-heir-chuck-williams-with.html

http://www.maybellinebook.com/2011/05/maybelline-story-heads-to-santa-barbara.html



More pictures and video's of the Beach Boys with Chuck Williams, click above




                      Beach Boys Little GTO click here







Read more about Car Guy and number one Beach boy Fan, Chuck Williams and his family in 

The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.



Maybelline's stunning Cover-Girls from the 1940's

Maybelline was synonymous with fashion, style and indisputable Hollywood glamor.  Here are a few of Tom Lyle's favorite movie queens of the silver screen during the 1940's. 


Dorothy Lamour starred in the "Road to..." movie series with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the 1940s and 1950s. The movies were enormously popular during the 1940s, and they regularly placed among the top moneymaking films each year

The Unique Beauty of Gene Tierney - Excerpted from Michael Atkinson's essay, Dec 1994 Movieline magazine.  "Among faces, Gene Tierney's is a tournament rose, an Opaline study in serene, sexualized perfection, a mad musky Egyptian daydream of cat thoughts."



Lana Turner was discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen.



Joan Crawford is the movies personified.  The embodiment of the American Dream and the official face of Maybelline in the 1940's.

 Known for her sultry good looks Merle Oberon played Cathy Linton in Wuthering Heights with Laurence Olivier in 1939.  The 1940's proved to be a very busy decade where she appeared in no less than 15 movies.

Click on videos below for Scrapbook of beautiful 1940 stars -  many gorgeous faces used in Maybelline Ads - Tom Lyle sure knew how to pick-em.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AShAPReYOfg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XbskY9DQaA

Nothing has changed in 95 years - Girls still want to stand out and have fun!!!!

Maybelline in the middle of Times Square, with eyes that stop traffic!


Read it all in The Maybellie Story and the Spirited family Dynasty Behind It.

Maybelline's Adorable Alice Faye



Alice Faye  illustrated in this Ad was considered Tom Lyle's ideal Maybelline image and he kept a framed 8 by 10 photo of her on his baby grand piano for years next to a vase of long stem red roses. 



Tom Lyle and Alice Faye were very close during the filming of Alexander's Ragtime Band in 1938.


A giant neon Maybelline sign with Alice Faye's Eyes stood in the middle of Times Square and was shot in a scene for Alexander's Ragtime Band.


Alice advertises both Lux Soap and Lillian Russell in this ad.  An example of a studio selling their stars and making deals with other companies at the same time to promote their products.   


Alice Faye Star of 20Th Century Fox Production 



Click to see a video of Alice Faye in Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Alice Faye introduced almost twice as many 'Hit Parade' songs in her movies (23) as each of her closest competitors: Judy Garland (13), Betty Grable (12) and Doris Day (12).
 


Faye starred in the Technicolor musical Hello, Frisco, Hello. Released at the height of World War II, the film became one of Faye's personal favorites and one of her highest-grossing pictures for Fox. It was in this film that Faye sang "You'll Never Know." The song won the Academy Award for Best Song for 1943 and the sheet music for the song sold over a million copies. However, since there was a clause in her contract (as was the case with most other Fox stars) stating that she could not officially record any of her movie songs, other singers like Dick Haymes (whose version hit #1 for four weeks), Frank Sinatra, and Rosemary Clooney have been more associated with the song than Faye. However, it is still often considered Faye's signature song. That year, Faye was once again named one of the top box office draws in the world.




Read more about the beautiful, talented top box office star Alice Faye and her friendship with Tom Lyle Williams in 
The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It. 



Tom Lyle's dear friend Alice Faye has a Stay on the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood, but I don't think he'll be chosen this year.  Though Tom Lyle pioneered the Hollywood Star System, he didn't work directly in the studio like Max Factor.  Tom Lyle may not of made-up the stars for films but he helped skyrocket them to fame through placement in Maybelline ads.  Alice Faye shown in the Lux ad above is a perfect example of what Tom Lyle did for Hollywood starlets and super stars.  You must read the book to learn more of it.  Thank you for following the Maybelline Blog.  

            
           Alice Faye with her beautiful Maybelline Eyes.

Maybelline Supports the Troops during World War ll.

This ad was published in cooperation with the Drug, Cosmetic and Allied Industries
in Modern Screen's 15TH Anniversary Edition, 1945

Maybelline - Worlds favorite eye make-up
Check out the list of Warner Brothers stars.

Stay tuned for more gorgeous, sexy Super Stars who filled the pages of movie magazines like this, with Maybelline Ads during World War ll. 

 Read All About It in The Maybelline Story. 

You won't be able to put it down!!

Maybelline's Love Goddess, Rita Hayworth, 1946.

Maybelline's Glamorous Super Model and film Goddess Rita Hayworth - a favorite GI Pin Up Girl.


In the 1930s, Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was confined to leads in "B" pictures, but through much of the 1940s she became the undisputed sex goddess of Hollywood films and the hottest star at Columbia Studios.



Whether illuminating the screen with a song and dance or beaming from a magazine photo, Rita Hayworth was an unforgettable sight. Capitalizing on her inherited beauty and talent to become a legendary motion picture star, Hayworth captured the hearts of countless American servicemen during the 1940s. At her peak, she epitomized American beauty,



Every woman in the world wanted the sex appeal love goddess, Rita Hayworth exuded on camera with her bedroom eye's batting from the silver screen.  Every serviceman dreamed of coming home to a doll like the voluptuous Rita Hayworth and Tom Lyle capitalized on her selling power.  During the World War ll in America romance was portrayed in every advertisement from the beauty of Maybelline eyes to the chic sex appeal of Chesterfield cigarettes.  Young love meant morale building and that encouraged the boys fighting for their country to come home soon.  Rita Hayworth epitomised, youth, energy, romance and hope for bright future, a better future.  She was the seductive siren who called the boy's home with a glint of promise in her beautiful Maybelline eyes.




Who wouldn't want to come home to a sex goddess like glamorous, sexy, gorgeous Rita Hayworth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1SMBjfSjI  click here to see Rita singing in her famous 1946 film, Gilda (1946) - a black-and-white film noir directed by Charles Vidor. It stars Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth in her signature role as the ultimate femme fatale.


Read more about Maybelline and the Hollywood Star System in The Maybelline Story.  Buy your copy form Amazon for a greatly reduced price today. 



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