Blast from the past: 60s #cosmetics ads

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When I was a kid, I hung out with my next door neighbor, who was two years older than me.  I liked her company more than that of her sister, who was only a couple of months older than me.  Gayle and I might have been young, but we were precocious in our fondness for clothes and cosmetics.

Here are a couple of items we coveted, but our mothers wouldn’t let us buy:

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Lipshine from Helena Rubinstein’s Lightworks collection featured a “Splitstick” that was gloss on one side, color on the other, packed in a graphic black and white tube.

I love those swingy, pleated tent dresses!

Body Paint by Coty Originals has to be one of the most unusual cosmetics I’ve seen.  It came in a paint bucket complete with paint roller and pan.  Shades were blue, green, and mauve.  There were also four flesh tones.

This ad was scanned from the July 1967 issue of Seventeen.  The dress is by Betsey Johnson.  Can you believe that she’s been around this long?

Kjaer Weis Sweetness Lip Tint

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Coral is big this summer, and while I usually eschew trends, I’m embracing this one.  Why?

I recently purchased Lasting Finish Lipstick in 012 (coral) from Kate Moss’s collection for Rimmel London and the red-coral lipstick that Poppy King created for J. Crew.  I like the Kate Moss lipstick better than the Poppy King lipstick because it doesn’t spread beyond the lip line.

Here’s another coral lip color I’m craving:

Kjaer Weis Lip Tint in Sweetness

Kjaer Weis Lip Tint in Sweetness is described as a “beautiful coral/orange, sheer lip tint.”  It would be a nice alternative finish to the Kate Moss and Poppy King lipsticks.  I also like the one-of-a-kind packaging.

I interviewed Kirsten Kjaer Weis in November 2011.  Since then, she’s added an online store to the Kjaer Weis web site.

Cosmetics Executive Women name most innovative beauty products

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Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) recognized the most innovative beauty products of the year at the 18th Annual CEW Beauty Insiders’ Choice Awards. The award-winning products ranged across 29 categories including cosmetics, hair care, skin care, nails, and more.

CEW’s most innovative beauty products of the year

Visit the CEW web site to see the winners, finalists, and entries.

Is Kate Moss still with Rimmel London?

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I was a bit confused by this ad featuring Kate Moss for Dior Addict lipstick:

Kate Moss for Dior Addict Lipstick

Doesn’t Kate represent Rimmel London?  What about future Kate Moss lipstick collections that Rimmel London promises?  Did Kate jump ship?

Kate Moss for Rimmel London Lasting Finish lipstick

Check out the similarities between the two ads.  The way Kate is holding her hand is nearly identical in the two ads.

Rimmel London’s PR rep assures me that Kate is still with Rimmel London and she will be coming out with more lipstick collections with Rimmel London in upcoming seasons.  That’s good news – I like Lasting Finish Lipstick in 012 (coral) from Kate’s collection – even better than the coral lipstick that Poppy King created for J. Crew.

NARS Andy Warhol Collection

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It won’t be out until October, but NARS has posted a teaser video for its Andy Warhol collection, as licensed by the Andy Warhol Foundation:

Which Warhol character do you think will make an appearance in the collection?  I’m banking on Edie Sedgwick.  Jane Forth should be another character.

Also see my review of Bond No. 9 Success is a Job in New York, part of a series of fragrances commissioned by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Launching this week: Ellis Faas Creamy Eyes

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The Style Page had the privilege of interviewing Ellis Faas back in August 2009.  Since then, her cosmetics line has been picked up in the U.S. by Bergdorf Goodman and she’s greatly expanded her cosmetics line.   Launching this week are seven new shades of her Creamy Eyes eye shadow in her signature pens:

Ellis Faas Creamy Eyes

The seven new shades (shown above) are Navy Blue, Bordeaux Red, Purple, Lilac, Mint Green, Light Blue and Yellow Ochre.

Surprising Gina Lollobrigida talent

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Flori Roberts Cosmetics (one of the first cosmetics lines to cater to women of color) posted this picture of Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida to Facebook:

Gina Lollobrigida

But did you know that Gina Lollobrigida is a talented sculptor?  Check out this sculpture that she created for the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (sorry, copying is disabled).

Beach Boys reunite for 50th Anniversary

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I seem much more interested in topics other than beauty and cosmetics nowadays.  Here’s an item from OMG! by Yahoo! that caught my attention: Beach Boys go retro on first new single in 20 years.

The single is titled “That’s Why God Made the Radio.” Mike Love says “It’s like an accolade to the radio and what it’s meant to so many people.”  Indeed.  When I was a kid, my most prized possession was my transistor radio – more so than my Barbies.

The Beach Boys are the quintessential American band, and it’s nice that Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine put aside their legal disputes to reunite for the occasion of their 50th anniversary.

Mally Beauty Three-fer Giveaway!

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The Style Page is offering one lucky person the chance to win three Mally Beauty products:

Mally Beauty City Chick Smokey Eye Kit in Plum Chelsea

The Style Page hand-picked Plum Chelsea, as plums and purples are often more sensuous than browns and grays.

Mally Beauty Evercolor Poreless Face Defender

Mally Beauty Evercolor Poreless Face Defender is a colorless, powderless alternative to translucent powder. According to the Mally Beauty website:

Mally’s Evercolor Poreless face Defender is the perfect finishing touch for your Makeup look. This remarkable technology yields a waterclear, featherweight product that diffuses the look of pores and fine lines, helps makeup last and last, and helps protect your makeup look. Finishes a look, mattifies and smoothes, without the dry, ashy look of powder.

Mally Beauty Perfect Prep Poreless Primer

Mally Beauty Perfect Prep Poreless Primer is Mally Roncal’s creation because she couldn’t find a primer that actually worked when she was working on her celeb clients. Reportedly, she used to mix 7-8 primers to find a solution that worked.

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(Sometimes I feel so) Uninspired

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(Sometimes I feel so) Uninspired was the title of a song by Traffic, a band fronted by Steve Winwood that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  It also reflects how I’m feeling now about blogging.

The process of sitting down to blog is hard for me.  However, I’ve been very active on Twitter with beauty news.  Twitter is easy, blogging is hard.

I’ve also been going through a makeup-free period.  After DST, I’ve had a hard time waking up before dawn  and it’s enough for me to throw on clothes and get out of the house to go to work.  Maybe some lip color and Paula’s Choice Brow/Hair Tint to cover the gray hairs and groom the brows.  And that’s about it.

However, that hasn’t stopped me from buying cosmetics!  Recent purchases:

G-d willing, I’ll get the motivation to sit down and write about them!