Where cosmetics and art intersect. Exhibiting, preserving and researching makeup from all eras and cultures. Est. 2008. Posts by the founder/curator.
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This article has been with me for days. Ditto for the phrase “change the narrative”, which I heard from a Black curator giving an IG talk on vintage compacts. My brain is in overdrive with new possibilities. artnews.com/art-in-america/i…
Not deleting the Makeup Museum’s X account yet, but I do want to stop posting here and take a shot where the skies are blue. Hope to see you there! 💙
📣WE ARE LIVE! Phase 1 of the Makeup Museum’s website redesign is here. Ironing out a few wrinkles, particularly on mobile, but it’s mostly done. Thrilled with how it turned out! 🥹Onto phase 2: getting the collection fully digitized.
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ALT Home page for new Makeup Museum website
Symposium at Yale tomorrow on the 17th century painting “Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches”! 😱 Features presentations by @profjill_burke, @eringriffey and @KatieAske. Looks amazing and will be live-streamed for those who can’t make it in person. britishart.yale.edu/exhibiti…
2 weeks ago today I had the honor of presenting my paper, “Makeup Design, Compulsory Beauty and the Modern American Woman, 1920-1960” at the @WomensHistNet conference! Here are some of the Makeup Museum’s objects that were featured.
ALT Array of vintage lipstick, face powder and compacts
Wow!! The world’s oldest dated kohl! 😱🖤 @ZahraHankir arkeonews.net/archaeologists…
Speaking of new books, I am particularly looking forward to one on lipstick by @Reckless_Edit for Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series, due in late 2025. ❤️💄
The editor in me itches to fix the transitive verb here, but delighted to see my first book of nonfiction, for the Object Lessons series @BloomsburyPub get an official shout-out! My book on #lipstick will toss expired ideas about femininity like so many tubes of melting wax. 💄💄
Ooh, there’s a new book out on Elizabeth Arden! I perused it through Google books preview. Among other interesting research, it agrees with the previous findings of @lucyjanesantos_ that Arden did not, in fact, hand out lipsticks to suffragettes. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
As if I don’t have enough projects, moving all the Makeup Museum’s objects to a new home has been added to the list b/c…WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!Finally out of B’more city to a safer, quiet area. And so much more storage room for the Museum’s ever growing collection. 💖😍🏡
ALT House with grey siding and chimney
Blog will continue being quiet, but for good reasons: 1 journal article, 2 papers for conferences, 2 book chapters and 3 grant proposals are all due in the next 4.5 months. Oh, and managing the museum’s website redesign. 🤪
Yay! The 2nd book by @lucyjanesantos_ is officially out! Pick up your copy here: bit.ly/4arTauk
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Happy solstice! These aren’t all the spring/summer 2024 acquisitions…there are a few more not shown here that I hope to talk about separately. 😅
ALT Assortment of colorful makeup items
Another reason why I need to learn multiple languages: the Makeup Museum was featured in this lovely piece on beauty collectors for the May issue of Vogue China. Fortunately Google Translate worked this time and I could see the info was accurate. 😄mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2qtl-p541…
ALT Scan of Vogue China magazine page
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If you're working on the marketing of cosmetics and makeup, then we'd love to hear from you for our forthcoming special issue with the Journal of Historical Research in Marketing. Full details below: emeraldgrouppublishing.com/c……
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It’s here! Check out the Makeup Museum’s 15th anniversary exhibition! 🎉 makeupmuseum.org/home/2024/0…
E.L.F.’s true crime themed Cosmetic Criminal kit isn’t coming back in stock, which is a shame b/c it would be interesting to display it next to the Schuco teddy.😂🧸Then again, disemboweling plushies to retrieve makeup is NOT a concept that should have been resurrected.😧
ALT Teddy bear with a zipper down its back opened to show a tube of E.L.F. makeup
ALT Vintage pink teddy bear with a powder compact as its mid-section
A year late, but here’s my response to yet another article on red lipstick and the myth of Elizabeth Arden handing out lipstick to suffragettes.🙄I want to again acknowledge @lucyjanesantos_ for her original research on the subject! bit.ly/4cyA9Zx
