Had way too much fun at the 114th annual College Art Association conference. Also spotted some ancient cosmetic treasures at the Art Institute of Chicago! Full recap is at the blog. 💄❤️ makeupmuseum.org/caa-2026-con...
Ah, was waiting for this article!! ☢️Tremendous work!
Disappointed no one reached out to me about contributing to this new Phaidon book on contemporary makeup artists, but it looks good! Many of my faves are included. www.phaidon.com/en-us/produc...
Plugging away on a book chapter on smeared makeup in film and was astonished to learn that the infamous lipstick scene in 1990’s Wild at Heart was totally unscripted, according to actress Diane Ladd. David Lynch apparently loved it and kept it in the film. www.vulture.com/article/dian...
Got a Curator’s Corner up - much news since I posted last in the spring of 2024. Happy new year’s! makeupmuseum.org/curators-cor...
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My latest publication 'The gender bias in NIVEA® sunscreen advertisements in Sweden: A transhistorical perspective' is now out with Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty. Co-authored with Lame Kenalemang-Palm.
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Deliriously excited for this very special issue! Thank you for the opportunity to contribute an article!
I’m investigating the use of human hair in false eyelashes for the Makeup Museum’s upcoming exhibition on the history of eyelash adornment. Definitely grappling with how to approach it!
Aw, thank you so much! Could not have done it without you!!
Screenshot of the Journal of Historical Research in Marketing showing an article entitled From Health to Status Symbol: Towards a Typology of Glow in Cosmetics Marketing.
It’s here! My very first journal article (and peer reviewed, at that!) Huge thanks to @drlaurenalexohagan.bsky.social and @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social for being such amazing editors. 🙏👏 doi.org/10.1108/JHRM...
📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙
☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
The latest paper in our Selling Beauty special issue has now been published. Jeaney Yip and colleagues explore Indonesian beauty ideals through the ads of local beauty brand, Mustika Ratu. You can read it here:
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#beauty #cosmetics #marketing
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Can’t wait!! 💖
Poster advertising the event on 19 September at 2pm.
So excited to launch Selling Beauty: Historical Perspectives on the Marketing of Cosmetics and Makeup with this online event.
If you want to attend please do email me via my website www.lucyjanesantos.com (I haven’t set up age verification on this so no DMs)
Five vintage eyelash enhancers against a yellow background
I’m in my happy place - spent the Museum’s 17th (!) anniversary today working on the Flutter exhibition. 😅
Three lipstick tubes attached to palette shaped cardboard backing. Text on the backing reads “Paint a pretty picture from the artist’s palette”.
In honor of the recently opened Blusher exhibition, for National Lipstick Day here is a delightful ca. 1940s lipstick “palette” from the Fuller Brush Co., which I included in my essay in the exhibition catalog. 🎨💄
It’s been a while since we’ve seen what’s in the ole MM Mailbag! Check out some inquiries the Makeup Museum has received. makeupmuseum.org/mm-mailbag-a...
Saving this for an upcoming installment of Makeup as Muse! 💖💄🎨
“Blusher: Art, Makeup, Materiality” is now open at Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University! Read more about it and the Makeup Museum’s contribution to the exhibition catalog. makeupmuseum.org/new-exhibiti...
Not exactly sure where I was going with this, but here are some (possibly incoherent) thoughts on pink and blue packaging and cloud beauty. makeupmuseum.org/trending-wha...
The fourth article in our Selling Beauty special issue has now been published! Sridevi Gopakumar & Madhava Priya Dananjayan examine greenwashing tactics in both historical & contemporary cosmetic advertisements:
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This new beauty book looks intriguing. 👀 ethicspress.com/products/war...
The third paper in our Selling Beauty special issue is now out. Anya Griffiths explores advertisements for cosmetics and medicines in The Morning Chronicle, 1800-1810. Read more here:
www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
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#advertisements #marketing #cosmetics #beauty
The Made in Chicago Museum has a history of Dr. F. Formaneck Co, the company that produced an early eyelash treatment called Eye-Lash-Ine. I was always curious about the history! www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/...
Ivory Bakelite lipstick tube and burgundy rouge container against a marble background
New blog post: Mona Manet cosmetics. It’s a tragic but important story. makeupmuseum.org/a-life-in-se...
Thank you so much!! 🥹Greatly appreciated! Now for the really fun part - putting the whole collection online in a searchable, sortable format. 😅
MM Musings, vol. 30: on problematic objects. Would love some guidance and insight on this topic! Check it out at the website and share your thoughts. makeupmuseum.org/mm-musings-v...
Aw, thank you so much!! I hope I like it better than Threads and Mastodon…couldn’t get the hang of either! 😂
📣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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