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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16 Jun 2020
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…
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4 Jan 2025
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! 💙
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12 Oct 2024
📣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
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26 Sep 2024
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…
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20 Sep 2024
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
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18 Sep 2024
Wow!! The world’s oldest dated kohl! 😱🖤 @ZahraHankir arkeonews.net/archaeologists…
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9 Sep 2024
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. ❤️💄
6 Sep 2024
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. 💄💄
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9 Sep 2024
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…
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21 Aug 2024
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
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15 Aug 2024
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. 🤪
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15 Aug 2024
It’s okay that I bit off more than I can chew…outside of a few tasty meals, for the most part I’ve been intellectually and academically starved for over 20 years. These projects are a veritable feast and I am relishing every morsel. 🤤
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7 Jul 2024
Yay! The 2nd book by @lucyjanesantos_ is officially out! Pick up your copy here: bit.ly/4arTauk
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20 Jun 2024
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
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29 Apr 2024
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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16 Apr 2024
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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15 Apr 2024
It’s here! Check out the Makeup Museum’s 15th anniversary exhibition! 🎉 makeupmuseum.org/home/2024/0…
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13 Apr 2024
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
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29 Mar 2024
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
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10 Feb 2024
Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧🐉
ALT Assortment of makeup with dragon designs
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30 Jan 2024
Why it’s been so quiet on the blog: two weeks ago today I submitted my very first book chapter for an academic publication.🥹Now I’m starting the chapter for a different edited volume that’s due in March. 😅
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