Can’t wait for this!

Beauty and Cosmetics Through the Ages Experience an evocative and vivid exploration of the historical and often dangerous pursuit of beauty.

Oooh, this webinar at the Wallace Collection looks amazing! Got my ticket. 😍 www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/eve...

K-Beauty. Beauté coréenne, histoire d'un phénomène Du 18e siècle à la vague K-Pop, découvrez les racines d’une esthétique qui a conquis le monde !

Debating whether to sell a kidney so I can afford a trip to Paris and see this K-beauty exhibition at the Museé Guimet. 😍 www.guimet.fr/fr/expositio...

Really excited about the new Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Forums celebrating the best in new scholarship. We start next Friday with @makeupmuseum.org interviewing Eileen G'Sell, author of Lipstick. Join us 13th March,12 PM ET/4 PM GMT, online
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CAA 2026 conference recap - The Makeup Museum I had so much fun at the College Art Association (CAA) annual conference I just had to share! I was honored when my proposal on luxury makeup design was accepted to the panel hosted by the Design Stud...

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!

Blush: Contemporary Makeup Artists | Standard Edition | 9781837291212 A visually stunning celebration of the world’s most brilliant, bold, and boundary-pushing makeup artists Makeup is empowering. It’s a means of experimentation, reinvention, provocation, disguise, and ...

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...

Diane Ladd Answers Every Question We Have About Wild at Heart On working with her daughter Laura Dern, why Blue Velvet made her “angry,” and what she was thinking during that improvised lipstick scene.

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...

Curator's corner, 2025 - The Makeup Museum: Where Cosmetics & Art Intersect What a long, strange year it’s been! As you might have guessed, 2025 was a busy one on the personal front, so not much museum activity. I hope to remedy that in 2026, but I already have several side p...

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. 🎨💄

MM Mailbag: a novel vintage mascara, lions and more - The Makeup Museum: Where Cosmetics & Art Intersect There have been well over 150 inquiries since the last time I shared what’s in the ole Makeup Museum mailbag so I’m just highlighting a handful of the more interesting ones, along with some not-so-nic...

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! 💖💄🎨

New Exhibition: Blusher - The Makeup Museum: Where Cosmetics & Art Intersect So pleased to announce the opening of “Blusher: Art, Makeup, Materiality” at Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University! Expertly curated by scholar and artist (and CHMSN member) Cathy Lomax, the exh...

“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...

Trending: What's Pink and Blue and Cloudy All Over? - The Makeup Museum: Where Cosmetics & Art Intersect While visiting my parents in Pennsylvania last spring, I stumbled across a blue raspberry soda in a local supermarket. I bought it on a whim, and the flavor quickly morphed into a full-blown obsession...

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:

www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

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War Paint: Ethics and Beauty Title: War Paint Subtitle: Ethics and Beauty Subject Classification:  Gender Studies, Arts, Society and Culture   BIC Classification: A, B, C BISAC Classification: HIS056000, HEA003000, SOC010000 Bind...

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

Dr. F. Formaneck Co., est. 1903 - Made-in-Chicago Museum A history of the Dr. Frederick Formaneck Company, part of our growing archive of exclusive research dedicated to key 20th century Chicago manufacturers.

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...