The history of Helena Rubinstein from her beginnings in Australia in the ealry 1900s through to her move to America in 1915

The nearly 200-year-old museum is the oldest natural history museum in the Americas.

In line with a new Netflix documentary, MAC Cosmetics tapped the Basquiat estate for makeup.

Bidding for this lot will end on Wednesday, August 26th. The auction will begin at 9:30 AM (PDT) / 12:30 PM (EDT) / 5:30 PM (GMT) and lots are sold sequ{ellipsis}

CHMSN member and founder of the Black Beauty Archive Camille G. Lawrence answers our questions.

The Auction Commemorating the 100th Birthday of a Hollywood Icon Marilyn Monroe is arguably one of the world’s most recognizable figures. Even i...

Finally, some newness! I’m looking at three fresh collabs with various Japanese companies. First up is a new-to-me brand called To/One, which collaborated with (also new-to-me) fashion designer Keita ...

CHMSN Co-founder, Lucy Jane Santos, peeks into Max Factor's Beauty Lab in the 1930s

Experience an evocative and vivid exploration of the historical and often dangerous pursuit of beauty.

Du 18e siècle à la vague K-Pop, découvrez les racines d’une esthétique qui a conquis le monde !

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...

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 ...

On working with her daughter Laura Dern, why Blue Velvet made her “angry,” and what she was thinking during that improvised lipstick scene.

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...

This article explores gender bias in NIVEA® sunscreen advertisements through a transhistorical lens, using multimodal critical discourse analysis to interrogate their linguistic and semiotic features ...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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A history of the Dr. Frederick Formaneck Company, part of our growing archive of exclusive research dedicated to key 20th century Chicago manufacturers.

Makeup Museum (MM) Musings is a series that examines a broad range of museum topics as they relate to the preservation, research and exhibition of cosmetics, along with my vision for a physical Makeup...

During the archaeological excavations in Yeşilova Höyük (...