Stories
Stories is the Makeup Museum’s blog written by the founder and curator. It covers a wide range of topics: brand and artist histories, styles and trends, marketing and advertising, design and packaging, and musings on contemporary beauty culture and the museum sector. The blog’s emphasis is on sharing relatively unknown figures and histories, particularly those of traditionally marginalized populations. Overall, the blog aims to present diverse and inclusive conversations around cosmetics and museums.
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MM Exhibition: Happy 15th!
It's roughly 6 months past the Makeup Museum's official anniversary back in August of 2023, but it's still technically the 15th year of the Museum's existence so I forged ahead with a small exhibition, the theme of which is the 15 most important objects in the current collection. I originally thought of doing my favorite […]Read Featured Story
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Wishing you peace and joy from Bob Jordan and MAC

The Birkin of lipsticks: Rouge Hermès

Makeup as Muse: Gina Beavers

First: unraveling the origins of cosmetics museums

Curator’s Corner, October 2020

Interview with a curator: Andra Behrendt of Perfume Passage

Book review: Lipstick by Jessica Pallingston

Mermaids in pearls: Brecht Evens for Mikimoto

MM Mailbag: Revlon Couturine lipstick
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