The Makeup Museum
@makeupmuseum.org
Where cosmetics and art intersect. Exhibiting, preserving and researching makeup from all eras and cultures. Est. 2008. Posts by the founder/curator.
https://makeupmuseum.org
https://makeupmuseum.org
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...
October 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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...
I’m in my happy place - spent the Museum’s 17th (!) anniversary today working on the Flutter exhibition. 😅
August 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m in my happy place - spent the Museum’s 17th (!) anniversary today working on the Flutter exhibition. 😅
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. 🎨💄
July 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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. 🎨💄
New blog post: Mona Manet cosmetics. It’s a tragic but important story. makeupmuseum.org/a-life-in-se...
February 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New blog post: Mona Manet cosmetics. It’s a tragic but important story. makeupmuseum.org/a-life-in-se...
📣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.
https://makeupmuseum.org
https://makeupmuseum.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📣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.
https://makeupmuseum.org
https://makeupmuseum.org
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.
February 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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.
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. 💖😍🏡
February 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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. 💖😍🏡
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. 😅
February 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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. 😅
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....
February 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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....
It’s here! Check out the Makeup Museum’s 15th anniversary exhibition! 🎉 https://www.makeupmuseum.org/home/2024/04/makeup-museum-15-year-anniversary.html
February 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It’s here! Check out the Makeup Museum’s 15th anniversary exhibition! 🎉 https://www.makeupmuseum.org/home/2024/04/makeup-museum-15-year-anniversary.html
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.😧
February 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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.😧
Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧🐉
February 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧🐉
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. 😅
February 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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. 😅
The Makeup Museum is incredibly honored and grateful to receive a @MDhumanities Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE grant! Thank you so much and congratulations to fellow grantees! More about the award here: https://bit.ly/3Q9k017 #MDHumanities
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Makeup Museum is incredibly honored and grateful to receive a @MDhumanities Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE grant! Thank you so much and congratulations to fellow grantees! More about the award here: https://bit.ly/3Q9k017 #MDHumanities
Still not well, but this latest acquisition is bringing me much joy. (And hopefully some luck in getting this virus to go away! 🤧)
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Still not well, but this latest acquisition is bringing me much joy. (And hopefully some luck in getting this virus to go away! 🤧)
Welp. It finally happened. Terrified the brain fog is here to stay. That would mean no more Makeup Museum…can’t do much when my cognition is impaired. 😞😭
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Welp. It finally happened. Terrified the brain fog is here to stay. That would mean no more Makeup Museum…can’t do much when my cognition is impaired. 😞😭
Keep going down rabbit holes…but that’s a good thing since I turned up yet another new-to-me book. 😍📚
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Keep going down rabbit holes…but that’s a good thing since I turned up yet another new-to-me book. 😍📚
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Last day of #Museum30! Museums preserve history that might otherwise be lost forever and share it with the public. I like to think I’m “rescuing” objects and uncovering stories, and ensuring the people behind them aren’t forgotten. #WhyMuseums
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Last day of #Museum30! Museums preserve history that might otherwise be lost forever and share it with the public. I like to think I’m “rescuing” objects and uncovering stories, and ensuring the people behind them aren’t forgotten. #WhyMuseums
Also, after a performance the actors sometimes create an impression of the makeup by pressing their faces into a piece of cloth, then add their signature and date. The result is called an oshiguma and is given to fans as souvenirs.
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Also, after a performance the actors sometimes create an impression of the makeup by pressing their faces into a piece of cloth, then add their signature and date. The result is called an oshiguma and is given to fans as souvenirs.
#Museum30, day 24: makeup objects have a long tradition of being designed and marketed as #accessories, especially purses and jewelry, but there are some novel twists. How about a powder puff handkerchief, a compact sewing kit, or a cigarette lighter vanity case?
February 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Museum30, day 24: makeup objects have a long tradition of being designed and marketed as #accessories, especially purses and jewelry, but there are some novel twists. How about a powder puff handkerchief, a compact sewing kit, or a cigarette lighter vanity case?
Happy birthday to artist Jeanne Mammen, born #OTD in 1890. 🥳🎨Enamored by her 1931 painting titled Carnival! Did some quick searches on Mammen and the culture of Weimar Germany…the amount of info is staggering! I’m starting with a book on German cosmetics history. 😍
February 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy birthday to artist Jeanne Mammen, born #OTD in 1890. 🥳🎨Enamored by her 1931 painting titled Carnival! Did some quick searches on Mammen and the culture of Weimar Germany…the amount of info is staggering! I’m starting with a book on German cosmetics history. 😍
#Museum30, day 20: in June the Makeup Museum presented highlights from LGTBQIA+ makeup history at the Delaware State House and Museum as part of their #pride festivities.🌈People really liked seeing some objects up close afterwards.😄Will share research notes from this talk soon!
February 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
