I’m Rachel Weingarten a long time cosmetic industry insider and former celebrity makeup artist, product developer, award-winning author, marketing strategist, beauty historian and auth
or of Hello Gorgeous!, Beauty Products in America ’40s – ’60s which inspired a week-long retro beauty event at Henri Bendel. I’ve lectured on beauty history and advertising and cosmetic and fragrance marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology and created fun, interactive workshops on evolving beauty for cosmetic and pharmaceutical corporations. I also had a blast earlier this year talking about the history of makeup on the Sundance Channel series Love/Lust & Makeup along with Stacy London & Bobbi Brown.
If you found this site on your own, there’s a good chance you were looking for a beauty historian to comment on the history of the cosmetics industry, women’s spending habits through the decades. Who knows? Maybe you’re searching for a consultant for your TV show, movie or advertising campaign. Then again, you might simply have been looking for a kindred spirit as obsessed with lip gloss as you are.
Whatever brought you here, I’m glad to see you babycakes and hope you’ll come visit again as I launch my retro beauty blog Pretty Pages.
