Vintage Cosmetic Ads

Browse a collection of classic advertisements featuring iconic beauty products and makeup brands from decades past. These ads showcase glamorous designs and timeless marketing that capture the allure and trends of beauty history.

1913 Ivory Soap Ad - "99 44/100% PURE"

1933 Palmolive Soap Ad - "Invite Romance by keeping that schoolgirl complexion"

1933 Pond's Cold Cream and Pond's Vanishing Cream Ad - "This remarkable Two-Skin Treatment gives complete beauty care"

1933 Ivory Soap Ad - "Don't coarsen your skin!.. Only a soap that's pure enough for a baby should touch your face"

1938 Lenthéric Men's After Shave Lotion Ad - "for men of action"

1941 Toushay Lotion Ad - "So effective it protects your hands even in hot, soapy water!"

1941 Seaforth! For Men Gift Packages Ad - "For the MAN at the top of your list!"

1941 Yardley Gift Sets Ad - "Yours to Give... These Yardley Sets"

1941 Max Factor Hollywood Make-Up Gift Sets Ad - "Gifts from Hollywood"

1941 Coty Perfume Gift Sets (L'Aimant, Paris, L'Origan, Emeraude) Ad - "Theme and Variations by Coty"

1945 Viderm Skin Treatment Ad - "DON'T BE AFRAID AND STOP WORRYING NOW ABOUT EXTERNAL SKIN TROUBLES, FOLLOW THESE EASY DIRECTIONS, YOU CAN NOW ENJOY A PORCELAIN-LIKE SOFTER SKIN"

1948 Williams Luxury Shaving Cream, Williams Glider Shaving Cream, Aqua Velva After-Shave Ad - "$1.00 Value for 75¢... if you act quickly!"

1948 Ipana Tooth Paste Ad - "for your Smile of Beauty"

1951 Stanley Hostess Party Plan Ad - "You shop Comfortably at Stanley Hostess Parties"

1951 Coty Solid Cologne Ad - "Feel Cool-Keep Fragrant!"

1951 Lustre-Creme Shampoo Ad - "The Most Beautiful Hair in the World is kept at its loveliest ...with Lustre-Creme Shampoo"

1951 Lilt Home Permanent Ad - "No Other Home Permanent Wave looks...feels...behaves so much like the loveliest Naturally Curly Hair!"

1951 Rayve Creme Shampoo Ad - "No other shampoo makes my hair so shining clean...so easy to curl!"

1951 Toni Home Permanent with Permafix Ad - "You can't tell a Toni from naturally curly hair!"

1954 Charles Antell Formula No. 9 Ad - "Without This Vital MOISTURE HUMAN HAIR CAN 'DIE OF THIRST'"

1954 Lustre-Creme Shampoo Ad - "For the Most Beautiful Hair in the World 4 out of 5 Top Hollywood Stars use Lustre-Creme Shampoo"

1954 Palmolive Soap Ad - "Better for Complexion Care"

1954 Woodbury Soap Ad - "Your face has never felt so smooth…"

1956 Vitalis Hair Tonic with V-7 Ad - "New greaseless way to keep your hair neat all day"

1956 Johnson's Baby Oil and Baby Powder Ad - "Favorites with the Sun Set!"

1960 Woodbury Pink Soap Ad - "Wash natural beauty back into your complexion"

1960 Pond's Cold Cream Ad - "She's busy yet she's beautiful... she uses Pond's"

1960 Touch-and-Glow Liquid Make-up Ad - "When it's important to look your very best 'Touch-and-Glow is the make-up for you"

1961 Yardley Shaving Foam Ad - "Most men ruin a shave with too much foam!"

1961 Northern Towels Handy Helper Ad - "Your Handy Helper"

1961 Dial Soap Ad - "Aren't you glad you use Dial Soap! (don't you wish everybody did?)"

1961 Miss Clairol Hair Color Bath Ad - "Hair color so natural only her hairdresser knows for sure!"

1961 Gem Push-Button Razor and Blades with Rise Instant Lather Ad - "Prove to yourself how good a Gem shave feels... and save 79¢ doing it!"

1962 Max Factor Creme Puff Ad - "from California comes the Sunlit Look of Creme Puff"

1963 Max Factor Lash-Full Textured Mascara Wand Ad - "Builds lashes to look longer, thicker, as no other mascara can... sweeps on in a stroke."

1963 Cover Girl Medicated Make-Up by Noxzema Ad - "At last! A Cover Girl complexion... so natural you can't believe it's make-up!"

1963 Du Barry Gift Sets Ad - "She'll love you as she loves Du Barry"

1963 Max Factor Holiday Gift Sets Ad - "WINDOW SHOPPING with MAX FACTOR"

1963 Fame de Corday Ad - "There are two ways to a woman's heart. One is FAME de CORDAY."

1964 Clairol Born Blonde Ad - "born a blonde? No, BORN BLONDE"

1964 Yardley Gift Sets Ad - "Yardley puts bath oil and soap and powder and clouds of heavenly cologne"

1964 Clairol condition Ad - "great new beauty prescription for troubled hair!"

1965 Miss Clairol MoonHaze Ad - "MoonHaze; the newest Miss Clairol... so natural only her hairdresser knows for sure!"

1972 Eau de Joy Atomiseur-Aerosol Ad - "New... A Joy Spray"

1972 The Baron Cologne Ad - "The Baron ...for Gentlemen"

1976 Gillette Twinjector Blades Ad - "You only have one face, baby. Treat it with some respect, huh."

1978 Agree Shampoo Ad - "helps stop the greasies between shampoos."

1978 Max Factor Whipped Creme Make-up Collection Ad - "The Whipped Creme Make-up Collection"

1978 Revlon Frost Formula 2 Ad - "The only lipfrost and lipgloss in one. Colors. Conditions. Shines."

1981 Jōvan Sport Scent Ad - "Life is a contact sport. And Jōvan has all the latest equipment."

1986 Edge Gel Fragrance-Free Ad - "The Shave for Purists"

1986 Vitalis Super Hold Aerosol Hair Spray for Men Ad - "The New Neat Look"

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