Lipstick colors

Revlon introduced twelve colors in Spring 1958. There was a full-page ad for them in Seventeen. I have made this list of eleven from memory, and it may contain errors. I contacted Revlon about this list, but they could offer no help, although they all said, "Oh, that sounds like fun!" Corrections are welcomed.

  1. Vanilla Icing (white)
  2. Nougat (slightly pinker than Vanilla Icing)
  3. Frosted Pink (translucent orangey-white in tube, it turned purple on your lips)
  4. Coral Vanilla (pale coral)
  5. Honey Vanilla (slightly darker and pinker than Coral Vanilla)
  6. Pink Parfait
  7. Strawberry Vanilla (slightly darker and redder than Honey Vanilla)
  8. Orange Parfait (Orange!)
  9. Orange Sherbet (Oranger)
  10. Mango Sherbet (Orangest)
  11. Grape Icing (Purple, like the crayon)

Summer 1959, Revlon introduced a set of the palest "frosted" nailpolish-only colors, mostly with food-names. Again, comments are welcomed.

  1. Pineapple Yum-Yum (yellow)
  2. Butter Pecan (light tan)
  3. Sugar Blue (pale blue)
  4. Platinum (silvery white)
  5. there was also a green one
  6. and a pink one (Pink Coconut?)

Other Revlon Colors
from the '50s and early '60s
  1. Paint the Town Red
  2. Paint the Town Pink
  3. Fire Engine Red
  4. Pink Lightning
  5. Orange Flip
  6. Cherries in the Snow
  7. Fire and Ice
  8. Tickled Pink
  9. Honey Bee Pink
  10. Windsor
  11. French Toast
  12. Pink Heaven
  13. Hot Coral
  14. Butterfly Pink
  15. Barely Pink
  16. Barely Beige
  17. Persian Melon
  18. Love that Red
  19. Love that Pink
  20. Certainly Red
  21. Blasé Apricot
  22. Revlon Red
  23. Strike Me Pink
  24. Mocha Polka
  25. Queen of Diamonds

Max Factor
  1. Golden Frost
  2. Copper Frost
  3. Apricot Frost
Cutex
  1. Hot Pink
  2. Orange Blaze


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