Honoring black beauty with 15 of the best vintage ads

I absolutely love looking back into the past because I believe that it helps us do two important things:
1. Assess how far we've come in our society
2. Understand a little bit more about our future
The beauty industry has been widely known to be dominated by a particular standard of beauty. However, during the decades of the '60s and '70s, because of successful African-American publications such as Ebony magazine, more beauty brands began using African-American models and celebrities to promote their products.
Here is just a small compilation of those gorgeous beauty advertisements from our history.
Brands such as Noxzema and Maybelline were on board with targeting women of color.

Our black has always and will continue to be beautiful.
With Grace,
D.
Dannette Genell. I am enthusiastic about beauty, books and living the most gracious life possible. I am a beauty and lifestyle blogger from the Bay Area. personal blog – www.dgenell.com – twitter – instagram