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Thomas Lyle Williams Sr (January 19, 1896 – September 26, 1976) was an American cosmetician and business executive. He was the founder of cosmetic firm The Maybelline Company.
Dec 3, 2017 · Thomas Lyle “Tom” Williams, Sr at 18 years old. That same year, Williams founded Maybelline Laboratories, a company that he named in honor of his resourceful sister. His first product was called the “Lash-Brow” and was made from similar ingredients to the ones used by his sister.
The Maybelline Company was founded in Chicago by pharmacist Thomas Lyle Williams in 1915. Williams noticed his older sister Mabel applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look.
Apr 4, 2011 · One of her brothers, Tom Lyle Williams, was fascinated by Mabel's concoction and the way it enhanced her eyes. Tom Lyle, a movie buff, realized at that moment that glamour in those early days of Hollywood radiated from actresses' eyes. Out of this inspiration a billion-dollar business was born.
Her brother, Tom Lyle Williams, discovered his sister applying the concoction to her face in a way he'd only known Hollywood's most dazzling starlets to...
Oct 18, 2020 · A promotional blitz that could have served as the long overdue “coming out” party for Maybelline’s pioneering but little-known founder, Thomas Lyle Williams (1896-1976), was instead reduced to a few vague bits of corporate trivia.
Aug 15, 2021 · Thomas Lyle Williams Sr (January 19, 1896 – September 26, 1976) was an American businessman. He was the founder of Maybelline cosmetics. [1] Early life and family Edit. Thomas Lyle Williams Sr with his 14-year-old son, Thomas Lyle Williams Jr., in 1926.
