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Makeup Giant Maybelline Founded By Teen Boy After Seeing His Sister Make Mascara From Coal

A well-known international company had humble origins

Andrew Martin
3 min readMar 15, 2022

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Makeup is big business. As recently as 2019, the cosmetic industry in the United States alone raked in more than $49 billion. A widely-recognized leader in this is Maybelline, a New York-based company with a wide array of…

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.