The Finnish-born Maila Nurmi became famous in the United States as Vampira, the first horror tv host. Protagonist of the Vampira Show in 1954/1955, she also starred in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) by Ed Wood.
The idea for her character was born in 1953 when she attended the Bal Caribe Masquerade in a costume inspired by Morticia Addams. Her characterization was also influenced by the Dragon Lady from the comic strip Terry and the Pirates and the evil queen from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
In the picture above, shot in her dressing room, Nurmi was applying a foundation stick, the now iconic Pan Stik by Max Factor. Her trademark bat sunglasses can be seen, too.


Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) are about to fight against an alien creature, but in the meantime they’re chatting about girls and… hair. Steve finally shares the routine behind his lovely hairstyle.
The first name he drops is Fabergé Organics, a haircare line on the market in the 1970s and 1980s.
He’s consistent, because he uses shampoo and conditioner from the same line.


Bomb dropped! Let’s be honest: the Farrah Fawcett spray, not the Organics shampoo and conditioner, is his secret beauty weapon.
After all, no wonder the line of haircare products that Fabergé launched in the late 1970s was this popular: the





By the bath there two shampoos – Head & Shoulders and Revlon

There’s Avon Iron Horse



There’s an Avon cologne in the bathroom at Barb’s house. It’s unclear what cologne it is, since Avon used the same bottle (the thimble one, in this case) for different scents. Elusive, Bird of Paradise and Charisma colognes were all sold in this golden stopper bottle.

It’s a vintage piece, probably a limited edition from the 1970s. It’s made of metal and has the trademark double Gs decorating the front. It’s quite thick and rounded, in comparison to today’s compacts, which tend to be very thin.




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The Girl (Sarah Hay), who embodies the Housekeeper’s young self, uses the same lipstick.

In 2009 Roman Polanski directed the (fake) commercial for a (fake) perfume: Greed by Francesco Vezzoli. Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman are the stars of
The centre of the
The advertising campaign featured portraits of famous female artists made of inkjet, wool, cotton, metallic embroidery and custom jewelry on brocade. Among them, Eva Hesse, Lee Miller, Frida Kahlo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Tamara de Lempicka and Georgia O’Keeffe.

Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) tries some lipsticks before leaving for work. One is Chanel Coco Rouge Shine.
The other is Tom Ford Lips & Boys, a lipstick collection launched in 2014.