Bonne Bicentennial
Over 50 years ago, Bonne Bell began celebrating America's Bicentennial in July 1975, a year before the big 200th Birthday blowout, with the launch of four star-spangled lipstick shades for the Spirit of '76. To commemorate yet another big Birthday for America this year, I wanted to take a look back at this beautiful collection. Bonne Bell was always big on celebrating America over the decades so the collection was very on par for the beloved brand born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio. I actually used a very Americana Bonne Bell marketing binder to stage the lipsticks in the photos. It made the perfect backdrop for this series. June 1975 store ad featuring the four fabulous Centennial colors in their original countertop display 🇺🇸 Centennial Lipsticks : ☆ '76 Orange ☆ Patriotic Pink ☆ Centennial Peach ☆ American Rose Here's one of the actual lipsticks in all her glory, in the shade '76 Orange . The patriotic packaging was embossed in a star studded design against...
