1960s Shu Mak-Up 8-bottle Set with Bonus 1950s Connies Shoe Box and Other Items

Shu Mak-up was a Los Angeles-based company that specialized in color-tinted products for shoes and accessories. They were featured in fashion magazines like Vogue. The beautiful glass jars with gold design and lids are hard to find. It is even rarer to find them in their original boxes. Though most of the contents have dried up, the bottles, lids, boxes and documentation are in amazing shape for their age. Likely because it was stored in the cool, dry mountain climate of Wrightwood, CA. Perfect for the MCM fashion lover or shoe collector, additions to a shadowbox display or bathroom or bedroom decor or the collector of Americana. Don’t miss your chance to own this rare piece of fashion history.

Contains the following Shu-Mak-up ⅞ oz. jars:
Tartan Green, #38
Apple Green, #34
Cloud White, #1 (2 jars)
Charcoal, #35
Gold Lustre Powder
Wax

Shu-Mak-up directions
Shu-Mak-up order from

In addition this listing contains:
1955 Connie shoe box (design copyright 1955) - wear and tear commensurate with age
2 shoe clips
Polishing cloth
2 jars of glitter
Envelope containing nails for attaching

Article on Leon Bennet which mentions Shu Mak Up advertisement crediting Hats by Leon of Beverly Hills: https://asufidmmuseum.asu.edu/learn/articles/leon-bennett-milliner-part-two

There is also a book on Amazon titled “Fashion in a Bottle: The History of Shu-Mak-Up“ Book summary: Mickey & Bill Black created an innovative new way to accessorize a wardrobe. Fashion in a Bottle is the story of how a husband and wife team took a defunct business and turned it into a multi-million dollars, national business in the early 1960s. It is the story of Mickey Black, a successful sales woman, building a national sales force of over one hundred, salaried women. It is a story of unprecedented consumer excitement in the product, Shu-Mak-Up, that cost $1.25 retail!

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