Moon Drops Lipstick

Picture of the Day for 12/17/2013. I've been reading the Astronaut Wives Club book (authored by Lily Koppel) I received for my birthday. There's a chapter that describes a photo shoot the wives of the first Mercury 7 astronauts participated in for Life Magazine in 1959. When the magazine came out, the women were shocked to see that the demure pink lipstick they had all worn (in honor of Mamie Eisenhower's favorite color) in a group shot had been replaced with red in the magazine. Shocking!

The book explains that:

In the towering Time-Life Building in New York City, the editors had decided against Mamie Pink because it was fast going out of style. This was the space age after all, and the flare of a bright Patriotic Red on the Astrowives' lips better promised America the moon and the stars. Soon, bouffant hairdos whipped up to the heavens appeared on runways, on sidewalks, and in typing pools, along with frosted "Moon Drops" lipstick, launched by Revlon as "the lipstick to wear to the moon."

I was intrigued by the idea of "Moon Drops" lipstick so I did a google search and discovered the lipstick line is still available 50 years later! Of course I had to buy not one, but three tubes of lipstick in the following fabulous shades: Crystal Cut Coral, Bamboo Bronze, and Copperglaze Sienna. As a space fanatic, it is important to be wearing the proper moon-inspired lipstick!