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"Prisma" creyón labial (lipstick), shade Romance — refill ("repuesto"), with box
Object/Artifact
A boxed lipstick refill. The magenta printed-cardboard identifies the product as Prisma "Repuesto" creyón labial, net wt. 4 g, shade "Romance," price $0,65, Suchel, Hecho en Cuba, with the triple-triangle (prism) device. The refill itself is a bare terracotta/brownish-rose bullet (the "Romance" shade), speckled and bloomed with age. As a "repuesto," it is the replacement bullet intended for a reusable lipstick holder.
2025.1.355
Belonged to Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
A Cuban state-produced lipstick refill of the Prisma line, made by the Empresa de Perfumería y Jabonería Suchel (Ministry of Light Industry). The "repuesto" format — selling the bullet alone to refit an existing case — reflects the economy-of-materials logic of the period; the printed state price ($0.65) is part of that fixed-price retail context. Same maker family as the earlier "tú" (Suchel) and Realce items.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
Suchel
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Prisma
Maker: Suchel (Empresa de Perfumería y Jabonería Suchel; Cuban state, Ministry of Light Industry) — confirmed on the box. Line/brand Prisma; shade Romance. Date: circa 1970s–1980s — tentative (no date/lot code read).
Inscription
box
PRISMA REPUESTO CREYON LABIAL 4g Precio $0.65 Suchel Hecho en Cuba Romance
Spanish
PRISMA REPLACEMENT LIPSTICK 4g Price $0.65 Suchel Made in Cuba Romance
Ink
Box printing: "prisma" (lowercase wordmark) / "REPUESTO" / "CREYON LABIAL" / "Precio $0,65", plus a triple-triangle (prism) device.
Box printing (Spanish): "PRISMA / REPUESTO / CREYON LABIAL / 4g / Precio $0,65 / Suchel / Hecho en Cuba / Romance," plus the triple-triangle (prism) device. ("Romance" = shade name; "Repuesto" = refill; "4g" = net weight.)
3.9 cm
1.1 cm
Printed cardboard box; lipstick refill bullet (no holder).
wrap
cellophane wrap is in very bad condition
Cardboard
Printed cardboard (box); lipstick (wax/oil composition, terracotta/rose).
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Prisma was a Cuban Suchel cosmetics line (creyón labial), incl. iridescent and lip gloss of the Cuban cosmetics to Empresa de Perfumería y Jabonería Suchel. The "Prisma" hits for modern Argentine/Mexican brands are unrelated. Research the Romances connection.