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"Realce" creyón labial (lipstick), red shade
Object/Artifact
Swivel lipstick: white plastic inner barrel rising from a pink plastic base, presenting a red lipstick bullet; pink cap (capped form is an all-pink cylinder). The paper base label reads "Realce" beneath a small crown emblem. White barrel bears transferred red product smudges from use.
2025.1.354
Realce was a Cuban makeup line spanning lipstick (11 shades), lip gloss, eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara — one of several state lines (with Fantasía, Prisma, Alondra, Cirene) made by the Cuban cosmetics/perfumery industry (Ministry of Light Industry; Suchel system). "Creyón labial" is the Cuban term for lipstick.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
MINIL
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Realce
Maker / brand: Realce line, Cuban state cosmetics industry (Ministry of Light Industry; Suchel system tentative — no Suchel signature visible on this label, only the Realce wordmark + crown). Confirmed line from the base label. Date: circa 1970s–1980s — tentative; consistent with the state cosmetics lines' period. No date/lot code read.
Label
bottom of tube
Realce
Spanish
Base paper label: crown emblem over "Realce" (script). + Shade number.
7.3 cm
1.8 cm
Pink plastic cap; white plastic swivel barrel with pink plastic base; lipstick bullet (red)
Plastic
Plastic (pink cap/base, white barrel); lipstick (wax/oil, red); paper (label).
Good
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use