We live in a time when everyone from athletes to bloggers aspires to be a brand. In the age-of-Instagram, who doesn’t understand the power of a well-crafted image? But over a century-ago, a 4-foot-10 ...

Cosmetics pioneer Helena Rubinstein, and her story of women, beauty, wealth and power. Helena Rubenstein – “Chaja” when she was a girl in the shtetl – left Poland a century ago for Australia, then ...

Rubinstein leaves her family home in order to avoid an arranged marriage with an elderly widower. She emigrates to join an uncle in Australia. In her suitcase, she stows away 12 jars of Dr Jacob ...

Besides having the best title of any film on television this year, the story of beauty biz pioneers Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein turns out to be a fascinating tale of two women and the ...

NEW YORK - Judgmental, autocratic and wholly self-made after fleeing prewar Poland and the prospect of arranged marriage as a teen, Helena Rubinstein built a cosmetics empire on the notion that beauty ...

In a 1935 pamphlet, Helena Rubinstein, writes: “Let me create a living portrait of you in vibrant, thrilling colors!” Rubinstein, a marketing guru, began producing pamphlets with her beauty tips in ...

My first introduction to Helena Rubinstein came in the form of a small, white tube with a red and fuchsia logo that was no bigger than my thumb. It was waterproof mascara, hidden away in my mother’s ...

Four-foot-ten and squat—“built like an icebox,” in the words of one acquaintance—with a strong nose and an iron jaw, Helena Rubinstein was an unlikely ambassador for beauty. Which may have worked to ...

Harvard Business School professor Geoff Jones examines the career of Helena Rubinstein, one of the trailblazing female entrepreneurs of the 20th century. Using guile, brilliant... Listen and subscribe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The life of iconic 20th century businesswoman and cosmetics pioneer Helena Rubinstein will be presented as a feature movie, ...

At 4 feet-10-inches tall, beauty maven and art collector Helena Rubinstein "was a lot of woman in a small package," art historian and resident Marlene Strauss told the audience Tuesday at The Society ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Judgmental, autocratic and wholly self-made after fleeing pre-war Poland and the prospect of arranged marriage as a teen, Helena Rubinstein built a cosmetics empire on the notion that ...