Mirta de Perales

6 Iconic Beauty Products You Grew up With!

6 Iconic Beauty Products You Grew Up With!

By Johanna Ferreira | 07/08/2011 - 15:30 | 9 Comments

Many of us grew up admiring everything about mami’s beauty routine. It’s probably because not only was she taking care of herself, but most of the time mami dolled us up too, bathing us in delicious scents or carefully tending to our hair.

Here is a collection of our favorite iconic beauty products most every Latina will remember!

Mirta de Perales Passes Away

Legendary Cuban Beauty Icon Mirta de Perales Passes Away

By Mariela Rosario | 05/11/2011 - 08:00 | 4 Comments

Mirta de Perales, an icon in the beauty industry, particularly for us Latinas, passed away last week on May 3, 2011. One of the first Hispanic women to find huge success in the beauty industry in the U.S., de Perales was 88 years old when she died from Alzheimer's disease.

The Cuban mogul was successful early on in her native Cuba, but moved to the...