Name/Title
"Fantasía" iridescent lipstick (creyón labial iridiscente Fantasía", shade "Ilusión" (brown)Entry/Object ID
2025.1.373Description
Swivel-type lipstick with a glossy black molded-plastic barrel and base collar, extended to show a frosted/iridescent nude-to-tan (warm beige-brown) bullet, used and irregularly worn with a fractured facet near the tip. The base collar fitted with a colorless push-on over-cap printed in gilt with an ornamental scheme (paired quatrefoil florets, a central vertical ornament, and beaded border bands). The flat black base carries a circular printed paper label: CREYON LABIAL IRIDISCENTE / FANTASIA / ILUSION / HECHO EN CUBA, above a small printed maker's monogram.Context
"Creyón labial" is the Cuban term for lipstick. Fantasía was a flagship makeup line of Cuba's nationalized perfumery-cosmetics industry; the creyón labial iridiscente Fantasía was offered in 11 shades, as documented in Cuba Material's catalog of state-produced cosmetics (companion lines Prisma, Realce, Alondra, Cirene). "Ilusión" is one of those iridescent shades. The casing here — black barrel with a gilt-printed clear over-cap — differs from the white/gold banded Rojo Claro tube in the previous record, indicating the Fantasía line used more than one packaging design.Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecitionMade/Created
Manufacturer
MINILPlace
Country
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaEdition
FantasíaNotes
Manufacturer: Cuban state perfumery-cosmetics industry, very likely the Empresa de Perfumería y Jabonería Suchel (successor to the Empresa Consolidada de Jabonería y Perfumería, founded 1961) — tentative as to the specific enterprise; the label names only the brand and "Hecho en Cuba." Fantasía brand and "Ilusión" shade confirmed by the base label. Designer not identified.
Date: circa 1970s–1980s; tentative.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
LabelLocation
bottom of the lipstick tubeTranscription
"CREYÓN LABIAL IRIDISCENTE, FANTASÍA, ILUSIÓN, HECHO EN CUBA"Language
SpanishTranslation
"iridescent lipstick, Fantasy (brand name), illusion, made in Cuba"Material/Technique
LabelNotes
Base paper label (printed black): "CREYON LABIAL / IRIDISCENTE / FANTASIA / ILUSION / HECHO EN CUBA," with a small printed cursive monogram/device beneath — the same recurring Fantasía-line mark; unresolved/unidentified under enhancement. Over-cap: gilt ornamental printing (florets, vertical ornament, beaded bands); no legible text.Parts
Over-cap (clear gilt-printed plastic); barrel (black plastic) with swivel mechanism and base collar (black plastic); lipstick bullet (product).Materials
Material
PlasticMaterial Notes
Molded plastic (clear cap; black barrel/base); printed paper (label); metallic gilt ink (cap decoration); lipstick mass (wax/oil/pigment).Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Gertrudis Caraballo GálvezRelated Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaCreated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
June 17, 2026Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
July 17, 2026
