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I was poking around the Interwebs looking for the origins of nail polish in auto paint, and came across the claim that it was a manicurist working for Charles Revson (co-founder of Revlon with his brother Martin) who came up with the idea of using the nitrocellulose-based car paint formula as nail paint. Her name was Michelle Menard. Revlon was supposedly founded by the Revson brothers to bring this idea to market. I’m trying to figure out whether she was compensated for the invention. Her name doesn’t appear on any patents, but the USPTO database doesn’t seem to go back any earlier than the 1970s. Does anyone know more about her?

ILNP, apparently all unused, $5.99 minus my senior discount of 20% so … $4.79??? For all four. Cameo, Abundance, Juliette, and the one that caught my eye in the store, Cygnus Loop. Photographed on my lovely motel room dresser, haha. (Visiting Bellingham, Washington. Who knew?)