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Labello Revolutionizes Lip Care

  • Labello packaging 1914

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    The first Labello from 1909

  • Advertising Labello 1910

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    Labello poster, Germany 1910

  • Labello packaging 1909

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    Labello 1922

  • Labello advertisement 1938

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    Labello poster, Germany 1938

  • Labello packaging 1954

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    New Labello packaging in the 1950s

  • Labello advertisement 1959

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    Labello advertisement 1959

  • Labello packaging white 1960

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    Labello in the 1960s

  • Labello advertisement Italy 1964

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    Labello poster, Italy 1960s

  • Classical blue Labello 1973

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    Classical blue Labello 1973

  • Labello med 1978

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    Labello med 1978

  • Labello sun 1979

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    Labello sun 1979

  • Labello product range today

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    Today's Labello range

    Everyone has a Labello stick in their purse today. Yet back in 1909 it was a novelty and, indeed, quite a sensation. Although lip care products were available in those days, applying them was a relatively laborious process. They were either sticks wrapped in paper or salves that had to be applied with the fingertip.

    Small packaging. Big impact. When Beiersdorf launched Labello, it revolutionized the market in every respect. Not only did it offer consumers a completely innovative lip care formula, the stick came in a practical, never-before-seen sliding case. The metal sleeve covering the stick – which wasn’t introduced for lipsticks in the colour cosmetics market until several years later – made Labello a best-selling product.

    The raw material shortages caused by the First World War meant that the tin cases were not available for a number of years, so Beiersdorf started selling Labello refills that could be inserted in the cases people already had. At the beginning of the 1920s the familiar Labello packaging was replaced by a lighter aluminum case. The innovative lip care product went on to become an international success and, by the 1930s, it was being marketed in more than 30 countries.

    Necessity is the mother of invention. During the Second World War and the post-war period, Labello products were in very short supply again because aluminum, the material used to make the slider cases, was almost unobtainable until the 1940s. It was time to come up with a new concept for Labello’s packaging, a concept that was made possible by the economic miracle. In 1953, the metal case was replaced by a white plastic one. A twist mechanism introduced some ten years later then further simplified the product’s application.

    One for all. The classic blue Labello was launched in 1973. Throughout the 1970s new products were continuously added to the range, including two special products, Labello Med for sensitive skin and Labello Sun with sun protection factor.

    Beiersdorf still regularly introduces new products to the range and consumers around the world can now choose between many different Labello products. In some markets Labello is marketed as a NIVEA lip care product rather than being separately branded.

    Find historical clips and TV commercials at the Beiersdorf Classic Cinema here.