All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I recognized that the United States could be my life's work.
Source: Recalling her arrival in America on a cold day in 1914; in Time, 9 Apr 1965.
-- Helena Rubinstein, (Dec 25 1870-1965), US cosmetician, executive, philanthropist; She was the founder and president of Helena Rubinstein, Inc., 1902, a leading manufacturer and distributor of women's cosmetics.