Fire And Debt: How Revlon Built an Empire on Lipstick, Power, and Illusion - Then Burned It All Down

Before Fenty. Before Kylie Cosmetics. Before a single beauty influencer went live on Instagram - there was Revlon.

For nine decades, Revlon was the most powerful name in beauty. It was the brand that taught America what to put on its lips, its nails, its face. It launched celebrities. It sponsored the most-watched television show in the country. It conquered 150 nations. It hired a corporate raider to run it, survived a hostile takeover, and bet nearly a billion dollars on a single acquisiti...