About Us
MERLE BROWN was named after Hollywood bombshell Merle Oberon. It was perhaps inevitable then that she fell in love with all things yesteryear. She adores beauty – although she is a beauty school drop-out! - and began wearing red lipstick at 14 when she fell in love with Marilyn Monroe.
Merle’s other passions include cats, dying her hair bold colours,vintage Sindy dolls and the 1970s – her favourite Bombshell from that era is Farrah Fawcett. She’s been writing for 17 years, was staff at the Daily Record newspaper for six – three of them as Fashion Editor - and now freelances at home in Edinburgh.







Hi Merle,
Could i send you out an Artdeco Lipstick?
i’ve only followed you recently since i opened my twitter account @TLSkincare – still not 100% sure what i’m doing there lol…..
But i’ve been reading your reviews for sometime on the 5pm website – and so far i cant see that you have tried the artdeco lipsticks?? I hope not….
You can let me know and i will send you out one, and hopefully you will like it!
My website is just new, and i’m still trying to add a lot of the products, including the LIPSTICKS!
If you HAVE tried the Artdeco lipsticks then i will send you something else………
Kind Regards,
Nicola Russell
Sure, Nicola, email me on merle@beautybombshells.com! Thanks