In this blog, I will tell you about the interesting history about development of mascara and how women loves to wear it and it becomes trend from the centuries till now
HSTIORY OF MASCARA
LASHES OF ANCIENT EGPT (3500 TO 2500)
Both men and women groomed their lashes. They would use kohl, malachite stones, to darken and style their lashes.
LASHES AS AN SIGN OF CHASTITY FOR ROMANS (753 TO 476)
Roman women used kohl, burnt cork, rose petals, soot to care for their lashes which symbolized chastity
CAMOUFLAGED LASHES OF MEDIEVAL TIMES (1066 TO 1485)
During this period, women downplayed their eyelashes to make their forehead more prominent.
THE ROYAL ERA OF RED-DYED LASHES (1533 TO 1603)
Inspired by the QUEEN ELIZABETH'S reddish golden hair, women starting dyeing their eyelashes in the same color using crushed berries and soot.
19 CENTURY COSMETIC EYELASHES (1837 TO 1901)
Chemist EUGENE RIMMEL developed a cosmetic product out of petroleum jelly.
ENTER THE MAYBELLINE CAKE MASCARA (1917)
WILLIAM siblings MAYBEL and THOMAS LYLE and a drug manufacturer launched Lash Brown Line a mascara made of petroleum jelly and oils.
Maybelline Cake Mascara dubbed as Ist modern eye cosmetic for everyday use.
FIRST MODERN AUTOMATIC FROM MAYBELLINE (1960)
Maybelline developed ultra lash mascara, the Ist MASS-MARKET mascara in a tube
THE GREAT LASH (1971)
Water based mascara, Maybelline great lash, was born
MASCARA GALORE (1980's TO 1990's)
The great popularity peaked, giving away to a great variety of formulas, style and colors.
2000 TO PRESENT
Everything eyelash length to volume and thickness, there's a type of mascara for different looks.
Era of those women loves to wear mascara or other natural beauty things because they believed that eyes to be the window of soul, they concealed them to ward of any evil spirits and bad energy
It’s incredible to think about how long women have been enhancing their lashes, but the technological advancements in formula and applicators are mind-blowing!"
ReplyDeleteIt really makes me appreciate how far beauty products have come.
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