The history of mascara.

Mascara is for many girls a favorite beauty product. Mascara makes your eyes stand out and make them look more expressive. But where does this product come from? Below you can read more about the history of mascara.

Mascara has a history that goes back thousands of years. 5000 years ago the Egyptians were already using natural products to make themselves look prettier. They smeared a kind of paint on their eyes and eyelashes to let them stand out. This paint was composed of various substances like carbon, honey, rock and even crocodile poop. But they're not the only one the Romans, Babylonians and Greeks ​​were also big fans of natural products to decorate themselves.
The first real mascara is made arround 1800 by Eugene Rimmel. The first real mascara is made arround 1800 by Eugene Rimmel. In Portuguese, Italian, French and Turkish Rimmel means mascara. The modern version of the mascara was invented in 1913 by Mr. Williams. His sister Maybel was dumped by her fiancé Chet. Chet was unfaithful and Maybel came to cry out by her brother. Williams was a chemist and decided to develop a product so Maybel will look stunning.He mixed some coal powder and Vaseline and smeared it on Maybel's eye lashes. Maybel looked great and her fiancé Chet came back.Williams saw a golden market and started selling this stuff to other women. He did this under the name Maybelline, a combination of Maybel and Vaseline. Williams sold his product in boxes, women had to putt a wet brush into the mixture, and put it on their eyes. Today we know just a tube with a brush, this method of application is on sale since 1957 and we owe this method to Max Factor and Helena Rubinstein.

Love, Annika