Back Ground On Mascara.

Mascara is one the most ancient types of makeup known. It was used in 4000bc by the Egyptians. They use to call it kohl and would use it to darken there eyelashes, eyebrows and there eyelids. They assume the Egyptians kohl (mascara)was made out of galena or lead sulfate, malachite and charcoal or soot. The Ancient Greeks also used mascara and the later Romans in Europe stopped using the Cosmetic after the fall out in Rome. Eye cosmetics were still imported though, as the Arabs still liked and used it. During the Renaissance Europe started to use mascara.

From the early time of Mascara in the modern times, mascara was very cakey. It was applied to the eyelashes using a wet brush. Mascara was made from black pigment and soap.