The History of Mascara / My Vintage Mascara Collection

Hello lovelies, I have been collecting vintage cake mascara for a few months now and found a vintage Maybelline cake mascara from the 1920s and a Max Factor cake mascara from the 1950s. I am not 100% sure on the exact dates so if you have a better idea; please let me know. I also found this 1950s Studio Girl eye palette that has a cake mascara in it. I know that the Studio Girl set is from the 1950s because my grandma used to sell Studio Girl in the 1950s. I had never tried cake mascara before so I thought it would be fun to try Longcils Boncza Le Cake Mascara Black and the classic Besame cake mascara. I also wanted to include the Iconic Maybelline Great Lash mascara from 1971. Below is a brief history of Mascara. The Victorian Era 1837 to 1901 The first mascara was developed by Eugène Rimmel, a perfumer to Queen Victoria, and was primarily comprised of coal dust and Vaseline jelly. His invention caused quite a sensation. The Early 1900s In 1916, fake eyelashes were invented by American film director David W. Griffith to create a fluttering lash effect for silent film actresses. Even so, they didn&become popular until the '30s.  In 1917, a woman named Mabel Williams worked with a drug manufacturer to come up with "Lash-Brow-Ine," a formula made of petroleum jelly and oils to provide sheen. Eventually, their trademark became Maybelline, and over the next decade, they became a household name.  The 1920s and 1930s A patent from 1931 claims that William McDonell invented...