White Eyeliner a Fashion Trend by Maybelline New York Was Introduced in the 1960s

By Sharriewilliams

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Ancient Egyptian women and men wearingkohl eyeliner, from the tomb ofNakht in Thebes (15th century BC)  .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_linerMy cousin Linda Hughes, Maybelline's namesake, Mabel Williams, granddaughter, and I were discussing the origins of Maybelline Eyeliner.  She did a little research and it turns out our great uncle, Tom Lyle Williams, founder of the Maybelline Company was on top of the trends even in the 1920s, when the discovery ofTutankhamun's tomb introduced the use of eyeliner to the Western world.   Maybelline was the first to package it and the love for colored mascara has continued to  grow since Maybelline's birth in 1915. By the 1960s,  an era associated with many changes      in women's fashion, young girls felt freer to apply            makeup more liberally. Twiggy once said the secret to    her exaggerated eyelashes was the Maybelline mascara that had bits of hair in it, thickening and lengthening         her famous lashes.                                                     I'm going to try the white pencil on my eyes and see it it