The Best Eyelash Trends Through The Ages
For centuries, women have sought out the means to enhance their natural beauty, not just to attract a partner, but also for religious, status, and health reasons. Some of these practices haven’t altered too much from biblical methods, while other grizzly practices have thankfully been left in the past.
Art Deco Drama
1902 saw the first patent for false eyelashes but they didn’t become popular with the masses until 1916.
Hollywood director D.W. Griffith demanded his leading lady Seena Owen to have eyelashes that ‘brush her cheek’ in the movie ‘Intolerance’.
Women flocked to chemists to purchase their own pair of falsies to try and copy Owen’s iconic look. These were made from human hair woven through a fine gauze.
Very few women were able to get the exact look as Owen and it was probably for the best, it is reported that so much adhesive was used on Owen’s eyelids that it caused a reaction and her eyes swelled shut.
Griffith wasn’t concerned however, he has already shot her scenes and caused a new Western fashion trend with his choices.
War Time Beauties
World War II meant luxuries, such as makeup, were hard to come by, but this didn’t stop women from being creative and finding new ways to look beautiful.
Women were encouraged to continue looking glamorous, despite the terrible period they were living through.
Giving soldiers ‘something to come home too’ gave the fighting men morale in the trenches and as chauvinistic as this sounds, women know how much a bit of makeup can lift their own mood too.
Mascara and false eyelashes were like gold dust during these times so women become inventive. They took inspiration from the very first available mascara and would mix Vaseline with coal dust to keep their lashes long.
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Lindy Hop Lashes
The ’50s saw a huge resurgence in makeup and women celebrated their new freedom of being able to get their hands on cosmetics again.
This was the birth of the well-favored cat-eye. Teaming a winged eyeliner with lashes that had an emphasis on the outer corner is still one of the most popular makeup looks today.
As mascara evolved into better quality and strip lashes mirrored the trend, very few women were seen without this look.
Swinging ’60s Style
The birth of the mini skirt was born alongside so many iconic fashion trends and women were given their first glimpse of fashion freedom.
From showing more skin to be allowed to finally wear trousers, this was a time for women to experiment.
Color played a huge role in this decade and now only were the lashes bigger, longer and thicker but also bright shades of blue, green, and even orange!
For the first time, a lot of emphases were placed on the lower lash and even a second set of falsies was worn to copy the iconic Twiggy look.
Even in 2020, new trends and fashions are always adorning out catwalks, yet it’s the styles of the last century that remains a staple for women everywhere. With eyelash extensions the biggest hot trend of this decade, who knows what will be the must-have look in another decade?
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