I honestly don't know the history of mascara, but let me tell you this...I absolutely cannot survive without my mascara!!! Well, ok, I probably could, but I don't want to try! Mascara is for enhancing our eyes....for those of us that have very light eyelashes, we need it to bring them out. Some of you have been blessed with those nice, dark, long eyelashes, which bring your eyes out and make you pretty! Some of us though, were not. I know me personally, you cannot even see I have eyelashes unless I put on my mascara. I have to have it!!! I'm sure many of you women would agree. Mascara is a very needed product!!!