1. By: Sarah Miller, Kenzie messer, and taylor black
How it’s made: Mascara
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By: Sarah Miller, Kenzie messer, and taylor black

2. The History of Mascara Ancient Egyptians used kohl on their lashes.
Applicators were sticks of bone, wood, ivory, or glass.
By the 1930’s applicators were tweezers with brush like tips, then later sponge tips were popular, neither were that good.
In the 1960’s they made mascara waterproof.
Now, mascara continues to evolve from volumizing, curled, or lengthened.

3. Raw Materials used
Carbon black is the black pigment in most mascara recipes, and iron oxides provide brown colors. beeswax is often used, with carnauba wax and paraffin. Oils may be mineral oil, lanolin, linseed oil, castor oil, oil of turpentine, eucalyptus oil, and even sesame oil.

4. Manufacturing Process
All the ingredients are mixed together and heated. After it is heated pigment is mixed together. The filling machine pumps a measured into the mascara bottles.

5. Q U A L I T Y C O N R
The chemicals are tested before mixed in the tank. After the batch is mixed it is retested. Bottles are taken out and examined for any impurities.

6. The Future of Mascara
One development that may affect mascara manufacturing in the future, however, is the development of new pigments. Researchers in the plastics industry have developed bold, vivid pigments that have recently been introduced to lipsticks. Plastic-derived pigments may be of interest to mascara manufacturers as well.

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