mascara

Mascara is used to enchance the eyes, it is used to thicken, lengthen, darken and define the eyelashes. 

There is various formulas to make mascara but they mostly have the same component of wax, pigment and oils, 

It is unknown where the word mascara comes from but it is thought to come from the word máscara meaning in Spanish to mask or stain. 

There is different ways of manufacturing mascara, one way it by mixing all the wax, pigment and oils together and heating it and separating it, this leaves a semi solid mixture thats ready for packaging, shipping and selling. Another way it by mixing the wax and oils and  water and thickeners, pigment is added separately after and then are added to a homogeniser to mix the ingredients quickly as they are ingredients which repulse eachother. 

Mascara should be disposed of after 3 months or if it seems to smell or look different then at time of purchase. Because of the ingredient mascara contains it has the ability to grow bacteria. This can cause eye infections or conjunctivitis. 

Mascara can be bought in different forms and for different reasons, some lengthen but stay skinny and definite, some thicken and lengthen and some just add a slight colour, you can also buy waterproof or non waterproof and different colours such as blue, purple,brown,black,red and pink