A Brief History of False Eyelashes

Legend has it that in 1916 film director D. W. Griffith wanted supporting actress of Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Seena Owens, to have such fluttering eyes that her lashes literally appeared to brush her cheeks. Strips of felt were glued to her eyelids to achieve this effect.

It was 1930 before false eyelashes were available commercially when Maybelline introduced them as part of a mascara package. The cost? 10 cents.

In the 60s Twiggy became that era's patron saint of the fluttering eye.

And now, thanks to 21st century NASA technological advances, we have made great strides in the creation of fluttering eyes and helping achieve truly natural beauty.