In Soviet times, many women painted eyelashes with a mixture of petroleum jelly and tar, while a brand of mascara in the USSR already existed.
Inaccessible Beauty
And sometimes such mixtures even constituted a serious harm to health, because one of the components was a crumbled pencil lead. Why did the ladies go on such experiments? The fact is that for ordinary mortals, cosmetics for some time was simply inaccessible. Just like cars, for example.
At first, in the USSR, means for dyeing eyelashes simply did not exist, because bourgeois novelties could not penetrate the territory of the country (they appeared here only in the 1960s, but even then they were intended only for the elite). A little later, Soviet mascara began to be produced specifically for actresses acting in films.
Application features
Now the process of dyeing eyelashes with such mascara may seem ridiculous to us, but in those days every woman who managed to perform this “ritual” felt like a goddess. Almost any brand of mascara in the USSR was a small brick in a cardboard box. To make up eyelashes, it was necessary to moisten it. As a rule, the lady at the same time used their own saliva, which is not very hygienic.
Then came the turn of a special brush for coloring - each brand of mascara in the USSR implied its presence. But she was so imperfect that the eyelashes were very sticky. Therefore, their subsequent separation was already familiar to the girls. Usually a normal needle was used for this procedure.
When mascara began to be used in large quantities, it also happened that many managed to injure themselves by performing these manipulations. The brush itself was also inconvenient because in the gap between its cloves constantly stuffed material for dyeing eyelashes. And even constant washing with water did not save her from the dried mass.
After the transformation, in any case, it was impossible to allow even droplets of water to fall on the eyelashes - the mascara immediately flowed, while the eyes immediately began to pinch strongly. Another drawback was its flowability - "superficial beauty" really showered. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the ladies who prefer it, dyed eyelashes, using too much money at once.
Always needed
What brands of mascara were there with the USSR? There were not so many of them. The most popular was Leningradskaya from the Liberty factory. By the way, it existed not only in black, but also in blue. Nowadays, her palette was enriched with silver and green hues. In Soviet times, such brands as “Evening” and “Terry” were also in demand.
And to this day, many believe that the brand of mascara invented in the USSR, for example, such as Leningradskaya, has a unique composition. The reason is that the product includes only natural ingredients. Women born in Soviet times call the effect of its use amazing.
There are ladies who continue to use only such mascara for dyeing eyelashes, because they continue to produce it in our time. Many people think that all the cosmetics of those times are exceptionally good (for example, the same foundation ballet “Ballet”), and only get it.