From the early 1900s to mid-1950s, mascara didn’t come in a tube — it came in a cute little box with a big brush.
Park & Tilford from the 1910s.

This one’s for sale on Etsy for $17.95.

Maybelline, 1940s.

Maybelline from the 1940s.

Maybelline cake mascara, 1917.

Jean La Salle from the 1940s.


Rimmel, year unkown.

Maybelline, year unknown.


They look like inkstones. xD