Friday, January 25, 2013
Totally Useless Information -- Eyelashes and Electric Lights
Karl Nessler, (who often spelled his name "Nestle") began making false eyelashes in the 19th century in his native Germany. He used the profit to finance his next invention--the electric permanent wave machine. By 1915 Nestle had become a U.S. citizen and was selling false eyelashes in his hair wave salon. He promoted them as protection against the glare of electric lights.
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just think, if only he'd had a lobbyist working for him. He could have garnered sizable government contracts, begun his own National Hairdryers Association and finally reached a zenith with his "Auto Resetting Multiple Curler".
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