Talk:Mascara

Vandalism

Minor vandalism reverted. --Ef80 (talk) 20:01, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

spanish

mascara comes from spanish word "máscara", so fix that mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.148.223.102 (talk) 22:50, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

On what evidence? Some evidence is required. Zaslav (talk) 23:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Unusual citation style

I noticed that this article has an unusual citation style. This is fine, if you really like it this way. (Don't let anyone tell you different.) A more standard approach would be to use author-date shortened footnotes for the in-line references (if you like, {{sfn}} makes this easier) and the {{cite *}} citation templates for the references with |ref=harv. But as I say, if you like it this way, it's fine. I just wanted to make sure you knew what was available. ---- CharlesGillingham (talk) 18:50, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey I liked your comment, it's really nice of your saying (don't let anyone tell your different) Mystery246 (talk) 20:56, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Etymology conflict

In the Etymology section the source is declared to be possibly Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and/or Arabic. Somehow biblical Hebrew, and Latin, got into the act; surely they should be removed as very dubiously relevant, so I put them here:

The Hebrew word משקרות (in the phrase mesaqqeroth `eynayim) relating to women's eyes is found in Isaiah 3:16. It may mean flirting or ogling with the eyes, or painting them with red pigment.

Latin treatises sometimes used the word mascara when referring to witches.

Then the History section begins with etymology by stating the source is "likely" the city name of Mascara, Algeria. This belongs in the etymology section and is contradictory to everything that is already there. Which conjectural etymologies have evidence? Which are pure invention? I invite a researcher to find out and clean this up. Zaslav (talk) 23:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)