Mono Monday - Ah Choo

Tissue paper was originally invented for movie stars to remove their makeup with cold cream. Eventually other people started to use it as a hanky and it was so popular that the rest is history!

“In 1924, facial tissues as they are known today were first introduced by Kimberly-Clark as Kleenex. It was invented as a means to remove cold cream. Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars (Helen Hayes and Jean Harlow) who used Kleenex to remove their theatrical makeup with cold cream. It was the customers that started to use Kleenex as a disposable handkerchief, and a reader review in 1926 by a newspaper in Peoria, Illinois found that 60% of the users used it for blowing their nose. The other 40% used it for various reasons, including napkins and toilet paper.[4]”


There’s more to the story if you’re interested, have a look here…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_tissue 

Here’s also a video of how it is made which I found quite fascinating, others may not think so lol ;o)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHVvt_DKW8  

Thanks to Laurie for such interesting challenges ;o)