A black eye-pencil is a must-have in your makeup routine: every great makeup starts with it! It is very important to choose a natural eye pencil that is made with organic ingredients. Let's find out more on our new extreme Black Eye Pencil for incredibly intense looks and to complete our natural makeup. 

What is a cult in the history of makeup? Definitely a black eye pencil! Just a single stroke can make your look way more intense. Since it comes into contact with a very sensitive area, that is the eyes, it may cause itching and irritations. This is why it is advisable to choose natural products made with organic ingredients and with an identifiable INCI.

Choosing a natural eye pencil doesn't mean giving up to how the pencil performs or to its lasting. The Extreme Black Eye Pencil offers excellent texture and perfect blendability, whether we want to create sharp lines or prefer to create numerous shades. Let's find out more about this product! Here there are the contents of the article:

• Extreme Black Eye Pencil
• How to properly use our black eye pencil
• Why do we wear makeup? Short story on makeup using a black eye pencil
• Black eye pencil: ingredients to avoid
• Black eye pencil: ingredients to include
• A Natural Makeup Routine
• Conclusion

Extreme Black Eye Pencil

The lead of our Extreme Black Eye Pencil is extra black thus allowing you to create very intense looks. Its strenghts are:

• texture with highly pigmented color intensity;
• fluid and rich stroke that allows you to draw precise lines easy to blur;
• its formula is enriched with organic Jojoba Oil and Carnauba Wax that let you easily slide the pencil to the lids or within the eyes thus making each stroke comfortable and east to draw. 

With our Extreme Black Eye Pencil you can create many different looks: smokey eyes, thin and elegant strokes, and modern silhouettes. Creativity will be the only limit!

How to properly use Extreme Black Eye Pencil

Great! Now that we have our incredible black eye pencil, how can we use it at its best? Here there are some beauty tips that you may or may not already know. Do you have more suggestions? Write them in the comments section! 

1. Prepare the lids: before putting the eye pencil on, make sure that your lids are cleaned and dry. To create a great makeup base, you may want to apply a small amount of primer on your lids. Don't know which one to use? Remember that our Stay Matte Face Cream is a perfect organic primer, plus it is a mattifying and purifying face cream. 
2. Sharpen the pencil: it is better to sharpen the pencil before putting it on so as to create precise and defined strokes. You can use a cosmetic pencil sharpener to get a poited tip. 
3. Choose the technique: according to your style, you can use the eye pencil in many different ways:
   - Draw a thin line along the upper lash line for thin and discrete looks.
   - Put the pencil on the inner rim of the upper and lower lashes for more dramatic looks.
   - Blur the eye pencil lead with a blending brush both on upper and lower lids for perfect smokey eyes.
4. Work the pencil gradually: it is easier to add product than removing it if it's too much. Start with a light application and gradually increase the intensity according to your preferences.
5. Set the pencil: if you want to make it last more, apply a small amount of black eyeshadow or setting powder on the pencil stroke to make it last longer.
6. Clean the pencil: make sure to regularly clean the pencil to prevent bacteria from accumulating. You can use a clean tissue.
7. Gently remove the makeup: use the right makeup remover to gently clean the eyes. Choose the right product for you:
   - For extremely sensitive eyes, you can use our Micellar Water;
   - For a heavy makeup, you can double cleanse by using first Oil Gel Cleanser and then Micellar Water;
   - For a waterproof makeup, you can use either Oil Gel Cleanser or Hip Hip Burro!, a concentrated butter that removes even darkest makeup.
8. Explore and make practice: each of us has their eye shape, so don't be afraid to explore different techinques and style to see what is best for you! To make practice is to improve your ability to put the eye pencil on and to achieve the look you've alwasy dreamt of!

Why do we wear makeup? Short story on makeup using a black eye pencil

People have always tried to enhance their look by wearing makeup. Within the history of makeup, there have been fleeting trends that nowadays are out-of-fashion. However, something that hasn not changed overtime is the use of a black eye pencil to enhance the eyes.

6000 years ago, in Ancient Egypt people used natual elements suck as coal, malachite, and iron oxide to create colored pigments for eyes and lips. Black eye pencils were mainly made of coal and it was used by the Ancient Egyptians to define eyeline. It was used both by men and women because eye pencil was believed to protect the eyes from the sun and insects. People coming from upper social classes used to wear more elaborated looks made with more expensive products, but people from middle classes used to wear makeup too. 

Both in the Ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire people used to wear makeup. In this case, they used minerals to make the skin look lighter and coal to define the eyeline. Since the Church believed that wearing makeup was a sign of vanity, its use dramatically decreased in the Middle Age. However, it boosted again during the Renaissance. Overtime, the makeup industry has been developping a lot, along with more sophisticated and affordable products. Eventually, during the XIX Century, the black eye pencil became a mainstream product throughout all Europe and America.

And what about the rest of the world? Makeup has always been a significat part of culture and traditions throughout the whole world. From Ancient Persia, to China, and up to Japan with its geishas and their elaborate makeup, or to India where women have always used henna to dye their hands and feet, and kajal, a coal-based substance, to outline their eyes. 

Today, wearing makeup is spread all over the world and the makeup industry offers a wide range of products and styles to satisfy the needs of everyone of us. And as to the black eye pencil, it still is a key-element in makeup used to define, outline, and enhance your looks.

Black eye pencil: ingredients to avoid

As it has to be applied on a very sensitive area, that is the eyes, when wearing a black eye pencil it is essential to choose one with an identifiable INCI. In particular, if we put it on the inner line of the eye, it will come into contact with the eye mucose. Here it is a list of ingredients that should be avoided in an eye pencil:

• Lead and heavy metals: lead and other heavy metals can be harmful to health, so you should make sure that your eye pencil does not contain traces of them.
• Parabens: parabens are preservatives commonly used in cosmetics, but research show that they might be connected to healt problems. Moreover, parabens have petrochemical origin and therefore they are polluting and non-biodegradable.
• Silicones: silicones are used in the cosmetics industry to make textures smoother. To find out more about silicones, read the article here.
• Perfumes and fragrances: scented ingredients might irritate sensitive eyes. 
• Mineral oils: mineral oils might obstrute pores thus causing skin problems. It is advisable to choose an eye pencil without mineral oils. Within our Extreme Black Eye Pencil you will find organic Jojoba Oil! 
• Alcohol: alcohol might be to aggressive on sensitive areas and it might cause dryness.
• Irritant ingredients such as BHA (butylhydroxyanisole) AND BHT (butylhydroxytoluene): on the skin, particularly on the eyes and mucous membranes, it is not uncommon for them to cause irritation.

Black eye pencil: ingredients to include

On the other side, what are the ingredients to include in an eye pencil? We included high-quality ingredients to provide you with an intense color and a long-lasting texture that doesn't irritate the skin. Here it follows a list of high-quality ingredients that should be included in an eye pencil:

• Carnauba Wax: wax is one pf the main ingredients in the majority of eye pencils, because it gives texture to the product and make the color stick to skin. We chose Carnauba Wax, which has organic origin that is soothing and well-tolerated by the skin.
• Orgnaic Oils: they make the application easier. We chose organic Jojoba Oil because it is moisturizing and soothing. 
• Mineral pigments: high-quality mineral pigments are ideal to achieve a black and long-lasting coloration. Within our Extreme Black Eye Pencil, you will find black iron oxide.
• Safe preservatives: preservative ingredients are necessary to prevent the growth of bacteria or mould in the product, but they must be safe preservatives that are gentle on the skin.
• Cruelty-free and vegan: according to us, all cosmetics must be cruelty-free, particularly an eye pencil, as required by the European Normative for vegan cosmetics produced in Europe.

A Natural Makeup Routine

Are you a fan of skincare? A great skincare routine can really help your skin to be at its best. Over our blog you can find tips to create skincare routine for combination, dry, and mature skins. Here we will find out how to continue with a skincare routine by making a natural makeup routine follow, particularly for the eyes. 

The first step to properly deal with this area is consists in applying the 3 in 1 Eye Contour Cream for wrinkles, bags, and dark circles, which helps to nourish the eye area and brighten the eyes.

After it, you can apply our Stay Matte Face Cream that is a mattifying and purifying cream, and perfect organic primer to make sure your makeup last all day long!

You may want to apply our BB Cream Like a dream for an even complexion and a glowing skin. You can choose among three different colors for a natural look. The option are: Fair, for light skin with cool undertones; Sand, for light skin with warm undertones; Beige, for dark skin.

At this point of the routine, to brighten eye contour and chin areas you can use natural illuminants like Idrogel Shine or Pink Moon Solid Cream.

To complete your natural makeup, it's time to put on our Extreme Black Eye Pencil! 

Conclusion

Are you ready to create your style? Now all you have to do is get your hands on your new black eye pencil and indulge in the search for your perfect daytime and evening look, playing with lines and shades! For super intense looks.