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