It is a traditional Egyptian eye liner “KOHL“ in powder form made from 100% natural gum smug. This kohl is 100% lead free and 100% harmless to the eyes. In fact you don’t even need to remove it from the eyes before going to bed.

2020年8月8日 · In ancient Egypt, black eyeliner was called KOHL. Here's what it was made of, and how they applied it.

Galena (lead sulfide) eye paint (later termed Kohl in Arabic from the Akkadian word for the cosmetic) was widely applied in ancient Egypt. Upper eyelids were painted black and lower ones were colored green, as depicted in ancient texts that describe the use of both black galena and green malachite.

2024年2月29日 · Eyeliner’s roots can be traced to ancient Egypt where as well as being a cosmetic, it was used for protection against the sun and the “evil eye.”

2010年1月22日 · They discovered that the lead-based eyeliner actually boosted the immune system and killed bacteria from airborne particles that could lead to serious eye infections and permanent damage. Despite...

Ancient Egyptian women and men wearing kohl eye liner, from the tomb of Nakht in Thebes (15th century BC). Eye liner was first used in ancient India, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as a dark black line around the eyes.

2018年11月27日 · With Cleopatra as its ‘poster girl’, most famously depicted by Elizabeth Taylor in 1963, the queens signature eye-paint still inspires costumes and makeup looks today. Though the Greeks and Romans also used kohl as an eye-liner, its use in Egypt was much more than simply cosmetic.

2024年9月25日 · Ancient Egyptian women applied their eyeliner using a combination of soot and galena, creating a compound mixture that was then carefully brushed along the lash line for both cosmetic and spiritual purposes.

2019年6月5日 · When Egyptians wore the kohl around their eyes, they had an unusual style of applying it. They would draw even lines above and below the eyes and slightly arch the ends. Kohl was so significant throughout the culture that even artwork depicted a face with the signature eyeliner, such as the mummy in figure 1.

2019年12月24日 · Scholars are concerned about the presence of lead in today’s eyeliner in some regions of the world. This thick, black makeup also had lead in it in ancient times, but the ancients still may have benefited somewhat from antimicrobial properties of the beautifier.