London - A popular beauty trend sees young girls using coloured pencils dipped in warm water to create bright and bold eyeliner.
Despite children’s stationery supply brand Crayola issuing repeated warnings about the potential health risks involved, beauty lovers continue to encourage the trend, with many young YouTube bloggers offering tutorials on the best way to use the “non-toxic” pencils in place of eyeliner.
However, despite the insistence of almost every blogger encouraging this new trend, Crayola insists that, while its products are classified as “non-toxic”, the pigments used in their art supplies have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in cosmetics, meaning that there could still be several risks involved when using them in place of make-up.
“As the manufacturer of children’s products, safety is our top priority at Crayola,” a statement on the company’s website reads. “Although our products are non-toxic, we do not recommend using them to make lipstick, eyeliner or other make-up and strongly discourage their use in this manner. They are not designed, tested or approved for this purpose.”
It’s not just Crayola’s coloured pencils that have been given a cosmetic twist. The firm’s wax crayons have also found a place in make-up bags – as lipstick.
In addition to the tutorials showing how to transform coloured pencils into eyeliner, there are dozens of videos demonstrating the best ways to make lipstick out of crayons, the majority of which, once again, contain reassurances about the “non-toxic” ingredients used in the products.
Daily Mail