The latest bizarre beauty fad involves using coloured pencils as eyeliner and lipstick – despite warnings from Crayola about possible health risks.
Teen beauty blogger Brook Eve has created a tutorial showing fans how to create make up from a set of pencils, insisting they’re ‘100 per cent safe.’
The YouTube video, titled ‘How to make crayola coloured pencil eyeliner’, shows her warming up the pencils in a glass of water before applying several shades to her eyes and one to her lips.
Another blogger, Brandy Willans, writes on her channel: ‘Don’t worry if you get this in your eye because it’s non toxic.’
There are also several videos online demonstrating how to make lipstick out of Crayola wax crayons.
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