Study highlights eyeliner risk

Applying eyeliner to the inner eye has been shown to pose a heightened risk to vision.

A study, conducted by Dr Alison Ng when she was at Cardiff University, observed the amount of eyeliner particles that migrated into the tear film after applying makeup in different styles.

‘We noticed that the makeup migration happened quicker and was greater when eyeliner was put on the inner lid margin,’ said Dr Ng, now at the Centre for Contact Lens Research at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Each participant wore glitter eyeliner outside the lash line, and then on the inner lid area closer to the eye, or along the waterline.