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A small clay pot of poppy and pomegranate, for a stain on the lips and the cheeks.
From the Amazigh to your skin
The material
Aker El Fassi is poppy petals and pomegranate rind, dried, ground and set onto the face of a small pot of unglazed clay. The name means the red of Fès. The pot is not packaging: the clay is porous, the pigment lives in its surface, and colour is lifted from it with a damp fingertip.
Dry, it is a small, wide saucer of pale clay on a short flared stem, its face a dark, satin red: the pot the souks of Fès still sell. Touched with water, it gives up a red that sits between brick and rose, sheer at first and deepening with each pass.
The forms
ARGANI offers Aker El Fassi in its traditional clay pot. The same pigment also comes loose, as a powder, for those who like to mix their own colour; we do not keep it, but we can source it for you.
Pigment set onto the face of an unglazed clay pot, lifted with water.
The same pigment, loose. Ask the founder and it will be sourced for you.
The clay pot is what ARGANI offers. The loose powder is sourced on request.
How to use it
Everything depends on how damp the fingertip is. Barely damp gives a stain you can build; too wet, and it runs. Begin drier than seems right, and return for more.
Built in layers.
Dampen a fingertip with water, or with ARGANI Rose Water or Orange Blossom Water for a softer finish.
Press and turn once against the pigment. A trace of colour is all you want.
Press into the centre of the lips and work outward. A second pass is better than too much at once.
Less than you would take for lips.
The same damp fingertip, half the pigment. Colour shows far more on the cheek than on the lip.
Tap it on, never drag it, then blend outward with a clean fingertip.
A little ARGANI Argan Oil pressed over the top keeps it looking like skin rather than makeup.
For external use only. Patch test before the first full use. Avoid the eye area.
Provenance
Fès gave this its name, and ours still comes from the region of Fès-Meknès. Fès has been a centre of Moroccan craft for centuries, and the pigment in these pots is one of the things it is known for. Moroccan women have worn it on lips and cheeks for generations, and it has never needed reinventing.
The ARGANI standard
Poppy petals and pomegranate on clay, from the region of Fès-Meknès. Touched with a drop of water, it gives lips and cheeks a translucent, living colour that builds to exactly the depth you choose. A colour that looks grown rather than made.
The khatem
The eight-pointed star of Moroccan zellige is the mark on every ARGANI piece. Hold it closed, and it gives up where this one began.
Sealed by ARGANI
Aker El Fassi
From the Amazigh to your skin
In their words
No review is published yet for this piece. If you have used it, yours would be the first.
Kept at its finest
Unglazed clay drinks water. Blot away whatever is left on the pigment, and let the pot dry fully before you put it away.
For external use only. Avoid the eye area. Keep out of reach of children.
Make it yours
A small clay pot of poppy and pomegranate, for a stain on the lips and the cheeks.
One clay pot ৳ 800
or order on WhatsAppCash on delivery. The founder confirms your order and its delivery with you.
ARGANI
You are already holding the pot. Whatever you would like to know about how it wears, and whenever you would like another, the founder answers personally.
