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Saharan Kohl

Name: ARGANI Saharan Kohl
Brand: ARGANI
SKU: saharan-kohl
Price: 1500 BDT
Availability: InStock

Saharan kohl, ground from galena, the mineral that gives it its black.

From the Amazigh to your skin

What it is

The material

A mineral, ground fine.

Saharan kohl is made by grinding kohl stone. The stone is galena, a lead-bearing mineral, and it is what gives traditional kohl its particular dense black and its weight. Some preparations add charcoal and botanical material such as olive and date pits, cloves or pepper, but in Moroccan and Saharan kohl the mineral is the principal pigment.

Galena is the soul of Saharan kohl: the mineral behind its dense, velvet black and its weight in the hand. Across North Africa and the Sahara it has been ground this way for centuries, and ARGANI offers it under its true name.

Galena crystals, dark and metallic, growing among gold pyrite and pale calcite — Galena, the mineral of Saharan kohl, as it grows in the rock

Provenance

The desert kept it exactly as it was.

Kohl is among the oldest cosmetics still in use. It runs from ancient Egypt across North Africa and deep into the Sahara. Elsewhere it has long since been reformulated; in the Sahara it stayed mineral, and it stayed in the same small containers.

Origin: The Southern Sahara
Sourced: Marrakech-Safi

The ARGANI standard

The black of the Sahara.

Galena, ground to a fine velvet powder and sourced in Marrakech-Safi from the Sahara. The deep, dense black that has framed the Saharan gaze for centuries, offered as it has always been: a heritage piece, named in full.

The khatem

Press and hold.

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

Saharan Kohl

MaterialGalena, ground fine
FromSouthern Sahara
Sealed inARGANI, Dhaka

From the Amazigh to your skin

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Worn with care

Who should not use it.

Keep it closed, dry, and well out of reach of children, who are the most vulnerable to what it contains. Wash your hands after handling it.

For external use only. Patch test before the first full use. Avoid the eye area. Contains galena, a lead-bearing mineral: keep out of reach of children, not for use during pregnancy, not to be swallowed.

From: The Sahara, sourced in Marrakech-Safi
At its finest for: 36 months, kept dry and closed
Composition: Galena (lead sulfide); may contain charcoal and botanical material

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ARGANI Saharan Kohl

ARGANI Saharan Kohl

Saharan kohl, ground from galena, the mineral that gives it its black.

20 g, with applicators ৳ 1,500

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