The beauty industry made do with carbon black for as long as it had to. The formulators who built their careers around it were talented, rigorous, and working with the best available materials. That history deserves respect. But history is also the setup for what comes next.

Achieving a true jet-black payoff in mascara and eyeliner requires more than just standard colorants; it requires advanced material science that meets international clean beauty and sustainability mandates.

Recent independent testing has renewed attention on an old but unresolved issue in cosmetics: the presence of lead in certain eyeliners.

BioBlack was created to make tradeoffs unnecessary. Here’s what our experience has been working with partners from initial interest to commercial adoption.