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The good news first: if you get scared in the mirror in the morning at the dark circles under your eyes, you don't have to worry anymore - dark circles are very trendy right now.

Yes, really, no joke: Gen-Z video stars are currently celebrating their very own version of 90ies grunge on TikTok - by applying make-up on artificial dark circles.

First, a video by video influencer Sara Carstens went viral, using a brown-red make-up pencil to make up dark shadows under the eyes.

The video made the rounds through various social networks and was laughed at everywhere, the tenor: Ha, ha, finally a beauty trend that I can join!

After all, the lockdown, which is mainly spent in the heating air, is enough for even the freshest of complexions.

At the same time, the make-up idea found numerous imitators who perfected the make-up technique under the eyes, for example, an even more natural-looking color gradient was created with a sponge.

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Um.

What?!

The hype naturally raised some questions: Do young people have to wear make-up artificially tired in pandemic times because they are no longer allowed to go out?

Or is the youth hubris trend due to the fact that nothing can disguise yourself in your early 20s?

And what would Kurt Cobain say about fake dark circles, forever the figurehead of the self-destructive lotter chic - “Come as you are” or “I think i'm dumb” ?!

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Finally, author Sara Carstens felt compelled to make a statement about the hype surrounding her #darkcircles;

In a video, she said that she wanted to accept dark circles as something “beautiful” and to “normalize” them.

Of course, there is no more Gen-Z cliché: Looking sleepy yourself is written on the body positivity agenda.

Dearest!

And with that back to eye cream, concealer - and a power nap in the early afternoon.

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