Skins' and Gossip Girl's . And yet, the “good girls” of Laguna Beach and the Hills were obsessed with it too (how could we forget LC's iconic black tear?).
It was a sign of it-girl coolness and rebellion, but also just extremely of the time. As a high schooler in 2010, black eyeliner was the only thing I had in common with the popular girls in school.
Basically, if you weren't wearing pounds of black liner, some , and a denim Abercrombie mini in the aughts, what were you doing?
Lindsay Lohan in 2005Lauren Conrad in 2005While most of us eventually traded a ring of liner for a subtle flick or no eye makeup at all, it's clear our collective nostalgia for simpler, kohl-rimmed times is starting to reach a fever pitch.
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