Hi all!! its October!!!! My favorite month ever!! Here's what I've been up to!
I try to use non toxic Skincare and makeup but I've never been too worried about mascara. I used Covergirl LashBlast forever, then I recently moved to every single Bobbi Brown mascara because I used to do makeup for them and I have so many of their mascaras. So I tried them after my covergirl ran out and I suddenly developed some sort of major irritation towards mascara. Couldn't wear any of the Bobbi mascaras an entire day, went back to covergirl and couldn't even wear that one anymore! So I started researching the harm of mascaras and here we go-read on!
So, I've been trying some natural mascaras. It's been quite a journey. I had no idea that this would be such a nightmare!! I know some of you sit there and think that there are a ton of great mascaras out there, and there are! But-I'm looking for a natural mascara.
Here are some hazards to your every day mascaras you can buy-
They contain parabens- I know y'all have heard about parabens. It's been a buzz word for a while and I still think it's an ingredient to look out for. Parabens are used as a preservative in a lot of cosmetics. A lot of people act like they are just used to hold things together, or as a hygienic preserver but they can also disrupt estrogen in the body. High concentrations of parabens have been found in breast tumors according to research from the University of Reading in the UK. Tons of your department store and drugstore mascaras (and by a ton I mean basically every single brand sold there) contain parabens. A lot of companies are going paraben free which is fantastic, but there's still other ingredients to look out for.
Aluminum Powder-this is rated high in toxicity on my favorite website (www.ewg.com). The Environmental Working Group sites that aluminum powder is a neurotoxin and is considered to be worse than mercury because is interferes with your nervous system. Studies have shown that long
term exposure to this neurotoxin can cause your body to stop excreting mercury so whatever mercury you are exposed to will make it even more toxic to your nervous system. Umm yikes!
Propylene Glycol-Of course the FDA says this ingredient is A-Ok. I do not. Mainly this ingredient can cause major irritations and be a huge issue if you're sensitive to makeup.
Retinyl Acetate (vitamin A Acetate)-once again, this ingredient is ranked high by the EWG. This ingredient can cause biochemical or cellular level changes. Literally this ingredient can mutate genes...wtf?!!?? This ingredient is banned in Canadian cosmetics...so why not here??? It's so bizarre I can't even comprehend it.
Formaldehyde-yes, that ingredient you have heard of from your biology class. Yes, that smelly stuff that preserved your frog you dissected. That's seriously all I can think about when I hear this
ingredient and it's disgusting. I would never want to associate my experience dissecting frogs to applying eye makeup....just no. Obviously formaldehyde is a carcinogen. Unfortunately it's in tons of mascara and there are many different names used, which makes it even harder to know if it's in your mascara. I think that is so sketchy by the way. Why are there so many secrets in what we use on our faces??
Petrolatum-it's a thick, petroleum jelly that literally suffocates our healthy cells and then over time causes the cells to deteriorate and cause aging! What the heck!!! So using mascara with petrolatum can cause my eyes to age faster, no thanks!
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate-literally found in almost every single mainstream beauty, self care, cosmetics, Skincare product. One of the top ingredients that cause some of the worst allergic reactions.
So, as you can see. I don't want to use that stuff on my face!!! I would rather go with no mascara than risk these reactions from these ingredients. So, I've been trying out a few natural mascaras to share my reviews with y'all. Some were good, most were bad lol. It wasn't easy I'm not going to lie.
Ok here's some reviews-
Pixi Lash Booster Mascara-ok first, it isn't deemed all natural, but-it had a lower score on my "think dirty" app and I got it from some beauty box so I gave it a shot. Opened up the pretty little mint green tube, and liked it from the get-go! I loved the clean wand when I went to apply it. The brush wasn't
clumpy and gooey covered in tons of mascara. I put the mascara on and I have to say, it was really hard to see that I had any mascara on. When I went to apply a second coat my lashes had already dried together in weird little triangle clumps, so needless to say, I wasn't too excited about this mascara. By the end of the day I was so ready to get this mascara off!!!! It had clumped my lashes into those weird little triangles that every time I blinked it pulled my lashes. They literally felt like my lashes had been pulled up in a ponytail all day and by the time I got home from work all I could think about was washing off my makeup-which is totally unlike me. It's so rare for me to want to wash off my makeup so quickly. Makeup never bothers me, but this mascara did. Not only did it clump and pull my lashes all day, it smudged so bad!!! Every time I looked in the mirror I would have a shadow of where my mascara had hit. The smudging wasn't horrible, but I don't want to deal with that and neither should you! So-smudgy eyes...not great...when I went to wash off my mascara it wouldn't come off!!!! Like at all! I even used coconut oil, and I busted out my old products that I don't even use anymore (full on toxins lol) just to see if all those chemicals and junk would remove it...nope!! I used face oils, coconut oils, and 3 different eye makeup removers with no luck. What boggles me most is that it smudged under my eyes, but wouldn't wash off for days...such a mystery. So-that's a hard no on this mascara.
Next up was the Physicians Formula Organic Mascara-this little shiny, metallic tube looked promising. I've heard good things about this Brand's organic mascara but when I got to Target I didn't realize there would be multiple options. There was an Organic Wear Jumbo Mascara, a regular Organic Wear mascara-I don't know what the difference is, I got both. I was so excited to try this one. Let me just cut to the chase-I have never had a mascara smear so bad in my life!!!!! Both of them, not so great. Actually, horrible. I'm not lying when I say I never have an issue with smearing and all of a sudden these trials happened and it's smeared. Now the Pixi one smeared but this one like SMEARED!!!! I would wipe under my eyes throughout the day and my entire finger would be black lol. It was bad. So, by this point I was feeling a little defeated.
I tried Josie Maran's mascara and once again, went on nicely but smeared pretty bad on me. With that said-I gave it to my good friend who has serious eye issues when it comes to mascara and she swears by it! It's the only mascara she can use! So-with that being said, I love Josie Maran's products so if you're interested, I say give it a go!
www.josiemarancosmetics.com
Next up-Beauty Counter Mascara-I'm sure you've been hearing about this brand. I have too and I have been so curious! It's not 100% organic, but for me being a total freak about ingredients-I'm really pleased with this company and their "Never list" and the changes they want to see in the cosmetics industry so I'm a huge fan of the brand. So-the mascara. Things haven't looked so good guys. Every single brand I have tried before were not good. So I was a little weary after such bad luck before. But let me tell you-this mascara is awesome! It curls your lashes which I love. My amazing Shu Uemura eyelash curler finally bit the dust after 8 years so I haven't gotten a new one yet and Lordy I need one! But now I don't need one! This mascara curls, lengthens, and doesn't smudge!!!! It's a little tricky to remove but nothing like the Pixi one lol. Just use a little coconut oil or a cleansing balm and you're golden! So happy I actually found a non-toxic mascara that doesn't make me look like I got punched in both eyes by the end of the day!
www.beautycounter.com/andreaturner
Under both reviews of Josie Maran and Beauty Counter mascaras are the links to the website to buy them. Check them out if you're curious! I highly suggest it! It'll be one small step for beauty and one giant leap for your health! (Corny, I know. Not sure if it really works but it's late and it seems clever right now)
www.medicaldaily.com
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www.beautycounter.com/andreaturner
