What are the ingredients of mascara?

Find out what ingredients are used in mascara these days, plus how to apply it correctly. read more

Mascara's ingredients typically include a carbon black or iron oxide pigment to darken lashes; a polymer to form a film that coats lashes; a preservative; and thickening waxes or oils such as lanolin, mineral oil, paraffin, petrolatum, castor oil, carnauba wax, and candelilla wax. read more

Oechsil’s budget-friendly natural mascara top pick is paraben-free, gluten-free, and mercury-free is Pure Anada. To learn more about what ingredients in your favorite brand of mascara, visit the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG’s) Skin Deep Cosmetics Database. read more