By Recycla
Recycla has talked before about her continuing quest for the perfect mascara. Her criteria are simple:
- No parabens
- No raccoon eyes
- Some sort of staying power — she wants her mascara to last more than two hours. 8-10 hours would be ideal.
How difficult can that be?
In another post, Recycle mentioned that she had heard good things about Lavera mascara. She tried finding it locally, but could not. Then, last month, she decided to bite the bullet and order some online. She was so hopeful that she ordered two tubes. She shouldn’t have wasted her money. If Recycla wears only one coat of mascara, it looks like she’s not wearing any at all. If she wears two or more coats, this is what she looks like:
It’s not an attractive look at all.
Recycla has tried another mascara that is working better — Truly Natural Mascara by Honeybee Gardens (makers of her favorite lip balm). No parabens and no raccoon eyes. However, it takes at least three coats to get decent coverage, but Recycla can live with that.
There are times when Recycla gets tired of not being satisfied with her mascara. She longs for the days when she had dark thick long Southern eyelashes with almost no effort at all. Then she thinks about parabens and what they can do to her body and she realizes that her health is worth the extra effort.
Has anyone else tried a mascara that Recycla and the other Eco Women should know about?
Gee, I appreciate what you’ve gone through to give me a review–I haven’t tried any paraben free mascara because no one seems to have one that works. And I justify my eco-sin by telling myself that “It’s just a few daubs of mascara–it’s not like I’m lathering all over my body like LOTION!!!” Truly, in the grand scheme of things, I can live with this crime.
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