Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

Too Faced is a cruelty free company and they have a commitment to using sustainable ingredients in place.  That doesn’t mean they’re using the most ecofriendly of materials. (Hint, they’re not!) One of the colorants they use is Carbon Black (Black 2) which is almost #1 on the list of bad colorants.  I have purchased Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara in the past, but it’s been awhile.  It was recently on sale so I grabbed myself one, and remembered why I hadn’t restocked in awhile.  This mascara has a tendency to do weird things to my lashes, they look really long, but almost…stringy?, that’s if I didn’t accidently overswipe (SUPER easy to do) and turn my lashes into clumpy messes.  The mascara is sticky and I just eh.  Not my favorite.  Won’t rebuy, I hope.

Risky Ingredients: Oh so many. OH SO MANY. There’s carbon black and all it’s colorant friends, then there’s Butylene Glycol, which is toxic, an irritant, an allergen, an ecotoxin oh and it’s BANNED in several countries outside the US, they’ve also got synthetic waxes which aren’t always ecofriendly, usually petroleum based and non-biodegradable, and they round out the list with paraffin, another petroleum based product.  Again petroleum based products are pretty much eco-friendly from the start, through their mining and refining processes.

Ecofriendliness Rating:  2 Leaves (All I can say is EEEEEEKKKK Too Faced.  Eeek.)

Product Rating: 2 Stars

Overall Rating: 2 Stars