The 8 Best Vegan Mascaras
I get asked about vegan & cruelty-free mascaras more than any other cosmetics, so I thought I’d share my my top 8! I’d love to know which vegan mascaras are your faves, too. 
The Top 8 Vegan & Cruelty-Free Mascaras (in no particular order)
- Gabriel Color Mascara, $12.50 – perfect for a natural, daytime look
- Beauty Without Cruelty Mascara, $24.95 – provides long-lasting, smudge-resistance color
- Manic Panic Creature of the Night Mascara, $10 – adds mega umph for a dramatic look
- Tarte Cosmetics Lights, Camera, Lashes, $19 – lengthens, curls, conditions, and adds volume to lashes
- e.l.f. Mineral Infused Mascara, $3 – affordable, mineral-based, great for layering
- Arbonne It’s a Long Story Mascara, $36 – waterproof, no clumps, has an angled brush for easy application
- Zuzu Luxe, $16.70 – gentle formula, perfect for everyday wear
- Ecco Bella Flower Color Mascara, $17.95 – super pure formula, excellent for sensitive eyes
Did your favorite vegan mascara make the list?
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Hi Sunny! I absolutely hate using makeup removers and prefer mascaras that come off easily with water. Which non-waterproof (“washable”) mascara would you recommend?
I really like the one from Arbonne – it smells like flowers and it washes off super easily.
When I was at ulta I checked the taste and it had beeswax making it not vegan
Not all of their cosmetics are vegan, just these: http://tartecosmetics.com/tarte-shop-vegan-cosmetics
Hi Sunny! Thanks for such a helpful list! I am in the market for a new vegan mascara to use at an upcoming friend’s wedding (I am a bridesmaid and am using all my own vegan makeup). If you have time, I was wondering which of these (or others not listed :)) would you say is the most smudge-resistant? With oily eyelids and face, that is BY FAR my biggest worry! I’d also like something that can be more dramatic, but that is secondary to non-raccoon eyes after a long day and night of pictures, dancing, and fun!
I’d recommend the one from Manic Panic Collection. It’s dramatic, waterproof, and smudge proof!
My absolute favourite vegan mascara is LUSH’s “Eye’s Right” wheatgrass mascara. It goes on so smooth, never clumps, and doesn’t smudge. I am curious about TheBalm’s Whats Your Type mascaras.
I love your site AND this list and have been searching for a new mascara! I like Tarte but am interested to try some other options. Love Beauty Without Cruelty’s other products and may go with their mascara next. Thanks!
I can guarantee Arbonne’s products are worth looking at. Not only are they botanically based, 100% vegan and cruelty free but they are also formulated without Gluten, Mineral oil and other harmful toxic chemicals. If anyone is interested in trying Arbonne’s “Its a long story Mascara” or any other of Arbonne’s beautiful products please feel free to take a look at my website. I can guarantee these products are incredible and are worth looking at. Conatct me for an incredible discount… You have nothing to lose as all Arbonne’s products are backed by a 45 day money back guarantee!!
Aww, thank you for the kind words!I think I’ll have to post a part 2 because there are even MORE awesome vegan mascaras I’d like to share with y’all!
xx
Dude. Wet n Wild. Cheap and good.
Sa-WEET!
Love the elf and the manic panic ones that you mentioned, but I was a little surprised that Too Faced’s new “Better Than Sex” (I promise that that’s it’s real name!) wasn’t on the list.
GlamNatural’s mascara is also pretty amazing
I know, I need to do a top 15… there are SO many good ones.
Actually I hope you can do a round up of good Top 15 best vegan mascaras…or the items you can’t do without as of right now.. love those types of entries.. it helps me pin point what I should try out first. I am new to this vegan products now.
I love ZuZu mascara! Plus it comes off really easily with makeup remover.
Herbanluxe on etsy has a good vegan mascara “BLACK Vegan Mineral Mascara” both in waterproof and non-waterproof. Its pretty fantastic. It’s voluminous. You may like it. It’s not a major brand. It’s a indie. But you may enjoy it.
It’s almost impossible to get hold of in the US, sadly, but when I lived in the UK, I loved Barry M’s Black 3-in-1 mascara. It was pretty cheap (only about $10) and it thickened *and* gave an excellent curl that held all day with no smearing. I like the ELF mascara, but it doesn’t really do much that I can tell, other than add a bit of colour, even after a couple of layers.
I only wear mascara for special occasions and I love e.l.f. mineral infused mascara. It’s the first mascara I’ve tried that doesn’t turn into a horribly clumpy disaster or make my eyes sting. The price is great too!
I need a mascara that doesn’t leave my lashes feeling hard & stiff. Physicians Formula makes great mascara that leave your lashes natural looking and soft.
Physician’s Formula tests on animals and therefore is not vegan.
I *love* Beauty Without Cruelty’s mascara. Actually, all of their products are great: affordable, natural, and vegan.
Some of their shit has horse hair in it! I was totally shocked they could support the slaughter of horses and still call themselves cruelty free o.O
I found their mascaras to be the worst ever.
I use Tarte, but you might want to add LUSH to this list. They make a really nice mascara. It doesn’t do anything other than tint the lashes (i.e. no curling/plumping/lengthening), but it’s a very natural product with good results that lasts about 3 months (and then you MUST toss it because it only has one preservative and can irritate the skin after 3 months). Even though I prefer the oomph from the Tarte and that’s what I use now, I find it dries out in less than 2 months of daily use. xoxo
Yeah, LUSH has a great mascara – you’re the one who first told me about it!
I’ll have to write a follow-up post, because there are just too many good vegan mascaras out there. xoxo
I personally fell in love with the $1 elf mascaras there super affordable and work pretty good. What I like best is I can buy 20 of them for the average of one high end mascara, its a win win for me lol
I’m using the vegan mascara from Urban Decay, and I love it.