DIY All-Natural Eye-Emphasizing Mascara
Body DIY DIY Skincare & Beauty Natural DIY
July 23, 2013
After learning more about how to appropriately formulate skincare and beauty products, I no longer recommend this DIY all-natural eye-emphasizing mascara and have removed the recipe. My concern is with proper preservation of the formula to prevent bacteria growth.
As we live and learn, our thoughts, actions, and work evolve — I hope you understand! And I hope you will keep my concern in mind if you discover other DIY eye makeup recipes.
But don’t worry! I’ve tested A LOT of natural mascaras to find the very best for you.
Read more about my hunt for the best natural mascara, and which ones came out on top! I’m talking volume, definition, and long-lasting performance without any unhealthy chemicals adding to your body burden.
Hi! I have just made this and I find it flakes off my lashes very easily. It doesn’t smudge – it’s not a liquid issue. Do you think it’s that there isn’t enough aloe or should I add more bentonite clay to firm things up?!
Cheers!
Hi there. This is GREAT! I am the smudge queen when it comes to mascara – do you think this still might work? Thanks!
Great to hear and thank you so much!! I hope you can get it perfect 🙂
Tried to make this with fresh aloe harvested from my plant. It was really a pain to get into the bottle since I didn’t have a syringe (which wouldn’t have worked anyway because of the consistency, I blame the fresh aloe). Hard to apply but looks OK. I plan to experiment with the recipe and get it to work with the fresh aloe. Thanks so much for the recipe! I really like your blog!
Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing that. Yes, I bet the brand does alter the consistency a bit which makes it hard.
I have noticed different consistencies with aloe vera depending on the brand, and wonder if that is why some are thinner than others. I used lily of the desert brand, 5 capsules of charcoal, 1/8 tsp bentonite clay and a 1/4 tsp vitamin E(the 70000IU kind). The vitamin E is pretty thick and probably helped with the consistence. I put on one coat and then a second and they didn’t clump or run. Thank you for the wonderful recipe!!
Works amazing! My sisters and I are totally pumped about this 😀
-Charlotte
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Hi Nadia, I tried your recipe but it seems like the measurements are inaccurate. Somehow I got an extremely blobby consistency- it did NOT stick to my lashes. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t get the recipe to work, I added more aloe Vera etc NOTHING. I think 10 capsules of activated charcoal is waaaay too much, but I don’t think that was the exact problem. It’s just that the ingredients did not bind properly due to inaccurate measurements. Kudos to those who could make it happen- I couldn’t. Nadia if you have any suggestions please let me know. Everything I made went down the drain, I feel terrible for the materials I wasted. :-\
Love this mascara! It works great for me! It was messy filling the tube but it was fairly easy to clean up! Thank you for posting this!
Activated charcoal makes my eyes feel cold and irritated, like fumes from the fire they used to produce the product maybe? I just use black oxide and no sensitivity at all. Honestly, I think it’s safer than the charcoal, and both fall under a ‘dirt’ umbrella anyways. Vegi edible glycerin with the clay and tint works too, and is thicker.
My attempt was way too liquidy, and the recipe above made far more than would fit in the mascara tube I bought using the link above, so I wasted a lot of it. I’m guessing more clay and charcoal would improve the mixture, but my eyes were also rather itchy the days I wore it, so I’m not sure if it irritated my eyes, or what.
It works great as an eyeliner and to make it waterproof add beeswax
If we don’t have access to bentonite clay, which other clay would you recommend using?
I made this mascara and it looks just like mascara when applied. However, after about an hour or so it no longer looks like I’m wearing mascara and it seems to have rubbed off around my eyes. What could I do to solve this?
I just tried to make this. It turned out to be dry and chalky. Can you post a video of you making this?
I used exactly what the recipe called for and it was dry. So I read what Andreamerida said and added a little more aloe vera and coconut oil, it made it a little more moist but would not stick on my eyelashes.
Any suggestions?
I had a really hard time with the recipe above. It was so clumpy after first trying to mix it. I added a bunch of aloe but it wouldn’t stick to my eyelashes. I am a blonde so I could really tell.
I tried the suggestion by Andreamerida and that did not work for me. I also tried adding more charcoal but it didn’t work either. Before giving up, I added more clay and slowly it began to stick to my eyelashes more and more. I do not have exact measurements since it was a process of adding more of this then more of that.
Well, I tried it as written and got a clump. I tried to loosen it with a bit of fractionated coconut oil and a tad more aloe vera, but no go. It felt exactly like jello in my fingers, to give you an idea of the consistency. For the heck of it I smeared it on my brush and used it…almost no change at all. What DID work, however, was squeezing out a drop of aloe, running my brush through it, then rolling it in the charcoal. Nice and long.
I’m reading that a conversion for bulk activated charcoal is 14 capsules = 1 tbsp
Anyone know if each of these ingredients are safe to use on the eyes? I’d really like to try this but I haven’t had much luck coming up with a conclusive answer based on the research I did.
How did you come up with the idea to add bentonite clay? I can’t wait to try this and will report back with my results. Thank you!