Mascara is one of the most important tools in a woman's arsenal. Whether you're going for a bold, false lash look or just want to make your eyes pop, there are plenty of options out there. But many of them contain ingredients that could be considered cruel by some standards. Here are some of the best cruelty-free mascaras available today.

Size: 0.27 oz / 8 mL·ITEM: 2827608
Color: Boom - blackest black
$38.00
What it is: An award-winning, mega volumizing mascara for super-thick, ultra dramatic falsie-level lashes.
Formulation Type: Volumizing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hollow Heart-Shaped Fibers: Create longer, fuller, thicker-looking lashes.
- Hemp-Derived Cannabis Seed Oil: Conditions to keep lashes soft, not stiff.
- Vegan "Beeswax": Keeps fibers locked onto lashes, preventing fallout.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This buildable mascara lets you turn up the volume for dramatically longer, fuller-looking lashes.

Size: 0.33 oz / 9.75 mL·ITEM: 2855781
Color: Umber - rich brown mascara
$51.00
It’s replaced all other mascaras for me....Subtle mascara...Basically, a no makeup mascara. This does exactly that with one or two swipes.
What it is: A lengthening and volumizing mascara that delivers clump-free, intense definition and length with lash-loving ingredients.
Formulation Type: Volumizing, Lengthening
Benefits: Long Wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Volumizing Lipo-Oligopeptide: Visibly thickens lashes.
- Vita-Hair and Growth-Boosting Molecules Complex: Supports lash growth.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This mascara is packed with growth

Size: 0.15 oz/4.5 g·ITEM: 2894996
Color: BOOM - blackest black
$21.00
I received this product free for testing. The Kush Mascara gave my lashes a really nice boost in volume while making them look noticeably longer. ...Wonderful Mascara...The consistency of the mascaras isn’t took thick. It makes my lashes look beautiful.
What it is: A clean, buildable, volumizing mascara for intensely fuller-, thicker-looking lashes that won’t flake, clump, smudge, or droop for up to 12 hours and is safe for sensitive eyes.
Formulation Type: Volumizing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Weightless Cloud Fiber Tech: Cloud-like fibers puff up lashes for light-as-air volume and lift that lasts.
- Murumuru Seed Butter and Hemp Seed Oil: Condition and nourish for softer-, healthier-looking lashes.
- Buildable Vegan Waxes: Provide creamy, buildable texture that doesn’t flake or clump.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.

$22.00
My eyes stay irritation-free and fresh all day....The Best of the Best!...GET THIS NOW! I’ve used this mascara for 12 years. I’ve lauded many other luxury mascaras.
What it is: A mascara that coats your lashes from root to tip for the look of lash extensions in an instant.
Formulation Type: Lengthening
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates SLS & SLES, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This mascara uses film-forming technology that coats from root to tip for a high-impact finish. This collection supports Hourglass’s mission to unlock the cages of wild animals in captivity. Hourglass will donate 5% of the profits from all Unlocked products to the NHRP to secure civil rights for nonhuman animals.
Clinical Results: In a 1-week consumer test of 32 participants:
- 1

$38.00
this mascara is so pretty! i already have quite long lashes so mascaras that are lengthening look odd on me but this one gives me just a bit more length and gorgeous volume without clumping my lashes look fluffy and full...This is one of the best mascara I ever used! It's a bit tricky to apply but when you know how it's the best!
What it is: A mascara that delivers massive volume, infinite length, and extreme curl.
Formulation Type: Volumizing, Curling, and Lengthening
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Jojoba: Hydrates, strengthens, and protects lashes.
- Carnuba Wax: For smooth application with lengthening and volumizing benefits.
- Vitamin E: A natural preservative that acts as an anti-inflammatory emollient and antioxidant.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Get the look of an instant

Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g·ITEM: 2844058
Color: Pump'd Up Black - Black
$22.00
I received this product free for review from Influenster. This Badgal Bounce mascara is a winner! ...Another good mascara...Received a free sample for honest review. I tried Badgal Bounce mascara for several days.
What it is: A volumizing mascara with a dual-sided brush; bristle side boosts volume by 242%, comb side separates & defines for fuller, flake & clump free lashes.
Formulation Type: Volumizing, Curling, Lengthening
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Linden Bud Extract: Helps lashes look fuller.
- Rice Wax: Helps separate and define lashes and visibly boosts long-lasting lift.
- Provitamin B5: Helps lashes feel conditioned.

Size: 0.2 oz / 6.5 mL·ITEM: 2782969
Color: Cuz I'm Black - black
$18.00
The best mascara...The scent isn't strong at all and it's such a great Value mascara .I love the design of the mascara itself it's easy to hold and use with a good grip as well .I love it I received this item as a free sample...I would buy! Received as a free sample
What it is: A long-wearing, ultra-creamy black mascara—in a mini size—with a brush that coats every lash for an outrageously thick, lifted look.
Formulation Type: Volumizing, Lengthening
Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Get big, bold, thick lashes that go beyond volume. This ultra-black, mini mascara creates a full-bodied look for an unreal, dramatic lash effect. It’s sweat-, humidity-, and transfer-resistant and features a tapered brush to coat, curl, and lift your lashes.

ITEM: 2739399
Size: 0.23 fl oz. / 7 mL
$18.00
Best mascara ever...I’ve used this TWICE and I got the mini I have tried so many mascaras and this is the best one yet it is better then drugstore and more expensive ones I use it with the essence pink princess mascara and it’s tea...Huda Wow Mascara...He was completely honest on this. One of the best if not the best mascaras I have ever tried.
What it is: An extreme volumizing mascara with an innovative dual-sided brush that coats and defines every lash for mega curl, immediate length, and extra volume.
Formulation Type: Volumizing and Lengthening
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: The ultra-black and creamy formula means just one dip of mascara coats every lash for easy volumized, lifted, and longer lashes. The dual-shape brush has short and long bristles to lengthen and separate lashe

Size: 0.2 oz/6.5 mL·ITEM: 2885259
Color: Hypnotize - black
$22.00
Kosas mascara...I received this product for free in return for my honest opinion. I love this product it’s natural and also long lasting I recommend this product....I often prefer to tint my eyelashes and curl them over most mascaras for a simple look, however this mascara is my absolute new favorite for lengthening!
What it is: A lengthening mascara that builds without clumping, powered by a lash-boosting peptide serum for visibly longer, fuller lashes in six to eight weeks. Safe for sensitive eyes.
Formulation Type: Lengthening
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17: Supports visibly longer, fuller lashes in six to eight weeks.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to

$21.00
Best Mascara!...Tarte Big Ego Mascara is one of the best mascaras I've ever used! ...BEST Mascara Ever...Best Mascara Ever,I've tried ALOT of mascaras and beside Thrive this is one of the best. it make small unnoticeable eyelashes plump and beautiful.
What it is: A travel-size, vegan mascara that lifts lashes and delivers a fully-loaded flutter for up to 16 hours.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Babassu: Nurtures lashes.
- Biotinoyl Tripeptide-1: Supports natural micro-circulation near the hair follicle to prevent atrophy and visible signs of aging.
- Hydroxyethylcellulose and Sunflower Seed Wax: Plant-derived ingredients that thicken the look of lashes, naturally.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, and triclosan. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This vegan, lash loving formula is plant-powered by babassu to nurture and condition lash hair.









