Buy Ecco Bella Brown Mascara

Product Description

Mascara in as pure a formula as you can buy; we leave out the lacquer, shellac and alcohol. Based on clay and iron oxides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3947 in Beauty
• Size: 0.25 oz
• Color: Brown
• Brand: Ecco Bella
• Model: 289-2
• Released on: 2007-08-04
• Ingredients: Purified water, carnauba wax, palmitic acid (from palm oil), clay, phenoxyethanol and iron oxides.
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .45" h x .5" w x .5" l, .5 pounds

Features

• This mascara wraps around and lengthens lashes to their longest.
• It's water resistant, but not waterproof. Gentle, and easily removed.
• Comes with its own mirror. Excellent for sensitive eyes.
• Vegan. Gluten-free. Fragrance-free.
• Paraben-free.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

93 of 95 people found the following review helpful.
Finally- A Mascara Like I Remember It To Be
By Colorgirl
As a makeup artist, I have a lot of experience with many different makeup products. Some years ago, I started out using only natural cosmetics which were not easy to find back in the day. However, I managed to find enough to keep me busy.

After a while I went back to wearing mainstream makeup because I could not find natural makeup products that performed like I needed them to. However, I greatly reduced my makeup wearing time to only one or two days a week just to keep it at a minimum.

As time has progressed, I have been concerned about the chemical smell of many of the lines of mascara that I have been used to using. I used to be able to use almost any drugstore mascara, but I found the formulas changing so much that I was unable to wear most things from the drugstore as far as mascara goes.

When I was given an opportunity to try out Ecco Bella Brown Mascara, I was very excited but not optimistic on expected performance.

The tube of mascara is very well designed. There is a little mirror embedded in the side of the mascara for ease of application. That is a nice feature. I am not sure how it is going to wear in my purse, however, I will update as my experience continues with it.

The tube is clear with the brown mascara showing through the container. The label reads ECCO BELLA FLOWERCOLOR. There is a gold cap on top. There is .38oz/11g or product in the tube.

What I did not like about it is that the plastic shrink wrap around the tube is what contains the information such as content, ingredients, etc. In order to get into the tube, you have to peel the wrapping off, thus the information is easy to lose.

Here are the ingredients:
Purified water,carnauba wax, palmitric acid (from palm oil), clay, methylparaben, propylparaben, iron oxide.

PERFORMANCE:
I did side by side comparison tests with several mascaras.

I used Lancome Definicils, MAC Zoomlash, and MAC Fibrerich Lash on one eye (several sessions of comparison- not all at once- HAHA). Then I wore the Ecco Bella on the other eye.

In all fairness, I did not have any brown to compare it with at the moment, but each of the other brands were black- that is already one count against the Ecco Bella, because brown tends to be less impressive on the eye than black is.

However, I was pleasantly surprised at the results. The brown Ecco Bella held its own very well. The application was smooth and very good competition with the other mascaras. There was not quite as much dramatic difference in the lashes, but in all fairness they were so close that it really was hard to see the difference.

The only difference was that the Ecco Bella was just a little tiny bit softer look than the MAC.

So far, I have had no problems with flaking, crumbling, smearing, or irritation, which is a good sign. The real test will be if I get runny eyes, how it will wear. So far, it is an excellent contender, but again, it does come off a little more easily with water than the others. This could be a problem for someone with allergies.

Because I did not want to lose the shrink wrap (which has all of the important details about the product on it) I wanted to write this review now. I will update my review with further observations as they become available to me.

So far I am impressed with the overall natural basis of this product and how well it performs against some of my favorite brands. What I found refreshing was that the aroma of the mascara was reminiscent of the way that mascara used to smell when I used it some years ago. A very clean smell compared to the chemical odors of today's products.

57 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
The best-performing vegan mascara out there
By M. Mills
I have long eyelashes that are medium brown at the base and blond at the tips, and Ecco Bella's black mascara really adds body to them while still looking very natural. It does an equal job of volumizing and lengthening. I use this mascara every day and have had no problems with running or irritation of any kind.

Like most mascaras, I do find that this product has some slight clumpage issues, but that's easily remedied by squeezing the loaded wand into a folded tissue and THEN applying it to the lashes. (This gets all the excess goop off the wand and allows for more precise application.) Voilà! No clumping. It does take about 20-30 seconds to dry, which may be too long for some people; but I actually like this window of time because I can go in with a clean wand/eyelash brush and make minute corrections before the mascara dries.

My skin is oily, so at the end of the day there's sometimes a teeny bit of smudge beneath my eye if I've worn mascara on my lower lashes. However, I have yet to find a non-waterproof mascara that doesn't do this. Nothing that a quick finger-swipe won't fix.

The side of the mascara tube has a built-in mirror that can be helpful for application if you're out and about, although I find it too small to be practical when I'm applying makeup in front of the bathroom mirror.

For me, the most attractive feature of this product is that it has the FEWEST ingredients of any mascara I've ever seen: Purified water, carnauba wax, palmitric acid (from palm oil), clay, methylparaben, propylparaben, iron oxide.

Recommended for those who demand top-quality, cruelty-free products.

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
Mixed feelings about this one
By K. Kraus
I received this mascara in brown, and I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, it didn't flake one bit, which is wonderful. I have a allergies and tend to rub my eyes, and it stayed on beautifully. On the other hand, it didn't do what I expect a mascara to do. It didn't thicken my lashes at all. It lengthened them a little bit, but they still look very thin. If you're looking for a natural look, or maybe you're a blonde who just wants some color to make your blonde lashes show up better, this would be okay.

Footnote: After another full day of wearing this mascara, I'd like to up my rating to 3 stars, but the site's not letting me. I'll just put it into words. This mascara's staying power makes up for its lack of thickening. It simply does not flake! Maybe it's just fresher than other mascaras I've used, but it I don't think that's it. No brand new mascara I've ever worn is this flake-resistant.

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