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DIY Natural Mascara Recipe (Simple and Eye-Healthy)

2017/06/27 by Meital James 11 Comments

Did you know it takes less than 5 minutes to make your own eye-friendly, all-natural mascara at home?

I’ve been using this DIY mascara recipe for over a year now, and I use it as my everyday mascara because I consider products I use around my eyes as the most important to be 100% natural.
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This recipe is all-natural, non-toxic, easy to make, and is so eye-healthy that it can prevent eye infections.

You get the ingredients once (if you don’t have them at home already) and they’ll be enough for years to come.

You’ll also find a few alternations you can do, such as adding Castor oil to treat dry eyes and strengthen eyelashes, or a mascara recipe without Beeswax.

Page Contents

  • 1 DIY Mascara Ingredients
  • 2 Why These Ingredients? 
  • 3 All-Natural DIY  Mascara – Without Beeswax
  • 4 DIY Mascara With Castor Oil

DIY Mascara Ingredients

mascara tube for diy mascara

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  • 3 capsules of organic activated charcoal
  • 1 tsp organic vitamin E oil (I use this one)
  • 1 tsp organic coconut oil
  • ½ tsp Beeswax
  • 3-4 tsp organic Aloe Vera Gel
  • 1 empty, cleaned or new mascara tube (I got this one and have just reused it as needed. Using a small jar or lip gloss container with a mascara brush will also work)

DIY Mascara Instructions

1. Melt the oils and wax together in a double boiler.

2. Add the aloe gel, then activated charcoal. Mix well.

3. Transfer into the desired container.

Since I’m camera-shy, I found this video with a clear demonstration for the exact recipe I make:

Why These Ingredients? 

diy mascara with activated charcoal1.  Activated Charcoal – this miraculous substance is so much more than a natural dye.

This inexpensive substance is incredibly useful and has mind-blowing health and beauty uses.

👉 See much more amazing activated charcoal uses!

Studies show that one cubic inch of activated charcoal can absorb the equivalent of 150,000 square feet of toxins.

That’s why activated charcoal may be the fastest and best home remedy for pink eye and other eye infections.

When I have an eye infection I simply empty a tea bag and replace the tea with about ¼ or ½ teaspoon of activated charcoal.

If I repeat it a few times a day, the infection disappears in 24 hours.

I use AC for so many things. Here are some of them:

  • Food poisoning
  • Teeth infections and teeth whitening
  • Mosquito bites and bee stings relief
  • Gas and bloating relief
  • And much more

2.  Vitamin E oil – it’s the best natural preservative and will help keep your mascara for at least 6 weeks (in my experience).

3. Coconut oil – is considered safe to use around the eyes and many people use it as a remedy for dry eyes. It’s important to use organic coconut oil to prevent toxins from getting inside your eyes.

4. Beeswax – the purified wax from the honeycomb of the bee, Beeswax is used as a thickening agent and helps to stabilize the mascara and keep in your eyelashes.

It will stiffen your mascara without hardening it. It also keeps the lash curl nice and tight. It leaves the lashes hydrated and conditioned, and is waterproof!

5.  Aloe Vera Gel – Aloe is a natural astringent and helps keep the mixture from getting too oily. It also helps smooth out the blend.

it’s highly important to use 100% natural and organic Aloe Vera. If you have your own aloe vera – that’s best.

👉 See why I use Aloe Vera gel on my face overnight – every night, plus how to use Aloe Vera for wrinkles and sagging skin!

And now, a few alternative recipes:

All-Natural DIY  Mascara – Without Beeswax

If you are allergic to bee products, you obviously can’t use this recipe. Instead of Beeswax use 1/4 tsp bentonite clay.

Bentonite clay helps the mascara dry and harden and not smudge. Any cosmetic clay should work.

DIY Mascara With Castor Oil

If you want to make your DIY mascara ever healthier for your eyes – add a few drops of organic hexane-free Castor oil to it.

Why Castor Oil?

First:

In my experience, Castor oil is the best home remedy for dry eyes. There’s no science behind it, but for me, it works and if you read my post about it you’ll see many more success stories in the comments.

Second:

Castor oil can boost eyelashes growth and strength.

I have found that Castor oil is the best oil to use on your hair and skin. See the 10 reasons I use Castor oil on my face – overnight.

I use it to cleanse and moisturize my skin, get rid of chapped lips, blemishes, redness, sunburns, pigmentation, you name it.

I rub a few drops of it every night and wake up with glowing skin and less under-eye puffiness.

Important note: it’s highly important to only use an organic, hexane-free Castor oil, like this one.

Summary

You’ve just learned the super simple way to make your own all-natural mascara at home while keeping your eyes healthy and happy.

I make my own makeup for years and trust me – it’s so simple a child can do it.

I also make my own skincare products, and I haven’t bought an industrial product for ages.

I’d love to read your comments and answer any questions you may have – in the comment section below.

To your health and happiness,

Meital

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About Meital James

Meital James, Founder and CEO of 4 healthy living blogs, has a background in Naturopathic medicine, research, journalism, and nutrition.
Her blogs are the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and experience and all the posts are verified by scientific findings.

Comments

  1. Meital James says

    2019/11/17 at 10:25 pm

    Thanks for the heads up Kiki… for the pink eye you just soak the charcoal filled tea bags in cold or warm water and then place them over your eye for 20 minutes – 3 times a day. I hope this clears things up.

  2. Kiki says

    2019/11/17 at 2:40 pm

    You didn’t complete your instructions about replacing charcoal in tea bags! You only said you put charcoal in tea bags. What did you do with the charcoal filled bags??

  3. Milly says

    2018/05/29 at 2:24 pm

    When I noticed that baby oil makes my eyelashes look better, I started to wonder about similar remedies and effects. In the end, I discovered Cherish Lash serum and it gave me such long and fabulous eyelashes 🙂 I love nowadays, so many new options are available… 🙂

  4. Meital James says

    2018/04/12 at 10:36 pm

    I would start with trying fresh lemon juice, mixed with just a tiny bit of coconut oil.

  5. Roberta says

    2018/04/12 at 7:01 am

    what is the natural (organic) remedy for brown spots?

  6. EyeSoothe says

    2017/12/12 at 3:59 am

    Great info! Here I found some great Recipe to treat dark eye problem. DIY Mascara Recipe are very helpful and affordable to get rid of these problems. Thanks for sharing.

  7. Shannon says

    2017/10/04 at 7:26 am

    I didn’t even know making your own mascara was a thing. The important question, though, is – how does it look? Guess I’ll have to make it myself to find out 😉

  8. Meital James says

    2017/07/03 at 10:55 pm

    Great! Let me know how it works for you:)

  9. Stephanie says

    2017/07/03 at 12:38 am

    Wow, I’m impressed with this recipe! I’ve wondered if it was possible to make homemade mascara before. I think I have all the ingredients and will have to make this next time I need more mascara. I’m pinning this one!

  10. Susannah says

    2017/07/02 at 10:15 pm

    Wow! I’ve never thought to make my own mascara!

  11. Zesty Olive says

    2017/07/01 at 10:08 am

    Wow, this is an easy recipe and really amazing! Thanks for the video, too!

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