Poppy Austin Mascara Paraben Free Hypoallergenic Reviews Summary

Sensitivity and Ingredients

Pros:

• "Most importantly it is cruelty free and also excellent for my sensitive skin."
• "I’ve been searching for years for a mascara that didn’t burn or irritate my sensitive eyes, and had natural safe ingredients. This is it!"
• "The best bit.. Its Vegan....."
• "I love this mascara and have been reordering it consistently for the past few years. I was looking for a cruelty free mascara when I came across this one and I haven't looked elsewhere since."
• "This mascara, created by literally a grass roots company in UK, grows all their organic ingredients in their own garden and produces only a small batch of a couple products which are high quality and safe for the environment and humans."
• "I have sensitive eyes, but this mascara never irritates them."
• "I love this mascara especially as the company have strong ethics and are totally against animal testing."

Cons:

• "It was so gloppy and sloppy."
• "Don’t waste your money on this mascara. It is so clumpy and horrible I couldn’t use it!"
• "All mascaras I try that claim to be all natural for sensitive eyes still make my eyes super itchy."
• "I have very sensitive eyes. It has been hard to find a mascara that does not irritate."
• "I still get a bit of irritation from this on my right eye."
• "Unfortunately I couldn’t continue using it because my eyes started itching."
• "After several months I stared to develop styes and my eye lids started to become thick and red from irritation."

Longevity and Application

Pros:

• "Great longevity too, lasts all day and removes easily."
• "It is the only mascara in years that I've been able to tolerate on a daily basis."
• "Glides on silky smooth and I swear you can feel the oil conditioning your lashes from the first stroke."
• "Brilliant mascara I've suffer from sensitive eyes and have been looking for a water based mascara! this ticks all the boxes stays on all day doesn't smudge and easy to take off."
• "I am so so impressed with this mascara, no panda eyes and it was on from 9am to 9pm."
• "This mascara thickens and adds length, without adding lumps and clumps."
• "It provides natural looking defined and thicker lashes with no clumps or drying and has successfully stayed in place through wind, rain, cold and sweaty work outs!"

Cons:

• "Clumps and flakes off of my lashes."
• "It smudges everywhere gives you pandaeyes."
• "The brush does not load evenly- leaving globs of mascara at each end."
• "The brush is very thick and clumsy - it’s not a wand, and first applications seemed very wet and clogged on the brush."
• "Wish I hadn’t. It is very wet and fluid as the brush comes out of the tube and I found it difficult not to smudge it on my eyelids whilst applying it."
• "It isn’t quite as thick as some other brands but I just put more on and it’s fine."
• "This Poppy Austin mascara is not waterproof, it smudges badly = transfers the mascara to the skin both under & above the eye even after letting it dry."

Company Ethics and Customer Service

Pros:

• "I also love the company ethics and very happy to be purchasing from a conscious business."
• "So nice to buy from an ethical company too."
• "It feels good to know it is cruelty free, vegan and benefits charities."
• "I love this mascara especially as the company have strong ethics and are totally against animal testing."
• "The company did send me a hand written note and returned my payment without my even asking!"
• "I'm very happy to know the product is handmade, vegan, not tested on animals, and has the added bonus of argan oil for healthier lashes."
• "Really happy with the product, especially it being vegan and cruelty free for animals."

Cons:

• "I just want to warn others, I received a used, empty tube, and the safety seal on the box was broken."
• "The handle got separated from the lower part with the bristles."
• "Update: customer service contacted and refunded me for the mascara."
• "Company said they would refund my purchase very good customer service."
• "Unfortunately this mascara isn’t for me."
• "I’ve just received this mascara and there’s something not right about it, it’s my third time ordering this item, it looks completely different to the last two."
• "Too much mascara on the brush is frustrating and so I'm not sure I would buy again unfortunately."