Tarte Tarteist Vegan Mascara Review

It's time for another vegan and cruelty-free mascara review!  So far in this series I have reviewed Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara, Pacifica's Aquarian Gaze Mascara and Lily Lolo's Creamy Lash Alert Pure Natural Vegan Mascara.

Let's get to the review of this instalment's pick... Tarte's Tarteist Mascara!  

What Tarte has to say about its Tarteist Mascara...

'Jet-black lengthening mascara for 2700% more lash volume.

Product performance: Paint on dramatic lashes powered by good-for-you ingredients with this vegan natural artistry™ mascara. Infused with triple-black painted mineral pigments that strengthen and condition lashes while delivering bold black definition, you’ll get flirty length and volume without any icky, bad ingredients. The patented mascara wand features molded, multi-length bristles that grab-and-lock onto even the tiniest lashes, saturating them in 360° root-to-tip pigment. In a simple stroke, you can sculpt, separate and curl your lashes without any messy flaking or clumping.' - tartecosmetics.com

Cost: $33 CAD

Vegan?  Yes!

Cruelty-Free?  Yes!

Ingredients: Ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, paraffin, glyceryl stearate, synthetic beeswax, acacia senegal gum, stearic acid, butylene glycol, oryza sativa (rice) bran wax/oryza sativa (rice) bran cera, palmitic acid, polybutene, ozokerite, VP/eicosene copolymer, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cera carnauba/copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax/cire de carnauba, phenoxyethanol, stearyl stearate, aminomethyl propanol, hydroxyethylcellulose, tropolone, sodium nitrate, iron oxides (CI 77499).

What I have to say about it...

The Good

• Crazy lengthening with the very first coat;
• Adds a good amount of volume;
• Holds curl well throughout the day;
• Doesn't smudge;
• Doesn't flake,
• Can easily replace natural false lashes with two or three coats;
• Doesn't tend to clump;
• Separates the lashes;
• Leaves the lashes very soft;
• Applies very easily and smoothly;
• Is very easily removed with oil (like castor or almond).

The Bad

• None.  This mascara is awesome!

How does it compare to Too Faced Better Than Sex, Pacifica Aquarian Gaze, and Lily Lolo's Creamy Lash Alert Pure Natural Vegan Mascara?

Final thoughts:  This mascara is like the Pacifica Aquarian Gaze and Lily Lolo mascara had a super baby.  This mascara is even easier to remove than Lily Lolo AND gives more length and volume!  The biggest bonus?  It holds the curl in my lashes basically all day!  I am mildly obsessed with this mascara and had to give it a perfect 5/5.  Highly recommend!

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RATING: 5/5

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What's your favourite vegan mascara?  What mascara should I try next?  Let me know in the comments!

Until next time, 

Are Pets Vegan?

Recently I have been receiving a lot of questions about pets.  Should vegans have them?  Should anyone own anyone else, human or not?  Are you a hypocrite if you have pets but also fight for animal liberation?

I may be slightly biased as someone who shares my home with two wonderful adopted cats, but I'm going to jump into this question all the same.

Watch the video here or on YouTube.

What are your thoughts on vegans (or anyone for that matter) having pets/companion animals?  Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time,

Non-Human Animals Crash Course Philosophy Response

Crash Course is a hugely popular YouTube channel with over 5.4 million subscribers.  Their Philosophy series is widely watched, and often very well received.  Recently they published the 42nd episode in the series all about the treatment of non-human animals, that has already been viewed more than 190,000 times.  

Here is my response to the video.

Watch the video here or on YouTube.

Watch the original Crash Course video here:

What are your thoughts on Crash Course Philosophy Episode 42?  Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time,

#LastWeekInVegan Trump Removes Climate Change and LGBT Pages from Government Website

We saw it coming.  But when it happened, we were still taken aback.

Let's get into this week's vegan news.

Watch here or on YouTube!

ONE White House Removes mentions of LGBT rights and Climate Change from Website
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8929&catId=1

TWO Universal Shuts Down A Dog's Purpose Premiere
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8930&catId=1

THREE Obama Finalizes Animal Welfare Reform Law
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8920&catId=1

FOUR Farmers Feed Cows Skittles as "Cheap Carbs"
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8924&catId=1

FIVE PETA Buys Shares in Louis Vuitton
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8907&catId=1

SIX Eating Hot Red Chilli Peppers Prolongs Life
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8923&catId=1

Until next time,