The Best Mascaras for Sensitive Eyes in 2024

Newsflash: Sensitive eyes are not a death sentence for makeup! Having sensitive eyes is irritating, but it shouldn’t stop you from wearing makeup and mascara.

Loads of mascaras are made with sensitive eyes in mind. As someone with sensitive eyes, I know how easy it is for them to flare up from something as simple as using the wrong mascara. After trying and testing many mascaras, I’ve put together some of the best mascaras for sensitive eyes! Get ready for lengthened and volumized lashes that won’t irritate your eyes.

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Best Smudge-Proof: Rimmel Wonder’luxe Mascara

Rimmel Wonder’luxe Mascara is infused with four luxurious oils, the mascara conditions your eyelashes over the day which is a bonus for a mascara! It’s dermatologist and ophthalmologist-tested, making it suitable for sensitive eyes.

The formula is wet enough to coat your lashes for a more voluminous and lengthened look while keeping your eyelashes looking natural. However, you can build it up for thick lashes too. It doesn’t clump or flake and it’s still smudge-proof even after applying three coats!

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Best for False Lash Effect: Maybelline The Falsies Instant Lash Lift

Away with falsies and uncomfortable lash glues! Instead, fake the look with the Maybelline The Falsies Instant Lash Lift Look Lengthening Volumizing Mascara.

It’s got a chunky double-curved wand with twisted combs going in all directions. It’s the mascara you need for extreme, bold and luscious volume. The brush design is easily the best thing about this mascara. It separates your lashes for an even coat.

One coat is all you need for instant fabulous eyes. Two coats make you look like a glamorous diva. And three is giving Lady Gaga a run for her money! This mascara is volumising with an all-day wear formula. It curls your lashes too and it won’t smear easily.

The formula is just as impressive as the wand, it has a fibre-infused formula that grabs onto your lashes at the root to lift, thicken, and lengthen.

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Best for Dry Eyes: Physicians Formula Killer Curves Voluptuous Curling Mascara

The Physicians Formula Killer Curves Voluptuous Curling Mascara curls your eyelashes with its amazing lash-lifting polymers and volumizing collagen formula, providing you with the perfect combination of curl and volume.

Infused with Provitamin B5, Peptides, and Amino Acids, it nourishes and strengthens the lashes. The wand has a large hourglass bristle brush that coats and sets even the tiniest lashes. The curves form the best lash-lift effect out there. Manually curling your lashes before or afterwards is optional but a warning- you probably won’t need it!

What I love best is how it’s safe for sensitive eyes and doesn’t irritate them while at the same time, it gives beautiful full lashes!

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Best Drugstore: La Roche-Posay Toleriane Volume Mascara

Created specifically for individuals with sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers, the La Roche-Posay Toleriane Volume Mascara delivers remarkable coverage, impressive volume, and exceptional length.

The key to achieving luscious, voluminous eyelashes lies in its micro-aerated texture formula, providing lightweight lashes with a striking maximum-volume appearance. This exclusive mascara, enriched with ceramides and thickening Carnauba Wax, not only strengthens your lashes but also amplifies their volume, ensuring a captivating look.

The mascara is buildable and clump-free, but what I like best is how weightless and comfortable it feels. It doesn’t harden the lashes but still gives them an effortless fanned-out look.

With its rich pigmentation that effortlessly washes away, this long-lasting formula adheres to your lashes throughout the day. The generously sized tapered bristle brush gives precise application, allowing you to reach even the most delicate inner and outer lashes.

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Best for Volume: MAC In Extreme Dimension Lash Mascara

If you love volumized and lengthened lashes that don’t get clumpy, then you will love the MAC In Extreme Dimension Lash Mascara. It applies evenly and defines and separates the lashes beautifully giving your eyes a false lash effect!

With just one stroke, you’ll notice thicker and longer lashes. It doesn’t flake or clump, it lasts intact all day! The combination of formula and fabulous brush is what makes this mascara different from many others. But what I love best is the carbon black color that’s so intensely black, it just looks amazing on!

Formulated without any of the bad stuff like fragrance, oil, paraben and lots more, making it ideal for sensitive eyes.

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Best Hypoallergenic: Diego Dalla Palma MyToyBoy Mascara

Don’t judge a book by its cover, and don’t judge this mascara by its name. It may have an interesting name, but it’s a fabulous mascara that gives the lashes a 4D effect! And it doesn’t end there.

Made with unique ingredients, the Diego Dalla Palma MyToyBoy Mascara naturally promotes eyelash growth and after 30 days of use, you’ll see a noticeable difference in your eyelashes volume and length! Ideal for sensitive eyes, the MyToyBoy Mascara is made from allergy-free ingredients, even those with the most sensitive eyes can enjoy lengthened and volumized lashes!

Its 4D wand is spectacular and honestly, huge! It’s probably the biggest mascara wand I’ve seen, it coats every lash easily and is honestly really fun to use. However, its size can be tricky for beginners

It also has a long-wearing formula that doesn’t melt or flake away. I can’t relate to the product name— maybe it’s an Italian thing, but I sure can relate to the amazing benefits this mascara offers!

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Best Lengthening: INIKA Long Lash Mascara

Get guilt-free beautiful luscious lashes with the INIKA Long Lash Vegan Mascara. It has an all-natural, organic formula that uses 100% plant-derived ingredients to boost your lash length, volume and span and let me tell you, it works!

The wand features fanned bristles that delicately separate and coat each strand of eyelash. Easy to apply and highly pigmented, the mascara glides on the eyes leaving you with stunning long eyelashes!

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Best Clean Beauty: Jane Iredale Longest Lash Thickening & Lengthening Mascara

Jane Iredale is one of the best-known brands for clean beauty. In fact, they were one of the first to get into the industry over 25 years ago! The Jane Iredale mascara is ideal for sensitive eyes because it’s made from ingredients that help protect the lashes making them softer. It also has a unique ingredient that adds temporary length and thickness to lashes giving the illusion of false lashes.

Easy to use, the pigment is silky and lightweight and the mascara lengthens without clumping, while instantly thickening the lashes! It’s easy to see why this mascara works, it’s wand is packed with bristles and larger than the average.

Jane Iredale Longest Lash Thickening & Lengthening Mascara has the full package for sensitive eyes! It lengthens and volumizes without irritating the eyes!

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Best for Even Application: Estée Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Mascara

If you love a false lash effect without any of the clumping and flakiness that so often comes with it, Estée Lauder’s Sumptuous Extreme Lash Mascara is the one to try! It creates volume, lifts and curves without any of the negatives.

The large tapered bristle wand defines and separates your lashes like a comb, creating a volumized effect. I love how evenly it applies, which is partly why it doesn’t clump.

Its formula is a blend of three high-volume fibres in a mousse-light base. The pigment feels silky and comfortable to apply. It acts almost like lash extensions, multiplying and growing the look of lashes.

This mascara is also made with a conditioning Lash-Advancing Vitamin Complex which helps condition your lashes ensuring they stay soft and hydrated throughout the day.

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What to Look Out for In Mascaras for Sensitive Skin

If you’re using a waterproof mascara, be sure that the formula is guaranteed safe and easy to remove for sensitive skin. So how do you know mascara is generally “safe” for your skin?

The trick is when browsing for mascaras for sensitive eyes and skin, look for key terms like hypoallergenic, allergy-tested, clinically-tested, dermatologist-tested, and ophthalmologist-tested on the product. Ophthalmologist-tested indicates the product’s testing was overseen by an eye doctor and therefore safe for even the most sensitive eyes. 

Application Tips

1. Patch Test

Patch tests are essential before using beauty products, and whether’s really for sensitive skin or not. Apply a small amount to both thin and thick parts of your skin to really help you gauge the safety of the product.

For mascaras, do a patch test by swiping the tiniest amounts of the product on your outer lashes and then wait a few hours. If you generally have sensitive skin and eyes then proceed with caution and look out for any side effects.

2. Avoid The Roots & Lash Line

For sensitive eyes, avoid getting too close to your lash lines. This is especially helpful if you haven’t gone through a thorough patch test.

Apply your mascara by starting on the very middle of your lashes, then gently zigzagging out to your lash tips. From there, you may apply closer to your lash line with each coat, but never fully apply the product to your skin.

For your bottom lashes, master the art of using the wand’s tips and design features to dig into your bottom lashes without touching the lash line. It may sound tricky to pull off, but actually, it’s really easy! It just takes a little getting used to!

3. Gently Remove

The best practice is to never sleep with your makeup on. An even better practice is to remove your mascara and eye makeup in separate steps. This is to minimise the tugging and possible hair fall.

First, remove your mascara. Saturate a cotton ball with a gentle makeup remover, and gently press over your lashes for 10 seconds. Or more. By doing this, the makeup remover has time to break down your mascara. This means fewer sweeps and rubbing for you.

Given that, it is essential that you are also using a makeup remover for sensitive eyes, since you’ll be soaking it on your skin for quite some time. Once all of your mascara is off, you can then remove the rest of your makeup.

4. Follow the 6-month rule or expiration date

Some products go bad quicker than others, like the organic INIKA Long Lash Vegan Mascara on our list. Since it’s organic, it can go bad really fast and must be changed immediately. So no matter what, throw away, or stop using your mascara if it’s expired already.

No matter how good the mascara smells, if you have sensitive eyes, I recommend getting rid of it once it’s passed the expiration date and not a day later! Read more tried and tested tips on eye makeup for sensitive eyes.

My Thoughts

As you can see, there’s a whole market out there for sensitive eyes in makeup! All of these mascaras are amazing and will give your makeup and skin some serious savings.

Get ready for beautiful lashes that won’t get red, or irritated with these best mascaras for sensitive eyes! For more tips check out how to grow thick and long lashes.

Hollie xx

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