$15
8 shades
Instead of the $50 Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter
#2 on Amazon in Face Highlighters & Luminizers
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| Fact | Clinique | COVERGIRL |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ✓ Volumizing mascara, both | |
| Key ingredients | ✓ Carnauba wax, ✓ Acrylates copolymer, Sodium hyaluronate, ✓ Panthenol | ✓ Carnauba wax, ✓ Acrylates copolymer, ✓ Panthenol |
| Shades on Amazon | 3 | 8 |
| Size | 8.3 ml | 13.1 ml |
| Per ounce | $96.20 / fl oz | $20.25 / fl oz |
| Amazon rank | #17 in Mascara | #12 in Mascara |
| Sold by | ✓ Amazon.com, both | |
The trade-off
Clinique thickens with polyisobutene, silica and VP/eicosene and adds sodium hyaluronate; COVERGIRL uses disteardimonium hectorite and synthetic wax, has a bigger brush, and is preserved with parabens, which Clinique leaves out.
High Impact Mascara Volume and Length costs about $27 for 8.3 ml ($96.20 / fl oz). The dupe below is COVERGIRL Lash Blast Volume Mascara at $8.97 $12.99, about 79% less per ounce. Each pair is compared on format, finish and key ingredients, including what the dupe doesn't do.
Volumizing and lengthening mascara, ophthalmologist tested for sensitive eyes: carnauba wax and stearic acid in a washable water base, with sodium hyaluronate and panthenol. 0.28 fl oz.
31% off#12 in Mascara on Amazon
Cost per fl oz
What matches
Both are washable, water-based mascaras built the same way: stearic acid turned into an emulsifier by a neutralizer (aminomethyl propanediol in Clinique, triethanolamine in COVERGIRL), glyceryl stearate and carnauba wax for body, an acrylates copolymer that films over the lash, and panthenol.
COVERGIRL Lash Blast Volume Mascara at about $8.97. Both are washable, water-based mascaras built the same way: stearic acid turned into an emulsifier by a neutralizer (aminomethyl propanediol in Clinique, triethanolamine in COVERGIRL), glyceryl stearate and carnauba wax for body, an acrylates copolymer that films over the lash, and panthenol.
High Impact Mascara Volume and Length costs about $27 for 8.3 ml, or $96.20 / fl oz. COVERGIRL Lash Blast Volume Mascara works out at $20.25 / fl oz, roughly 79% less per ounce.
Clinique thickens with polyisobutene, silica and VP/eicosene and adds sodium hyaluronate; COVERGIRL uses disteardimonium hectorite and synthetic wax, has a bigger brush, and is preserved with parabens, which Clinique leaves out.
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