How is waterproof mascara made?
Mascara is a cosmetic used on your eyelashes, and it is usually applied as a cream via a wand. It can serve a multitude of purposes: darkening, thickening, lengthening, or otherwise defining your eyelashes. Additionally, numerous colors, tints, and ingredients may be used in formulating mascara. Most mascaras are applied from a tube or cylinder (containing the liquid or paste) and a wand (used to apply the mascara onto the eyelashes).Waterproof vs. Regular MascaraDespite the dozens of options available for mascara, almost all versions–waterproof or nonwaterproof–contain many of the same ingredients. Water, wax thickeners, pigments and preservatives are found in virtually all mascaras, in varying quantities.Composition of Nonwaterproof MascaraNonwaterproof mascara contains water-based ingredients: soft surfactants, waxes (beeswax and vegetable wax), pigments, thickening agents and preservatives. Nonwaterproof mascara can be affected by biological and environmental moisture, such as te