Organic mascara

Many beauty magazines and sites will pass on the importance of washing all your make up off before going to bed and often tend to focus on removing every little bit of mascara and I couldn't agree more, especially if the mascara you wear is non organic or not made with natural ingredients but to be honest I feel the damage is well and truly done by the time you go to bed anyway.

Some things to ask yourself:

• Do you suffer with puffy eyes
• Under eye bags
• Itchy eyes
• Watery eyes
• Loss of lashes (which makes you pile on even more mascara so you look like you have more )
• could the ingredients in your mascara be causing these symptoms?

As soon as you put on your mascara the synthetic chemicals start leaching into your skin around the most sensitive area of your face - your eyes! Take a look at the ingredients in your mascara and look each one up, but be prepared to be shocked. Some top brand mascaras have been found to contain a derivative of mercury among many other unpronounceable toxic ingredients.

Organic and natural mascaras have come a long way and when you read the ingredients will find they contain beeswax, jojoba, carnauba wax, soya, aloe, fruit water and coconut oil, things that are actually good for your skin and promote healthy lash growth.

There are many good organic and natural mascaras, make sure they are 100% natural and not "contains organic ingredients" or you may find unwanted ingredients lurking in them. Try a natural organic mascara and see after a few weeks if your eyes feel and look healthier.