Benefit Cosmetics BADgal BANG! Volumizing Mascara
by Benefit Cosmetics · makeup
Editor's Take
This earns its big-lash swagger, but the trick is Paraffin wax plus Silica Silylate, not clean-beauty magic in a tube.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 8.4 / 10
- Modern Tech: 7.5 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 2.4 / 10
- Sustainability: 2.6 / 10
The Verdict
Performance is the easy sell here: strong efficacy alignment at 8.4, with Paraffin and carnauba building bulk while Silica Silylate keeps the volume from feeling brick-heavy. The technology score lands Modern, helped by aero-particle lift and film formers like Acrylates Copolymer for wear. The trade-off is blunt: clean is 2.4 and sustainability is Lower Sustainability Fit, with petroleum waxes, ethoxylated Steareth surfactants, and persistent polymers doing plenty of work. Worth it for dramatic, stubborn volume, not for a COSMOS-lean makeup bag.
Full INCI list
Water, Paraffin, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Glyceryl Stearate, Butylene Glycol, Acrylates Copolymer, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Polybutene, Steareth-21, VP/Eicosene Copolymer, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Steareth-2, Aminomethyl Propanediol, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Silica Silylate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Nylon-12, BHT. May Contain (+/-): Yellow 5/Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Ferric Ferrocyanide/Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891).