Dupe? Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara Vs. L'Oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise Mascara (GIVEAWAY)

Ok so maybe my last post was about mascara. This one will be too--y'all know how obsessed I am with it! Anyway, so when I saw the newest mascara from L'Oreal, the L'Oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise, I instantly thought of Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara. The color of the packaging is similar. Then I thought the wands were kind of similar, so I had to do a Dupe? post on it!

So do y'all think we have a dupe here? Keep reading to find out.

First, you can see the packaging is similar in color, but not size or feel. BTS is heavier and seems to be of better quality in person. 

Next, the wands--they both have that hour glass shape, which is not exclusive to BTS mascara, but it is more pronounced with it.

Product-wise, BTS is much wetter than Lash Paradise--you can tell via its swatch at the top. Lash Paradise is much drier.

Now let's get the stats on each one:

Too Faced Better Than Sex

$23, .27 oz, 1 shade, Waterproof available 

In stores like Sephora, ULTA, and online

Film-forming Polymer for smudge-proof, all day wear

Acacia Senegal Tree Extract to nourish, thicken and lock curl in place

Unique Peptides for the deepest, intense black possible

Ingredients: Water/aqua/eau, Synthetic Beeswax, Paraffin, Glyceryl Stearate, Acacia Senegal Gum, Butylene Glycol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Wax, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Polybutene, VP/Eicosene Copolymer, Cera Carnauba/Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax/Cire de carnauba, Aminomethyl Propanol, Glycerin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Disodium EDTA, Polyester-11, PVP, Cellulose, Trimethylpentanediol/Adipic Acid/Glycerin Crosspolymer, Propylene Glycol, Acacia Senegal Gum Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Dextran, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1. May Contain/Peut Contenir/(+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Black 2 (CI 77266), Ultramarines (CI 77007). *Vegan-friendly *Formulated without parabens

Here it is on:

And now for the possible dupe:

L'Oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise

$9.99 (I've seen it cheaper at Target and Amazon), 3 colors, waterproof

Drugstores, ULTA, online, I got mine at Target

Intense volume and length, 200 bristles, silky smooth formula, no smudging or clumping

Ingredients: ETHYLENE ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER, STYRENE ACRYLATES
AMMONIUM METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER CERA ALBA BEESWAX CIRE DABEILLE
SYNTHETIC BEESWAX BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 POLYBUTENE CETYL ALCOHOL STEARETH-20 GLYCERYL DIBEHENATE STEARETH-2 PHENOXYETHANOL
HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE ACACIA SENEGAL GUM TRIBEHENIN CAPRYLYL GLYCOL GLYCERYL BEHENATE SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE HYDROGENATED JOJOBA OIL HYDROGENATED PALM OIL DISODIUM EDTA BUTYLENE GLYCOL SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE SILICA TETRASODIUM EDTA POTASSIUM SORBATE BHT [+/- MAY CONTAIN  PEUT CONTENIR CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 IRON OXIDES CI 77007 ULTRAMARINES] B195342/1

Here's the packaging:

And here it is on:

Lash Paradise after 14 hours of wear (and a rainstorm, haha)

So is it a dupe? Despite the drier formula, these both wear and look incredibly similar. I was very surprised. I'm calling it a dupe. Both were easy to remove and didn't smudge.

And now for the giveaway! If you'd like to try L'Oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise, be sure to let me know in the comment below--I need an email to contact you. I'll pick one winner. I bought an extra mascara and am giving it away! Not a sponsored post!

Do you think it's a dupe? Would you try this mascara?

Extra Elle: 

I enjoyed my longer weekend. I got my hair done and did some shopping. The weather didn't cooperate on Sunday or Monday, but that was fine with me. I hope you had a good weekend.