little white truths

I bought this mascara in one of Chemist Warehouse's big makeup sales earlier in the year. I chose it because I'd heard good things about it online (or at least I thought I had: I'm now wondering if I bought the wrong one) and I was low on mascara so it was time to buy a new one.

In short, I don't like it. While it's not the worst one I've ever tried and I've kept using it to get my money's worth, it's not one I would recommend and I can't wait until my three months is up so I can validly turf it and move on to something else.

Verdict

I don't like this mascara at all. Indeed, after using it one last time just now, I've decided that it's time to end my suffering and move on to something else. I've used it for over two months, and that's more than enough. Life's too short for fiddly products and crappy lashes.

Two things happen whenever I use this: first, I wind up with clumpy lashes that stick out at weird angles; and second, I have mascara globs on my upper and lower lashlines. 

Yes I can use an eyelash comb to manage the first problem, but I honestly can't be bothered with that and the formula has now dried out to the point where I can't move fast enough before it sets. Worth noting is that this mascara has dried out faster than most other formulas I've tried, so that's something to keep in mind.

As for why it's getting all over my upper and lower eye areas, it's hard to say. Yes the brush isn't too fat (that's the one good thing about this product, leaving aside the fact that it makes a good rolling toy for toddlers), but the bristles are short and fat and I think that's the problem: there's so much mascara goo sitting on the inner 'barrel' of the wand, that some of it is transferring to my skin when I try to coat the base of my eyelashes.

You'll note in the shot above that I haven't been able to get the product close to my lashline - that's because I didn't want to make a mess before photographing it!

As for effect, it's rubbish. It offers nothing in the way of length and the only reason it does give some volume is because: a) it clumps my lashes together so they look thick (and not in a good way); and b) the formula has dried out so much that it's leaving a gluey, rough-looking coating on my lashes.

The other thing I've noticed about this is that, from the very beginning, it has left little balls on the ends of my lashes - so it looks like I'm sprouting antennae. Hmph.

Oh, it doesn't lift my lashes either. I need to lift them myself with my finger as the product dries, and even then it doesn't hold them in place. So boo to that rubbish in the product claims about lifting and holding.

All in all, I don't like this product and I definitely don't recommend it. Perhaps there was some other version of this mascara that people were raving about (and I have seen that it comes in other versions), it's just that only one was available in Australia when I bought this so I got confused. Highly likely.

Blurgh. Avoid.