I love experimenting with mascara, whether it’s high-end or low-end you can always find that mascara that wows you and brings out your lashes as soon as you apply it. If I’m honest though, all mascaras tend to satisfy me providing they don’t give me a serious case of thick, clumpy spider lashes. However, there are a few that go above and beyond just making your lashes look good and genuinely make them look longer and fuller; when I find that kind of mascara, it will forever be in my list of trusty mascaras.
I’ve pretty much tried all of the majorly raved about mascaras and many others but these are the ones currently in my collection. I don’t dislike any of them but I do have pros and cons for each one and thought I’d do a mini review post.
I won’t go into much detail about this one because I recently reviewed it in an empties post. It’s completely dried out and unusable now so it’s ready for the bin but still remains in my drawer. It’s the Rimmel Max Bold Curves Mascara and I didn’t have very high expectations of it before I tried it – I was actually quite impressed, it has a curved spoon wand which I love. The mascara formulation is nice, it adds thickness and length but it dries out quickly and there are better mascaras out there. It retails at around £7.00
I’d rate this mascara a 6/10
The YSL Shocking Mascara is the newest addition to my collection, I love the sleek gold packaging which is similar to the famous Touché Éclat highlighter by YSL. I was extremely impressed when I applied this mascara, my lashes were very bold and ‘shocking’ but I hate the brush, it’s small, plain and gets a lot of mascara clumped up in the bristles. It retails at around £23.00.
I’d rate this a 7/10
This mascara by Chanel is the Sublime De Chanel Mascara which retails at around £24.00. When I first bought this mascara I couldn’t get enough of it, it had the whole package and made my lashes fuller and longer. My favourite thing about this mascara is the wand, it’s like a little comb with sharp, small bristles which really separate your lashes and brushes through them. The price of this mascara makes this not quite a 10.
I’d rate this mascara a 9/10
I have done a review on this Maybelline The Rocket Mascara along side it’s sister mascara ‘The Falsies’. I did love it on it’s own but I’ve since gone off it, it’s amazing paired with The Falsies but on it’s own, I don’t get what I want from a mascara, I get lovely bold voluminous lashes but I find it sticks them together a little and doesn’t give me much length at all. It retails at around £6.99.
I’d rate this mascara a 6/10
I LOVE this mascara, it’s Maybelline The Falsies and it’s hands down my favourite. The wand is similar to Rimmel’s Max Bold Curves but it’s longer and thinner. The spoon-like wand really lifts the lashes and curls them nicely whilst adding length, separating the lashes and giving a little volume; it doesn’t give amazing volume but enough to be satisfied with. It retails at around £6.99
I rate this mascara a big fat 10/10.
I do love the volume and blackness that Diorshow Blackout Mascara gives me but it clumps my lashes together and dries out quickly in my opinion. It retails at around £23.00
I’d rate this mascara a 6/10
Benefit ‘They’re Real’ Mascara is so highly raved about and when I received a small sample size of it in my Elle magazine I was extremely pleased. I can understand the hype because it really does make your lashes look like falsies; it adds length, volume and amazing separation, plus the little spiky ball at the end of the wand helps to get right into the root. I really like it but I’ve never known anything as difficult to remove before be than this, it’s good that this means no smudging or budging but it means longer trying to force it off my lashes and more rubbing my eyes and it also tends to make my lashes ‘crispy’.
I’d rate this mascara an 8/10
