I've dabbled with other mascaras in the past, but I have a firm old faithful in Maxfactor's 2000 Calorie. I love that mascara ... nothing volumises and lengthens my little stubbies like the 2000 Calorie, and because of this, I can be pretty dismissive of most other mascaras on the market. If people recommend products to me, I'm out there in Boots before I've even reached the bottom of the blog post, but with mascara it just doesn't happen.
I've seen a LOT of stuff on the internet about Benefit's You're Real mascara. It has got some impressive rave reviews from heavyweight bloggers, but the £19.50 price tag has always put me off. My 2000 Calorie is £6.99, so in my head I'm thinking I don't want to get attached to something more than twice the price. Ignorance can sometimes be bliss with these mega expensive products.
But then a girl I work with started using it, and she is a bit of a mascara junkie too. And then she bought a mini sample in for me....and it was all over.
When I first pulled the mascara wand out, I was like "oh hi plastic comb type brush, I can tell we are not going to get on already". I have a bit of a hatred for plastic comb type brushes as I just never find them volumising, and I never think they load my lashes as much as I want. But as I started using it, I couldn't deny that this little plastic comb wand was GOOD. It didn't take too long to build up a decent coverage, but the thing I loved about this was that it somehow managed to volumise but keep my lashes nicely separated. The result was that my lashes looked really "pretty" and fluttery. It was a lash effect that, I'll be honest, I'd never managed to achieve before. They were thick and black but still delicate.
Soooo a full size purchase was made and I happily parted with my £19.50 safe in the knowledge I was now going to be a fluttery eyelash girl.
But a fluttery eyelash girl I am not. I can hands down say that this mascara turned out to be SUCH a disappointment. I am not quite sure what happened - whether the sample was a slightly different formula (unlikely) or whether the larger mascara dried out quicker - but either way, this mascara went on SO badly.
It is so hit and miss! I start applying it and I'm starting to get my fluttery lashes and then bam! I have three eyelashes left. You know the effect I mean, where the mascara sticks all your lashes together and however much you wiggle that damn wand and try and separate them out, you're left with just three spikey lashes. It's how my lashes go if I cry with mascara on and I hate it. The first time this happened I was thinking maybe I went in too heavy handed. The second time it happened I thought maybe I still had to practice my application a bit. But this literally happens 95% of the time that I use this mascara. I do get right into the root of the lashline and wiggle wiggle wiggle with my wand, but those damn lashes wont separate out. It also dries quite quick and once it is dry it goes so rigid that you cannot go in with any more coats. Once it is dry it's all over. I'm pretty sure that die hard fans of this mascara will be muttering away about bad application, and yes, it could very well be that. But I'm not a rich little lady, and I can't keep whacking out £19.50 to practice with a mascara that just ain't doing it for me.
The tricky thing is, if you're reading this and trying to decide whether to buy it, I'd have to say you need to buy one and give it a go, because products like these don't get cult followings for nothing. But if you try it and you end up with three crispy lashes then you're not alone, you can join my club (and maybe go out and buy the 2000 calorie!).
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