I
have been using Benefit’s They’re Real mascara for a while and
really rated it but when I received this mascara in a Glossybox, I
was excited to try it out. I used to use Rimmel mascaras when I was
in my teens and really liked them but as I got older, there were so
many other brands and mascaras to try and I sort of forgot that I’d
liked the Rimmel ones so much. There is also a side to me that loves
retro things so a mascara that promised retro glam was always going
to catch my eye.
The
Mascara
Rimmel
describe this mascara as:
- The 60s are back full swing with a thicker, fuller, wide-eyed look!
- A wide-eyed false lash look, fanned out volume with NO clumps!
- Lashes Up, out and over the top
As
far as I am aware, this mascara is only available in one colour and
that is Extreme Black which is okay for me as I normally use a black
mascara anyway and
This
mascara has a use by date of 12 months on the packaging although it
is recommended that you change your mascara every six months even if
you haven't used it all. To be honest, I have probably been using
this mascara slightly longer than 6 months and I haven't had any
issues with the mascara drying out or clumping.
My
Thoughts
This
is a very chunky mascara and is bigger than most mascaras that I have
used in the past. The black and white colour scheme fits in with my
idea of the monochrome trends of the 60's that this mascara is
supposed to emulate. Once you unscrew the lid, you can see the long
wand which is an hourglass shape which is quite unique. There are a
number of different length bristles on the brush and it seems to be
made of a very soft plastic which don't hurt or scratch when you
apply the mascara.
Compared
to most other mascaras I have used, the brush and the applicator wand
on this mascara is about twice the size of the ones that I am used
to. I did wonder how effective this would be in giving my lashes the
effects that it claimed but I had high hopes. While it did take a
couple of attempts for me to get used to the brush but now that I
have used the mascara for a few weeks, I actually like the brush and
think it makes applying my mascara easier. The large brush does seem
to make it easier to cover all my lashes including the smaller ones
that my usual mascara misses. I find that one sweep of the wand is
enough to coat most, if not all, of my lashes and I am satisfied with
just one coat of the mascara. The differing bristle shape and sizes
seem to leave each lash coated with some mascara, although I don't
tend to be one of those people who apply mascara to the very corners
of their eyelashes or lower eyes though.
To
be fair, I have quite naturally long and slightly curly eyelashes
anyway so I just want to use a mascara that makes the most of what I
do have and that leaves my lashes looking their best as I like to
draw attention to my eyes when I wear makeup as I feel that they are
one of my best features. Therefore, a mascara that has a slight
curling effect, that leaves my lashes looking bolder and defined and
something that still looks quite natural is what I look for with my
mascaras. Having used so many that only seem to either lengthen,
curl or define my eyes, I was pleasantly surprised with the effects
of this mascara. It left my eyelashes looking bolder, thicker and
more defined and I only needed to use one coat to get the result I
was looking for – although adding another coat did give a more
dramatic effect as well. I didn't get the spider's leg effect that I
can get with some mascaras, this just helped enhance what I have.
While I wouldn't describe this as a false lash effect, I don't think
that any mascara out there will ever have that effect so I take those
claims with a pinch of salt.
I
don’t have many complaints about this mascara but one little niggle
is that it does seem to take a few seconds to dry and I do
occasionally find that I have to remove some of the mascara from
around my eyes when I have blinked before the mascara is properly
dried. I
did find that it clumped slightly the first few times I used this
mascara but now that I am used to it, this hasn’t happened. I find
that if I try to apply more than 2 or three coat though this does
seem to get slightly clumpy on my lashes but considering the bold
effect that I get with only one coat, I find that this is usually all
that I need and if I want something more dramatic, I normally use a
coloured mascara on top of this one. To be fair though, I only
normally use mascara on my upper lashes rather than the smaller
lashes underneath my eyes as I normally just use some eyeliner to
define my lower lashes and this brush because of the chunkiness could
make applying this to smaller lashes more difficult but this isn't an
issue for me.
I
have quite sensitive eyes and can find that some makeup can irritate
them, and have had to stop using some mascaras in the past as I felt
that they were more of an irritant than a help but I have had no
issues with this mascara.
While
this mascara isn't waterproof, I find that it does seem to last a
full day without flaking off or leaving the area under my eyes like I
have taken makeup tips from Alice Cooper. I also have found that to
remove this, while it can take a few wipes to remove all traces of
the mascara, I find that this is the case with most mascaras and I
would rather have something that holds from morning to night and
still look good than something that I might have to reapply
throughout the day that is easier to remove.
Price
and Availability
I
have had mine for a while as I got it in a beauty box around 2 years
ago and while checking online it appears that this mascara has been
discontinued but you can
buy this mascara from Amazon where it will cost around £4 which I
think is fantastic price considering even budget brand mascaras cost
around £4 if you are purchasing them from places like Boots.
Ingredients
Aqua/water/eau,
paraffin, glyceryl stearate, copernicia cerifera cera/ copernicia
cerifera (carnauba) wax/cire de carnauba, pvp, cera alba/beeswax/cire
d’abeille, propylene glycol, tribehenin, polysorbate 20, stearic
acid, acrylates copolymer, panthenol, caprylyl glycol,
hydroxyethylcellulose, tocopheryl acetate, sodium hydroxide, talc,
acrylates/ carbamate copolymer, ascorbyl glucoside, gossypium
herbaceum (cotton) powder, serica /silk powder/poudre de soie,
retinyl palmitate, hydrogenated vegetable oil, glycerin, collagen,
hydrogenated olive oil, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, hydrolyzed
keratin, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, sodium sulfate,
ceramide 2, olea europaea (olive) oil unsaponifiables, potassium
sorbate, phenoxyethanol, bambusa arundinacea leaf extract, sodium
benzoate, tocopherol.
(please note that parts of this review may appear elsewhere)
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