Mascara Madness: The Tried & Trues

I’m a self-confessed mascara addict with no wish for recovery. If I could only wear one piece of makeup for the rest of my life it would defiantly be mascara. I just feel like it really transforms your face by making your eyes pop. It just brings everything together. I love trying different brands and formulas out and I wanted to share some of my absolute favorites with you!

I tend to gravitate towards the tried and true drugstore brands when it comes to mascaras. I’ve tried the nicer brands but always end up coming back to my local drugstore to pick up my staple product. Its always more budget friendly to fall in love with the less expensive products so don’t disregard drugstore products. In the world of makeup there is nothing more beautiful to me than a fat mascara wand, is that totally weird? I’m a total volume junkie when it comes to my eyes so I usually layer a few mascaras to get my eyes “big”.

Maybelline Great Lash: BIG $5.29

It’s back to the basics with this one! In my opinion everyone should own/have owned this mascara. I always like to make sure that I have on of these in my makeup collection at all times. It’s perfect for beginners building up their collections because 1. It’s inexpensive and 2. It’s basically foolproof (But don’t go poking your eyeballs or anything like that please…). This formula added with the big brush makes for mega volume. I love the fact that it doesn’t clump and I recommend building up your lashes with multiple coats. This was the first mascara that I ever purchased and it’s never let me down. I love everything about it from its iconic green and pink packaging to it’s wide eye effect. I really recommend this mascara to anyone and everyone in the market for a good dependable drugstore mascara.

Maybelline the Rocket $7.49

If you’ve been on the beauty scene for a while I’m sure you’ve heard all the buzz over this product, and let me just tell you that everything said about it is true! I own both the regular and waterproof formulas and they’ve been my absolute favorite mascaras since they were released. They give AMAZING volume and length, “The Rocket” really make your eyes pop! I love the volume this formula gives lashes, normally to get my lashes as big as I like them I layer multiple brands and formulas but this mascara offers a one stop shop for volume junkies like myself. I use the waterproof formula daily on my lower lashes (It’s extremely humid where I live so this is an absolute necessity to avoid raccoon eyes midday) and it hasn’t failed me yet! This definatly gets an A+ rating from me.

Maybelline Volume Express: One by One $8.15

As you can see, I’m a firm believer that you can never go wrong with a Maybelline mascara so its no surprise that my next favorite is yet another fabulous Maybelline formula. This is a new find for me but I’m already in love. I love how this mascara evenly coats and curls each individual lash, nothing better than it. I use this on more “natural” days or as a base for building up clump free volume. It really does seem to coat lashes “one by one” just as the name says. I really like the shape of this brush oddly enough, not for any performance reason, I just think it looks cute. I’m a sucker for cute packaging so that might be another reason why I’m so addicted to Maybelline.

Benefit They’re Real! $23.00

Now to stray from the Maybelline way, this mascara by Benefit is another new find of mine although I’m awfully late to jump on this bandwagon. Not only does it volumize, lengthen, not clump, and curl, but it also stays on all day! I mentioned before that where I live its extremely humid, especially in the summer months. As a result it’s almost impossible for me to go a whole day without having to wipe mascara lines from the bottom of my eyes (Does anyone else have this problem???) I’ve tried using waterproof and water-resistant formulas but no regular formula mascara seemed to be able to stand up the humidity until this. It is a little pricey for mascara at $23 for the full size tube but there is a special pack at Sephora HERE with a full size and a sample size for the price of one, which is quite nice. Never underestimate the sample sizes! It allows you to try out more products with less commitment to really experiment and discover what works for you.

So those are my favorite mascaras of the moment, but what are your must haves? I’d love to give them a try! I’m always looking for new worthwhile products to use. Comment below and let me know what you love! Thanks for reading!

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