I decided to put all six of my mascaras to the ultimate test to see which one is the best, all for science (of course).
I like to sit in my beauty room a lot and just goof around with my makeup. It's my only entertainment as an only child and we all do it! I like to call this goofing around as "experimenting" for valuable knowledge of the makeup products I own. Doing this has really provided me with a lot of scientific breakthroughs for my makeup game. So when I sat down the other day and looked at my mascaras, I thought to myself "which one of you is the superior mascara?" So here are my findings.
BEFORE WE START...
My lashes are definitely thicker and naturally very long. I do prefer a lifting mascara that keeps my lashes up all day but can also add a bit of voluminosity. I've always stuck to shorter bristled mascara wands but I'm venturing out into the more spoole shaped type of wands.
Also, I am BooBoo the Fool and forgot to photograph the mascara on my lashes. I promise I will remember the next time!
DAY 1: BENEFIT ROLLER LASH
Application Time: 8:15 AM
I wish I took a photo because my lashes looked so cute that day I put it on. My lashes were lifted and fanned out so perfectly when I applied it. I checked up a lunchtime around 11:30 and my lashes were still lifted and gorgeous. The amount of times my tired self kept rubbing my lashes, it didn't smudge completely. Later on in the day, I recorded my 4 o'clock check-up to notice that my lashes were not as lifted as they were (but they still had some lift to them) and there was some flaking on the face, but not a lot. I took a shower that night, but before I hopped in, there was still flaking and my lashes were still slowly beginning to sag as the afternoon progressed. It didn't survive the shower but wasn't easy to remove.
Longevity: ★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★★
Volume: ★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★
DAY 2: MAYBELLINE LASH SENSATIONAL
Application Time: 8:12 AM
This is the cheapest mascara out of the bunch, coming from the drugstore. The applicator is very similar to to the Roller Lash Mascara but a bit bigger. When applying, it did feel a bit harder to apply in the inner parts of my eye and trying trying not to get it on my face. However, it looked really good on the lashes when first applied. They were very lifted and looked quite similar to my lashes when I applied the Roller Lash Mascara the previous day. I checked up on my lashes at lunchtime and they were still very nice and lifted but did have some flaking. The flaking was not overwhelming or anything too annoying. I had the same results for my 4 o'clock check-up, still some flaking and my lashes continued to not be as lifted. At the end of the day, the longevity of this mascara pretty much vanished and it was a pain in the butt for me to take off whatever excess. I wasn't completely blown away by this mascara, but it wasn't awful in my opinion.
ALSO, I do not know what it is with this mascara, but this literally ruined my lashes. I've never had so many lashes fall out in a day from a mascara. I wore this mascara a few times within a month and every single time, it was extremely difficult to take off and so many of my beautiful, natural lashes kept falling out. If I were to be giving this a star rating in my opinion, and not based off of performance, this is a one star product. I will be getting rid of this mascara.
Longevity: ★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★
Volume: ★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★
DAY 3: LANCOME GRANDIOSE MASCARA
Application Time: 8:15 AM
Not going to lie, this is one of my favorite mascaras ever. I have repurchased this mascara in the past and I really love it. The bristles on the plastic wand are shorter and the base of the wand is curved to help provide more lifted and fanned out lashes. I was also having a really good lash day when I put on this mascara, so that really helped out with the performance of this mascara. My lashes were very lifted when I applied them in the morning. Checking up during lunch, nothing changed, still lifted, no flaking, and still very fanned out. A lot of people were complimenting me on my lashes that day as well, which made me feel really good, lol. Four o'clock came around, same results. By the end of the day, the mascara finally was showing some wear and tear. They weren't as lifted and the mascara began to flake on me. I got a solid 14 hours of wear with mascara before it started to flake, which made me more content with the mascara.
Longevity: ★★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★★★
Volume: ★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★½ (because there's no half star symbols on the internet, rip)
DAY 4: MAKEUP FOREVER EXCESSIVE LASH
Application Time: 8:32 AM
I personally enjoy this mascara for what it has to offer: volume and lift. This mascara has more of a shorter bristled, spoole type of applicator. I love how it makes my lashes look when I first apply it on the lashes. I get a little bit of volume, but because it isn't a clumpy mascara, it gives me some length to the lashes. But I do have one issue with it that you'll notice as I go throughout the day. At lunch, the lashes were still nice and lifted but the flaking had already begun. When I checked up at 4 o'clock, my lashes were not as lifted and the flaking was just not getting any better. I didn't want to reapply the mascara because I wanted to test the longevity of it throughout the day. By bedtime, I didn't even have to get a makeup wipe to take off the mascara, she was gone. I love the effect this mascara gives off but the longevity is just not there.
Longevity: ★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★
Volume: ★★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★
DAY 5: TARTE LIGHTS, CAMERA, LASHES
Application Time: 8:15 AM
This was also another mascara with a spoole type of brush (as will the rest be from here on out). The bristles were a little longer than the Makeup Forever mascara. When I applied the mascara, it applied quite easily and looked really lifted, voluminous (without being clumpy, because I hate clumpy mascaras), and lengthened. Lunch check-up looked flawless and same went for the 4 o'clock check-up. I was sitting in my bed at 10 something at night, looking at my lashes, and I was blown away. My lashes were still lifted (not as much as the initial application) and there was minimal to no flaking whatsoever. I could still feel the mascara on my lashes by the end of the day.
Fun fact though, this mascara was the first mascara I ever used on my lashes. My 11 year old self was smacking on my mother's Tarte mascara. This mascara is a legend for me and I repurchased it recently after 7 years.
Longevity: ★★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★★★
Volume: ★★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★★
DAY 6: LANCOME MON SIEUR BIG
Application Time: 8:11 AM
This mascara was a sample that I got from a redeemable award at Sephora, so why not include it?? I did enjoy this mascara but it didn't wow me. At lunch, my lashes were still looking lifted at pretty, some flaking but obviously not enough for me to gripe about. At my 4 o'clock check-up, my lashes weren't as lifted but not looking too bad and there was some more flaking throughout the afternoon. By bedtime, there was still some mascara on but not much. The longevity of the Mon Sieur Big Macara is not as long wearing as the Gradiose for comparison's sake. Just throughout the day, my lashes began to sag and flake. My lashes did look pretty when first applied and I do still wear it on the occasion.
Longevity: ★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★
Volume: ★★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★
Also, I am BooBoo the Fool and forgot to photograph the mascara on my lashes. I promise I will remember the next time!
DAY 1: BENEFIT ROLLER LASH
Application Time: 8:15 AM
I wish I took a photo because my lashes looked so cute that day I put it on. My lashes were lifted and fanned out so perfectly when I applied it. I checked up a lunchtime around 11:30 and my lashes were still lifted and gorgeous. The amount of times my tired self kept rubbing my lashes, it didn't smudge completely. Later on in the day, I recorded my 4 o'clock check-up to notice that my lashes were not as lifted as they were (but they still had some lift to them) and there was some flaking on the face, but not a lot. I took a shower that night, but before I hopped in, there was still flaking and my lashes were still slowly beginning to sag as the afternoon progressed. It didn't survive the shower but wasn't easy to remove.
Longevity: ★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★★
Volume: ★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★
DAY 2: MAYBELLINE LASH SENSATIONAL
Application Time: 8:12 AM
This is the cheapest mascara out of the bunch, coming from the drugstore. The applicator is very similar to to the Roller Lash Mascara but a bit bigger. When applying, it did feel a bit harder to apply in the inner parts of my eye and trying trying not to get it on my face. However, it looked really good on the lashes when first applied. They were very lifted and looked quite similar to my lashes when I applied the Roller Lash Mascara the previous day. I checked up on my lashes at lunchtime and they were still very nice and lifted but did have some flaking. The flaking was not overwhelming or anything too annoying. I had the same results for my 4 o'clock check-up, still some flaking and my lashes continued to not be as lifted. At the end of the day, the longevity of this mascara pretty much vanished and it was a pain in the butt for me to take off whatever excess. I wasn't completely blown away by this mascara, but it wasn't awful in my opinion.
ALSO, I do not know what it is with this mascara, but this literally ruined my lashes. I've never had so many lashes fall out in a day from a mascara. I wore this mascara a few times within a month and every single time, it was extremely difficult to take off and so many of my beautiful, natural lashes kept falling out. If I were to be giving this a star rating in my opinion, and not based off of performance, this is a one star product. I will be getting rid of this mascara.
Longevity: ★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★
Volume: ★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★
DAY 3: LANCOME GRANDIOSE MASCARA
Application Time: 8:15 AM
Not going to lie, this is one of my favorite mascaras ever. I have repurchased this mascara in the past and I really love it. The bristles on the plastic wand are shorter and the base of the wand is curved to help provide more lifted and fanned out lashes. I was also having a really good lash day when I put on this mascara, so that really helped out with the performance of this mascara. My lashes were very lifted when I applied them in the morning. Checking up during lunch, nothing changed, still lifted, no flaking, and still very fanned out. A lot of people were complimenting me on my lashes that day as well, which made me feel really good, lol. Four o'clock came around, same results. By the end of the day, the mascara finally was showing some wear and tear. They weren't as lifted and the mascara began to flake on me. I got a solid 14 hours of wear with mascara before it started to flake, which made me more content with the mascara.
Longevity: ★★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★★★
Volume: ★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★½ (because there's no half star symbols on the internet, rip)
DAY 4: MAKEUP FOREVER EXCESSIVE LASH
Application Time: 8:32 AM
I personally enjoy this mascara for what it has to offer: volume and lift. This mascara has more of a shorter bristled, spoole type of applicator. I love how it makes my lashes look when I first apply it on the lashes. I get a little bit of volume, but because it isn't a clumpy mascara, it gives me some length to the lashes. But I do have one issue with it that you'll notice as I go throughout the day. At lunch, the lashes were still nice and lifted but the flaking had already begun. When I checked up at 4 o'clock, my lashes were not as lifted and the flaking was just not getting any better. I didn't want to reapply the mascara because I wanted to test the longevity of it throughout the day. By bedtime, I didn't even have to get a makeup wipe to take off the mascara, she was gone. I love the effect this mascara gives off but the longevity is just not there.
Longevity: ★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★
Volume: ★★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★
DAY 5: TARTE LIGHTS, CAMERA, LASHES
Application Time: 8:15 AM
This was also another mascara with a spoole type of brush (as will the rest be from here on out). The bristles were a little longer than the Makeup Forever mascara. When I applied the mascara, it applied quite easily and looked really lifted, voluminous (without being clumpy, because I hate clumpy mascaras), and lengthened. Lunch check-up looked flawless and same went for the 4 o'clock check-up. I was sitting in my bed at 10 something at night, looking at my lashes, and I was blown away. My lashes were still lifted (not as much as the initial application) and there was minimal to no flaking whatsoever. I could still feel the mascara on my lashes by the end of the day.
Fun fact though, this mascara was the first mascara I ever used on my lashes. My 11 year old self was smacking on my mother's Tarte mascara. This mascara is a legend for me and I repurchased it recently after 7 years.
Longevity: ★★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★★★
Volume: ★★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★★
DAY 6: LANCOME MON SIEUR BIG
Application Time: 8:11 AM
This mascara was a sample that I got from a redeemable award at Sephora, so why not include it?? I did enjoy this mascara but it didn't wow me. At lunch, my lashes were still looking lifted at pretty, some flaking but obviously not enough for me to gripe about. At my 4 o'clock check-up, my lashes weren't as lifted but not looking too bad and there was some more flaking throughout the afternoon. By bedtime, there was still some mascara on but not much. The longevity of the Mon Sieur Big Macara is not as long wearing as the Gradiose for comparison's sake. Just throughout the day, my lashes began to sag and flake. My lashes did look pretty when first applied and I do still wear it on the occasion.
Longevity: ★★★★
Liftedness Throughout The Day: ★★★
Volume: ★★★★
Lengthening: ★★★★★
Overall Rating: ★★★★
OVERALL
Out of all the mascaras I've tested out so far, my absolute favorites have to be the Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes, as well as the Benefit Roller Lash, the Lancome Grandiose Mascara, and the Makeup Forever Excessive Lash. I know the Makeup Forever Mascara only got 3 stars but I seriously love how it makes my lashes look. I usually have a back up in my emergency makeup bag to reapply throughout the day. I personally don't mind having to reapply but I only wear this mascara on days I am not chaotically busy.
I hope this was quite informative for anyone into thinking about getting a new mascara and I will be running this experiment again in the future!
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