 All right, don't judge me. This is my job. This is what I do. For over a year, I've been gathering mascaras and I'm gonna try them for you. I'm gonna show you what is the worst, what is okay, and what is the best. Because I think I have about 30 mascaras here. Yeah, we're gonna get into what mascaras are good, what to stay away from, and what works really well on my eyelashes for length, volume, and staying power with curl. No smudging, no flaking. Let's get into all that right now. Hello dear friends, I am so glad that you stopped by today. I'm not going to take a lot of time on this intro because I kind of introduced the video already. We're going to be talking about mascara for over a year. I have spent a ton of time going through mascaras, but I have a lot, and I have a lot of high end that you might have been thinking about or wondering about. So the tribe is going to join me for just a second while I am kind of yelling at them about barking at the neighbor. I can't have that. So here we go. We're going to start with what is on the market recently. This is the Nuke Extreme Climax. Climax Extreme Mascara from NARS. This one, first of all, it broke. So you're looking at this huge mess on the end of there because the stopper in it did not pull out right. But when I did get to use it, what the problem was is that not that too much came out as it was coming out of the tube. Now it's just a basic brush. There's no hourglass in there, but I didn't like this formula because it wouldn't build on itself. And by the time I was done, I had like two lashes. They kind of clumped together. So this new one, I didn't like at all. And then I have two from Pat McGrath. This one is the Dark Star Mascara. This has kind of your hourglass brush to it. It comes out very goopy off of the tube too. So I'm wiping, I'm wiping, I'm wiping. I do not like this. It flakes to weight very quickly. For being such an expensive mascara, this one was junk. I didn't like it at all. And then this is the Fetish Eyes Mascara. I know one of these she just came out with. I didn't like either one of them. This is the weirdest brush because it doesn't come to a point and it's super fat. So because my eyes aren't super big, I end up making a mess every single time. The other thing is that I couldn't get it to build up like other mascaras did. And again, it flaked. Hopefully she figures out that this formula is not that great and that, you know, flaking mascara is not what we all want. Mark Jacobs, this, again, this one smudged. And again, this is the hourglass that everybody is going for. Natural Bristle Brush. But it didn't last very long. I didn't feel like I could build it up really well. Like I like to either. And it just was one of those mascaras that I just was not that impressed with. The next one is one that I just kind of got, I think, sent to me in PR. It's called Metapharma Cosmetics and it's supposed to be XL Volume. This one did not do anything. This is a synthetic brush and it comes to a point at the end. But I could not get this to build up any sort of lashes. It's like there's hardly any product in there. This one, I think I got this one in PR, too, but the print is so small that I can't see it. So I'll throw it up on the screen. Neat concept. And the concept is, is that you have two in one. On this end, you have one that will catch the bottom lashes with the tiny, tiny bristle brush. And then the one in here, you have the regular brush. Both of these are a synthetic brush. And the thing is, is this one right here doesn't take off enough of the makeup or the mascara. And it leaves a goopy mess on your eyelashes. And then the other one takes off too much so you don't get hardly any on your eyelashes. And there wasn't a way to build it up. And it flaked off very quickly as well. So that one wasn't any good. And then the bold mood from Charity, this one came out very recently, too. And it was sent to me to try this one. I like the way that it pulled out. But look at the end. The end has, if you can see that, the end has a ton on there. So again, I'm wiping, I'm wiping. And then it didn't build up after I'm done wiping. And then on certain parts, because I wiped a lot of it off, they're getting goopy. And so it just was a mess. I couldn't get it to work at all after several tries was very disappointed in that from makeup revolution. This is just called the mascara. And this one kind of has a funky hourglass shape to it too, very small. But what it just came out in such a huge clump. And after like the third try, it is so dry. And yeah, this one, I couldn't even use this one, because as soon as I put it on, the clumps were there immediately. And I'm trying to comb through it with a mascara comb. And that one was just not good at all. And then the Superfan from Smashbox, this one came out recently as well. Kind of a cool concept on the brush, because it is fat and it goes very, very slim there. And then it has little barbs, like the benefit, they're real that I love so much. But this one would not build up enough. And I couldn't get, I could get a little bit of volume out of it, but I couldn't get the length I wanted, because it wouldn't build on itself. So this one was a no go either one that smudged on me like crazy was the new Lashfreak from Urban Decay. And the other thing is I have no idea what they're trying to prove by this funky brush. This was just an absolute mess. So you have no bristles on this side whatsoever. And then on this side, you have very strange bristles. And this one was probably the hardest to try to get to work that I've ever worked with a mascara. This came in a, it came in one of those Sephora kits that you buy during the holidays. So I got to try it, but that is one of the worst brushes I've ever used on a mascara. Don't know about the formula, because once I got it on, it looked so bad I had to take it off every single time I tried it. This one is brand new too. This is the magnetic from the Benefit They're Real. And I thought because it was in a tube like the Benefit They're Real that the magnet, that the magnet one would be as nice. It's not. You can't build this up. I don't like the brush on it very well. It's just one of those brushes that I think is, it's just a synthetic brush, but it doesn't grab onto any hairs, any eyelashes. And I, I didn't like it at all. And it said that it's supposed to go like, I don't know, was it 100 times more length and volume, but it did not for me at all. And it would not build on itself. So I could only put on one coat. And if you stopped working with it, you can't build up, you're going to get just little flakes and stuff all over. So I didn't like that one either. One that smudged. And this is so, oh, this is drives me crazy, because when you get one that says long lasting smudge proof formula, bye bye panda eyes from Essence. Yeah, this smudged like crazy. And it was just one of those ones that I was so disappointed with, because I normally like Essence mascaras. They're normally pretty good. I have another one in here that's not, but I normally do like them pretty good. This one from them is, it's no good. Just smudges really bad underneath my eyes. I was so disappointed in that. A very flaky mascara is from ColourPop. What I was excited about with ColourPop was that they had a bunch of colors to begin with. It does have the hourglass bristle and this is a natural bristle brush. And so I thought I was going to really like this, but not, it really builds well. It makes your lashes look super pretty. It holds a curl, but this flakes after a couple hours, I started seeing flakes. Like my eyelashes are longer. So they lots of times they'll hit my glasses when I'm wearing my glasses or my sunglasses. And I, you know, took my glasses off and there was all those flakes from that. So yeah, this one was one that I cannot get behind either. The Big Papa from Wet and Wild. This is a new one as well. I'm not crazy about this one because it would not build. And again, it came out all over the brush, super duper clumpy. Natural bristle brush. And I just was so disappointed in this because I had heard good things about it, but it didn't really build on itself. I had to wipe it off a whole bunch and then use a towel to get the rest of it off. And then what, when I went in, it wouldn't build. I assumed because there wasn't enough on there, but it's so clumpy on the brush that I don't know. Yeah. It's one of those ones that you just got to go. Okay. I get you. Now, the air volume from L'Oreal, lots of people love this. And it was a good mascara in the beginning. I will have, I do have to say that I did have to wipe away a bit, not as much as most of those. But what happened is this got dried out within like four or five uses. And then I'm like, what in the world? Why is this so dry? And I'm trying to get it on my eyes and I feel like I can't get any on there because it's a mess now. It's cakey. It's thick. It's just not working the way that I need it to. So in the beginning, I really liked this one, but I had to put it in my yuck pile because it just got too dry too quickly. Maybe I got an old one, not sure. This next one from Rimmel, the scandalized volume on demand, same thing. I loved it in the beginning. It really, you know, built up my lashes really well, but within a week, it was clumping on the brush and I was having a problem with it again. I am not crazy about these huge fat brushes. I like not too small one and not too big one. And my Goldilocks, this is too cold. This is too hot, but this one just didn't work as well as I wanted it to. So I steer clear of that one. This one is going to be controversial to you guys because so many of you love this It Superhero mascara. This one, I can't get it to work right as far as building my lashes to be super long. And that really is the only reason that it is in my yuck pile. That, and I don't like the brush, that the brush doesn't come up to a point on the end because I feel like I can't catch my underneath lashes, which it didn't build up anyway. And so yeah, this is one that I just can't get behind. I know it's a tubing mascara. I know so many people like it, but every time I use it, I really don't like the way that it looks on my eyes and it just clumps them, my eyelashes and it just clumps my eyelashes together. Okay, done with that. We're moving into the mid pile. So these are okay. They're not the greatest I've ever used, but again, they're not the worst either. Charlotte Tilbury, I do like the way this goes on. I like the way that it builds up. I like how it pulls out of the tube. There's not too many clumps on it. I liked the length that it gave me. I liked the volume that it gave me, but it wouldn't hold a curl all day. And that's kind of one of those things. If you're going to pay this much for a mascara, why aren't you holding a curl? That's one of the things that I get really upset with these that are really expensive because I feel like if this tube costs as much as it does, it better do all of it and hit all the boxes. And the other thing is that I wouldn't really notice this flaking or smudging, but I did notice that it didn't last all day. So I don't really know where it went because usually the flakes or the smudges and this one didn't last all day. So it was okay, but it wasn't fantastic. This one from Fenty Beauty is one of the ones that I really loved. But again, this will flake on you about eight hours in. It has a really cool brush. I like the brush. So you have it fatter and then you turn it this way and it's thinner. I did like that about it. And I love how it builds. I love how it looks right after you're done, but your curl falls out of this quickly. And that was one of the reasons that it didn't make it into my great pile. And then from Flower Beauty, again, the Warrior Princess. This one after about six hours is going to smudge just a tiny bit on the bottom. So I know a lot of people love this too. I loved the way that it built up and I love the way that it made volume and length and held curl, but it's going to smudge on you a little bit through the day. So that is one that I kind of am like. I love the way everything that it does for the lashes. I just don't love that. In about six, eight hours, you're going to have a little bit of smudging on that one. And then the one from Milk Makeup. This is supposed to be a waterproof formula. This one, it's not really super waterproof, but this clumps as well on your eyes. And I was really kind of disappointed at that, but it does give a really nice length and volume. If you can get that wand cleaned off. And the other thing is for being a waterproof formula, it doesn't last all day long. So at the end of the day, you're going to notice that it is flaked off quite a bit. You won't have like huge flakes or anything underneath your eyes. But for it being a waterproof formula, I just was not that impressed with it. From Lancome, we have the new Lash Idol. This one, I thought I was going to absolutely adore, but the brush is bendable like this. I don't like that. So I feel like I can't go in and push it up against my eyelashes and really push out the curl or the length on my eyelashes. So I felt like it was okay. It wasn't fantastic. It wasn't wonderful. It wasn't one that I felt like was okay for the money, because again, we're talking high price tag, even though this is one of the many high price tag, and you are definitely not getting something that ticks off all the boxes on it. Pixi from Petra. Now we're getting into ones that I do like a little bit more. I really like this one a lot, but again, this went dry a little bit too quickly for me. So it was like six weeks on it. It went too dry. I liked this one. It has a natural bristle brush. It comes down to a point. It builds up length and it helps the curl stay in all day. And the volume is great because it is a little bit denser of a brush. And so I really did like this one a lot, but I feel like it didn't last as long as it needed to on my eyelashes. So after about 10, 11 hours, you're going to have it start to flake off. But then after that six-week mark, this is dried out and you can't use it. So again, price-wise and how long you can use it and what it does, those are the things that I'm always looking for. The Benefit Roller Lash. I know that this is so many of yours, right or die mascara. It's just not mine. This one has that bendy wand like the lash idol from Lancome. I don't like that very much. And I don't feel like this one gives me the kind of volume or length I need. It does hold the curl. It does really good with the curl. But I feel like it doesn't do the other things that I need. And the length on my lashes is one of my redeeming qualities about my eyelashes is that I do have pretty long eyelashes. But this one would not build on the length and show them off to the best that they could be. So that one, I do like it for all of the other things, but it's not like a ride or die or anything. And then the Anastasia. This one, Anastasia Beverly Hills. This one I do like. Like I like the Fenty one. This one has the hourglass. I don't like about this that the end of it doesn't have any sort of a point on it. It's very large on the end. So I felt like I couldn't work with it on my bottom lashes or on those lashes that I get in, you know, my eye weighed down into the inner corner. But I really like how this built up. I like what it did for volume and length and curl hold. But this one flaked partway through the day. This one will flake on you. And so this one was a no as well. Now two that I really like. This one was sent to me from Casa Zeta Jones. So Catherine Zeta Jones came out with some makeup back in 2020. And I really, really like this. I love the brush on it. The brush is kind of unique. It is a natural bristle brush and it does have spirals. But I like the way that they're spaced out a little bit more for it being a natural bristle. And it just worked really good for me on, you know, building everything up and being able to have the volume, length, curl, everything that I loved about it. I do feel like this didn't last as long as I wanted it to. But it's not a waterproof formula. I should tell you that unless I did say these were waterproof, they come off super easy, all of them. And part of that does bother me because when they come off super easy, they're going to smudge or flake super easy. So this one did, it doesn't come off super easy, but it definitely doesn't like have to have master blaster to get it off of your eyes at the end of the day. So this is one that I did like a lot. And this is one that probably should have gone into the pile. That is my great mascaras. But the reason that it didn't, this is the Essence Lash Princess Waterproof Formula, the reason that it didn't is because Essence dries out too fast for me. I can't use it for three months before it's dried out. I do like this as a little Christmas tree type or evergreen tree type of bristle brush right there just comes to a point at the end. I like the bristles on it. It's natural bristles instead of the synthetic, but I have that problem with it drying out too quickly. So this is only like four bucks though. It might be five bucks now, but, and I think the tubing is so cute on it. I'm okay with spending that because instead of spending, you know, the $30 that I went on a Pat McGrath or a Charlotte Tilbury or a Lancome, I'm going to be able to spend and get like four tubes of this. And even though it does get real dry around week eight, I can put some saline in there and it'd be okay. But, you know, for the price and what it does as far as curl and length and volume and it lasts and yeah, this is one of my very, very favorite mascaras of all time. I just wish that it lasts much longer. Okay, let's get into what I really, really love for mascara. And again, I'm going to move pretty darn quick. This is from Illia. I really like this one. This one is one of those ones that has just a different type of bristle. I love a synthetic bristle. I know that lots of people like the natural, but I love a synthetic. This one builds on itself. It doesn't clump. It doesn't flake. It really gives you beautiful volume and length, holds curl really well. I'm just going to say that all of these do that. And what their downside is, I'm going to tell you about, but if they don't have a downside, I'm not going to tell you about that. This one would comes off really easy at night. It doesn't take a jackhammer to get it off of your eyelashes. It does come off really easy with a balm or a cleansing oil. Love it. And the same thing goes for the original milk makeup Cush mascara. I really like this one. It has a very fat brush on it, natural bristles. I like this one though. It builds up really well. It looks really pretty on your eyelashes and it does all the boxes that you need it to length, volume, curl. It doesn't smudge or flake like the waterproof formula did. I don't know why, but I really do like this. Now, this is the waterproof formula of the Stila one. And this is called the huge, uh, something, the huge extreme lash mascara. I love their original formula. I loved it because it did everything that I needed it to for my eyelashes. And my eyelashes just looked so beautiful. But I didn't like the fact that along the way it would flake off, you know, within a few hours. Well, the waterproof doesn't do that. It lasts and lasts and lasts. This one is on all day. I love this mascara. This is a really, really good one. And this is one that I will repurchase again. I really love it. This one, the Sky High one from Maybelline, the new one that's out. Um, great packaging, by the way. This is another one I love, but again, it has that bendable little brush right there. It is a synthetic brush and it is bendable. So I feel like it almost, you can't really work with it as much as I'd like to. I believe that I picked up the waterproof one. I usually do pick up the waterproof one and this doesn't feel like you have to work at it to get it off either. It does great on the length. I, I feel like it could do a little bit more with volume, but it's an all-around great mascara. And for it being a drugstore one that is so much like that lash idol, keep this in mind because even though that's a good mascara, I feel like this one lasts longer. It hasn't, the tube hasn't dried out. I can work with this and get a better effect than the Lancome one. I really like this one. It's really a great one. All right. So you know what I'm wearing today on this eye right here. This is the number seven full 360 mascara. This is my second tube of this one. It does have kind of a curled wand there a little bit on that. It has the natural bristles, which I like. And boy, did it fan out my lashes and it just made great length. I will say that this is one that you can't just build and build and build. You need to get it, you know, them fanned apart, get them a little bit of length on them. Wait a few seconds. Don't wait too long till they're crunchy or anything. And then go back in. This one really isn't crunchy. I shouldn't say that because it doesn't feel real crunchy on my eyelashes. Just don't wait too long in between coats to go back in because you will have a problem with building it up. But if you go back in right away and build it up, it does a great job. I love this one. Like I said, that's my second tube. And then one or two Cosmetics, which I love and I think that is a very underrated brand here on YouTube as well. This is a Cosmetics line that was approaching Cosmetics as these need to last on you. They need to do what they're supposed to do, but they also need to last a long time for whatever they are. And this mascara lasts all day long and I love it. I think it's great. It's one of those mascaras that it just builds, it curls. It's on this eye right here. I like it a little bit better than I do like the number seven because I could do that building and I build and build and build and I can get super length out of it. I can get super dramatic looking lashes out of it. Lots of volume, lots of staying power on it. I love this. This is going to be on till you take it off at night. This is one of my very favorites. Pure Cosmetics sent me their new mascara as well. And I really like this one too. Let me fine on point is what the mascara is called. This ticks all those boxes, length, volume, all those things. It's the hourglass one with the natural bristle brush and I do love that about it as well. I like the brush on this for some reason. This seems to be able to separate and do really well too. I like this one a lot. It's one of those ones that I was really skeptical about because when they say this price point, I'm like, ooh, you better be good. Well, it was. It was really good and it does keep your lashes curled all day and it didn't smudge or flake or anything like that. And it was very easy to take off at the end of the day. So I really did like that one as well. And then from Maybelline, I've talked about this a million times on my channel. This is my one of my favorites at the drug store. Falsies Lash Lift and this one is, I think it's the one, yep, it's the waterproof one. And again, a little bit of that hourglass one that everybody likes, natural bristle brush and this one, all of the good feels. But this waterproof formula is a little bit harder to take off. Maybe it's not as bad as the original pink one. Remember when we bought the pink one and we put the mascara on because we had to swim or something that day and it wasn't coming off for a week. It's not like that. It's not as bad, but you are going to need a good cleansing oil, a good balm to get it off. It's going to be there all day and it's not going to come off. And it just is a really great one for volume and length. I am losing my voice very quickly. So here we go from City Beauty. I really like the Beyond Mascara. I didn't think I was going to like this one because when I pulled it out, there was quite a bit left on the brush. Again, tiny bit of an hourglass, but it didn't take me very long to wipe it off. But this one, what comes out of there and what gets on your eyes, your eyelashes is really beautiful and it builds up length gorgeously and the volume is there. And this one I really, really like. It's one that stays all day. I don't have a problem taking it off at night, but it is really good for lengthening and volumizing and curl hold. This is one that was recently sent to me from Makeup Revolution. Actually, this is number four from the top is the Lift and Define 5D Lash Extra Dimension Mascara from Makeup Revolution. I have never liked any of their mascaras and I've tried a lot of their mascaras, but this one does good and it ticks all the good boxes and I do like it. Now, I will say that this isn't a waterproof formula. So if you're looking for something that you need to go to the beach in or you need to go swimming in or sweat proof, this really isn't that. But if you just want something beautiful for everyday office or running around with your errands or whatever, builds up beautifully, gives beautiful length. It is a natural bristle brush. It has just, you know, it's not like a big fat brush or a curved brush or, you know, tapered at the end very much. But boy, this just, it really does a great job as far as being everything that I need it to be for my eyelashes and I could definitely recommend that one. Now, the ELF one I put in a video very recently, this is the ELF Lash It Loud and it is a great one. This is a synthetic brush losing my voice and getting tongue tied both. It is very tapered at the end so you can grab those lashes at the bottom and any extra ones that you need to. This one builds up. It's absolutely gorgeous. It stays there all day long. It makes a dramatic lash. I love it. I will try to link that video for you where I showed that to you. My number one is still, actually this is my number two, but I'll tell you in a minute why it's my number two. From essence, the 24 ever bold volume mascara. I did a whole entire video on this where I felt like this was an exact dupe to my number one. Has a tiny bit of a curve there. It is a synthetic brush. Love that about it. I like synthetic like I said, but it does everything and I will link that video where you can see how much it does for my lashes. It's insane what it does for my lashes. This will last on your lashes until you take it off at night. But make sure you go see that video because I'm telling you the demo of it is only the way that you can tell the story of this mascara. Fantastic mascara. My number one of all time is the benefit they're real. Now I'm going to tell you that this one from essence is a dupe. They're almost the same. Here's the difference. This one, the wand on it, I can take this wand and it has little barbs on the end and I am really hoping that you can see this. It has barbs on the end of it and it will grab every single little lash on my bottom lashes. I have searched and looked and tried, well tried 30 mascaras in order to find one that does this and it doesn't, none of them do that. This is a mascara that will last all day. It is fantastic. This lasts me. I know we're supposed to throw them away at three months, but I'm sorry. I don't do that. I probably more like five months on these and it will. It'll stay nice and juicy for at least four months and then put a couple drops of saline in it. You got it for another month. I love this mascara. I have loved it since the day it came out. Probably 10 years ago, I would say. Maybe not quite that long ago, but I've loved this as long as I can remember when they came out with it and it is my ride or die. It is the one that I will go back to over and over again, but this one from Essence, I can't just go, okay, well this one, you know, this one beats this one because if this one from Essence had this wand in it, they would be identical. So I use this one on my top lashes all the time and this one on my bottom and I have perfection. So definitely take a look at both of those. That is it. My voice is gone. I hope that you enjoyed seeing the roundup. Tell me all about what you guys like or dislike if you don't like some of these that I like or if you like some of these that I didn't like. I would love to hear from you. There was quite a few mascaras that I still love like the CoverGirl exhibitionist. Still one of my very favorites, but they weren't ones that I've tried this year because I've been trying so many. So a year's worth of mascaras in a video. That's pretty good. I love you guys. I will talk to you very soon. Take care of yourselves and I'll see you in my next video. Bye friends.