L'oreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara (Extra Volume????? Yeah, right!) (L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara)

Member Name: natalie90

Product:	L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara
Date:	23/08/09 (86 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Stylish packaging

Disadvantages: Price, clumpy, doesn't dry, wand is too big, doesn't give "extra volume"

I picked this mascara up in Boots before Christmas (2008) for around £7-8 when it first came out. I was sucked in by the adverts and thought I would give it a shot.
The packaging is very sleek and smart looking. It is black with gold bold print writing up the side, it looks very smart in your makeup bag. I checked boots.com and the current price is £9.78, so I saved around a pound or so. The mascara is available in both waterproof and non waterproof. I have the former.

I have the mascara in black and the adverts promised "up to twelve times more impact". I find this very hard to believe. The wand itself is pretty big and is tapered to the end. It kind of looks like a bottle or hourglass shape. My first impressions were that the wand had lots of bristles and was very closely packed. I thought this would be perfect to separate my lashes and get every single one covered with product.

When I first used the mascara, upon pulling the wand out of the tube I was met with a mascara of a quite sticky and very runny consistency. When applied to my lashes, it didn't separate my lashes at all and just clumped. It left my lashes very thick and did lengthen them but nowhere near the "12 times more impact promised"!! The wand seems to pick up too much product from the tube too. When I do use this mascara, I have to scrape off the excess on the side of the tube opening!

If you, like me, apply a few coats of mascara, this mascara really is not the one for you. Applying more than one coat of this mascara will leave you with horrible clumped together lashes, although they will look marginally longer. When I use the mascara, I can feel it on my lashes which drives me mad during the day, my lashes just felt very heavy and weighed down. I have used a LOT of mascaras yet this has to be one of the worst. The product also never seems to dry, don't try looking up with this mascara on or you will be left with mascara on your upper eyelid. The product stays very sticky and damp on my lashes. I want a mascara that dries pretty much straight away, not one that stays wet!

It is also very difficult to get off, even having the non waterproof one. I had to use at least two makeup removing wipes as well as a specific eye makeup remover. Even after all that, I woke up to find mascara under my eyes.

I am normally a huge fan of L'Oreal make up but this mascara has to be one of their worst products. With quite a high price tag (just under £10), you could definitely get a much better mascara for your money. It definitely doesn't do what it claims to do.

Summary: Useless, one of my most regretted purchases! :(