Its my party and i'll cry if I want to (in this mascara anyway) (Boots Natural Collecitoon Waterproof Mascara)

Member Name: leanne8686

Product:	Boots Natural Collecitoon Waterproof Mascara
Date:	27/04/09 (168 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap, no smudging, strong stuff!

Disadvantages: none

I bought this as I am going to Alton Towers for a nights stay at the hotel next week, in the package we also get unlimited access to the theme park and Splash Landings waterpark for 2 days :)

I NEED mascara all the time, I just don't feel like me without it so if on holiday or swimming I wear my waterproof version.
Rather than leave it until I'm in the swimming pool at Splash Landings to test this and realise 'oh no it doesn't work....' I thought I'd be sensible and test it at home first.

So this morning before I got in the shower to wash my hair I applied 2 coats of this mascara, my fella thought I was cracking up but it's better to have a mascara streaked face now than in a weeks time in front of everyone!!


So.....onto the review.

The mascara
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As I'm sure I've mentioned before in other reviews, all Natural Collection cosmetics at Boots are under £2 each.

For my everyday mascara, I splash out on No7 prices but as this won't be worn very often I decided to grab a cheap one!
The mascara is a normal size, 8ml and costs £1.95.

The packaging looks just like any other Natural Collection mascara, a white tube with black Natural Collection branding and the little flower logo. It only tells you the type of mascara (in this case 'Waterguard') in tiny lettering on the end of the tube by the colour and on the back so be careful you pick the right one up!

The tube is pretty simple, there isn't much writing on the back; just claims about being 'waterproof and smudge proof' and 'fragrance free'.

This particular mascara is available in either Black or Brown/Black, as my eyelashes are almost black naturally I always choose black.


Using it
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It is important that the mascara is more than just waterproof, the smudge proof bit matters too as when I swim I often rub my eyes.

So I applied two coats of mascara, it went on easily. No clumps or sticking together of my eyelashes. The colour is really black so makes my eyes stand out.

But will it be waterproof?
So in the shower I got, all mascara-ed up!

I washed my hair, shampoo running down my face and lots of water splashing my eyes (I aimed the head special for this experiment!) I even rubbed my eyes as I think I got some shampoo in. This was the ultimate test.

So I got out of the shower and put the towel to my eyes to dry them so I could finally open them and see the damage......

I instantly presumed that after all that rubbing and water spray it would have smudged, BUT I couldn't see any mascara on my cheeks at all. Had it all washed off cleanly? Nope there it was still on my eyelashes.
Amazing.

So will it ever come off??! Yep easily with a waterproof mascara remover.

now that when I'm swimming my eyes won't get half as much stick as they did this morning so I'm safe with this mascara :)

Summary: Perfect.