The original and still on of the best... (Maybelline Great Lash Waterproof Mascara)

Member Name: pbfhpunk

Product:	Maybelline Great Lash Waterproof Mascara
Date:	20/06/03 (899 review reads)
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Advantages: last well, a trusted name

Disadvantages: possibly garish packaging!

Quick history lesson

Maybelline brand mascara was brought to the masses by a T.L. Williams who watched his sister apply her secret beauty trick to her lashes in 1913 and thought that not only would other girls be interested in her concoction but be willing to pay for it. Depending upon which version of mascara history you believe, the sister's formula was either a mixture of petroleum jelly and coal dust or just petroleum jelly. To begin with sales of Willams' product were slow. The name appeared to be the problem, so in 1915 he altered it, making it "Maybelline" in honour of his sister, Mabel, and a base ingredient of the new product, Vaseline brand petroleum jelly.

So there you go originally that?s all there was to it coal dust and Vaseline. So sod it don?t read this review and then buy the product go and buy some Vaseline for 99p and rob a chimney sweep* and there you go.
For those of you still reading, Maybelline mascara is instantly recognisable by the pink and green packaging, that seemed to be everywhere near supermodels in the late eighties and early nineties, and during celebrity interviews I?d here it all the time as an answer to ?What couldn?t you live without?? type of question.
If you have read any of my early reviews then you?ll know that I think of myself as not being a very girly girl ? unfortunately I keep failing as all I seem to review is make up and perfume! But they are my two girly concessions. So when I heard talk of the Maybelline Great Lash mascara being touted as a top make up tool I looked everywhere ? one problem up until about 5-6 years ago it was really hard to find, while Maybelline was very popular in America it never caught on here until the big celebrity ad campaigns started.
I think it was Tescos around 1997 that I found some and it was the only Maybelline product that they sold, so I snapped it up instantly. The packaging nearly put me of, as I said before it?s pink and green and
there?s something very 80s about the look of it, while all of their other products have been changed to very sleek black Great Lash has stayed the same. I think mainly to do with the fact that it?s such a recognisable item.
I can?t remember too much of my first impressions of it but I figure they must have been pretty good coz I still use it! When I use it my eyelashes never clump, the mascara never dries out and flakes, and it can be removed very easily. I find it very easy to use and is an excellent day mascara ? this is just for the fact that I use bourjois in the evening coz it adds lengths to my lashes. I do, in fact, have two lots of this mascara on the go, one I keep at home and the other in my bag. I?ve never had any problems at all, and my eyes can sometimes be quite sensitive especially with mascara. I totally recommend this mascara to everyone and as it?s a lot cheaper than others buying one to try is not going to break the bank. I only use black but I think there?s a least 3-4 shades ranging from brown to black, and they also do a waterproof version which is very good as well.
*the writer does not advocate the robbing of chimney sweeps.

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