So High Extended Length Mascara Black

Love this mascara!
No smudging, nice brush for lash separation and extension. Good for contact wearers.

too wet, too gloppy, almost unuseable
Here’s all the bad things about this mascara:The brush is way too big. No matter how careful I am, it gets mascara on my eyelids and everywhere. At first it was more like smearing mascara all over my eye areas and my eyelashes just happen to be in the way. I got better at using it and now let’s just say, I pretend that it’s mascara and eyeliner in one!It’s scented. No makeup should have added scent, especially for use near the eyes. It’s irritating. and gross.It’s too wet to be useful. It just gets everywhere. It takes forever to dry. You can’t really add more layers if you want it thicker until it’s a little drier, because it’s more like rearranging mud than adding anything.It doesn’t wash off with soap and water. One reason I usually gravitate to “natural” mascaras (though i have no idea how “natural” this actually is) is because they are easy to wash off without subjecting my face and sensitive eyes to even more weird chemicals. I’ve stained a few towels and pillowcases thinking I washed it off and there was yet more.Despite that, tears seem to be this mascara’s kryptonite. Face it, crying happens sometimes. And it’s the one time this mascara melts away effortlessly. Haven’t tested swimming yet. Sweat does not smear it if it has had time to dry all the way first.Another reason I try to buy “natural” mascaras is so that it doesn’t dry into those stiff, hard, brittle chunks that break my eyelashes off. This mascara does dry like that though, it doesn’t care. It hates you and your eyelashes and wants to do you no favors.It doesn’t appear to do anything by way of thickening or lengthening my eyelashes. There was no visible improvement.——Here’s what I guess I can say are positive aspects of this mascara:Some “natural” brands are TOO much a part of a natural look, aka, you can’t tell you’ve even put mascara on. This mascara is at least visible. So I guess it does perform the one basic function expected of mascara.A lot of my mascaras seem to get too dry to use quicker than I think they should (I think it’s the arid climate I live in.) Since this mascara is unmanageably wet, it kind of has a head start and doesn’t seem to be drying out at all. Not even to a level that would make it ok to use.

Salicylate and Chemical Intolerant Friendly! LOVE IT!!!
I recently discovered I am severely intolerant of salicylates, and went through the process of finding replacements for ALL of my personal care / beauty products. I searched a long, long time to find this gem! Through beauty sites and EWG to find ingredients, then the Salicylate Search Engine to search sals levels of the ingredients. I don’t recall if this is 100% Sals free, but it’s low enough for me to tolerate, and I was having severe reactions to everything when I first tried this lovely mascara. I highly recommend to those with sals and chemical sensitivities, who aren’t ready to give up make-up entirely yet! :DHowever, it is not even remotely water proof, so if you cry while wearing it, it will run. 😀

Been using this mascara for years. When you first open the package, it takes multiple layers to build volume… after a few uses, you’ll notice the mascara thickens and you don’t have to apply as many coats.Gives nice volume and length to my lashes!

I love the idea of this mascara, but I found it to be clumpy, messy, flaky, with black specks constantly falling onto my face, so I stopped using it and felt ripped off. I had used natural mascaras before, and maybe I received a bad batch, but I kept giving it a try and continually was disappointed. I really tried! 🙁

I would not recommend this mascara as I find there is a very strong scent which makes me question how natural this mascara really is. I’ve only worn it twice so far and twice it has caused irritation to my eyes and very itchy. Also I do not find the application is nice as the mascara causes clumps to the lashes.