Jet-black, lengthening, long-wearing mascara from Benefit
One of Benefit’s top selling
products, a cult favourite amongst beauty bloggers and my personal favourite
mascara. None of Benefit’s products have ever disappointed me; the quality
seems great, the packaging and names are cute... many of their products are
some of my favourite ever (e.g. The Porefessional – which I will blog about
soon) and this is one of them. Yes, once again I am jumping on the beauty
blogger’s ‘HG’ bandwagon and saying that this mascara is exactly that.
The first time I used They’re Real
Mascara I honestly believed I had found the mascara I had been searching for
and that I would never need search again. That belief still stands with me and
until I hear about a mascara surrounded by as much positive hype as They’re
Real, this shall stay my one true mascara.
Why I love this mascara so much… It
gives my relatively short, blonde lashes instant length and volume like they have
never had before. I generally apply one or two coats of it and afterwards it
looks and feels like I am wearing false lashes - they are that long. For me it
definitely is long-wearing (a little too long-wearing… but I’ll get to that), lengthening and the consistency is smooth and does not make my lashes clumpy... ticks all my boxes.
The packaging of the smaller
version (4.0g) that I am reviewing, is out of the Primping With The Stars Kit
by Benefit and is the only size of it I have had, but I believe the packaging
is pretty similar to the full-size one. The shiny silver and dark grey
packaging is fabulous and the brush – attached to the lid, is well-designed and
is quite firm plastic (but does not scratch).
Though I may love it dearly, I
personally have four problems with it.
1.) It is very
very very hard to get off - like waterproof mascara – and even when I think I
have got it all off, there is still some there the next morning.
2.) It claims
that it curls and I just don’t see that effect on my lashes… it definitely
lengthens, but curls… I am not too sure. I always have to use eyelash curlers before
I use it.
3.) It also
claims to separate lashes… once again I don’t see that on my lashes and I
usually have to wait until it has dried and then use a lash comb to separate
them.
4.) At £19.50,
it is rather expensive for a mascara and I find it hard to justify spending that much on it, though having tried the smaller size I
got in the Primping With The Stars kit, I would buy the full-size.
Overall, I will always (until I
find one that I love even more) re-purchase this mascara. I love its packaging,
name, consistency and how long-lasting and lengthening it is. I just wish it
was easier to get off… if anyone has the same problem with this mascara, have
you got any tips on how you get it all off? I would love to hear them if you
do!
The full-size version of this mascara costs £19.50 and can be found on asos, in John Lewis, Boots and Debenhams.
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