I prefer how both of them work about a week or so after I've opened them and they've started to thicken up a bit.

It's easy to use and not messy, so it's the mascara I grab when I don't want to have to think about anything. In 2009, CoverGirl released a press release celebrating 6 million tubes of LashBlast Volume sold in the first year of sales, and it continues to grow. Suitable for sensitive eyes, this long-lasting volumizing mascara thickens and defines lashes with no smudging or clumping.My natural lashes are incredibly short, straight, and quite literally resistant to holding a curl, despite rigorous mascara testing. This particular mascara is especially difficult to review, because there's nothing exactly remarkable about it, despite its being one of my favorite mascaras out there.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. With long-lasting, waterproof formulas and patent-pending brushes, you get the max out of each and every lash, each and every time. I love waterproof mascaras since they're the only ones that seem to be able to hold a curl, but they can be drying and they're just annoying to remove.

It is not, however, oil-proof--as it shouldn't be, because how would you remove something that neither water nor oil would melt? I will say, I needed to get a few swipes in before I started noticing a visible difference, but I was really happy with the finished look. I'm not outside much these days, so I can't speak much to the effects of heat and humidity, but I didn't experience any noticeable flaking, and the curl held up for many hours.

I usually can't get through two layers of mascara without major clumping taking place, so that's a huge plus. And while my looks graduated from thick, wet glitter sticks in seventh grade to the streamlined, natural approach I take now, the one thing that has been a constant—a non-negotiable, really—in my routine has always been mascara.After wearing it around all day, including forgetting I had it on and rubbing my eyes at one point, I truly, honestly, seriously didn’t find any flakes under my eyes. From a normal viewing distance, it just looks like I have naturally decent lashes without any goop on them. For the Brits out there, Max Factor is the sister brand to CoverGirl and offers the equivalent mascaras in different names / packaging. I wonder how the CoverGirl LashBlast Volume Waterproof mascara compares to CoverGirl LashBlast 24hr. As you can see, the tube is very minimalist in a soft seafoam green color that definitely drives home the “clean” angle they’re going for.

This volume and length mascara has a clean formula free of parabens, sulfates, talc, and mineral oil. I've seen shiseido or some reputable brand put a sign saying toss after 24m on the mascara so you may be right to say that waterproof mascaras prevent bacterial contamination.

A native Illinoisan, upon graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in International Studies and minor in Creative Writing,. Lash Blast makes my eyelashes the best version of themselves: Noticeably longer, fuller, darker, and more defined, yet somehow natural-looking, like I was born with the most lush, fluttery lashes.