Some things a girl can live without. Like mascara with an automatically rotating wand and heated lash curlers. Some things she cannot. Like her tried and true Maybelline mascara. In black or brown at the local drugstore.

Loving all the rubber, multi layer brushes that are spilling up from the high end lash brands. I didn’t buy the Cover Girl LashExact because I don’t much like their mascara quality, but now Maybelline is throwing their wand into the mix with Maybelline Define-A-Lash. After all Maybelline Great Lash has been a safe staple for years.

I’m chalking this mascara up to one of the best mascaras out there for drugstore value: “clump-free. The weightless formula and revolutionary built-in wiper guarantee no clumps. It’s patented shape-to-the-lash brush elongates and accentuates lashes one by one.”

First of all, this packaging is brilliant, and who’s kidding that we don’t notice the bright, lime green tube is high end. But getting to what matters…

After 2 or 3 coats I had very long lashes – nicely defined individually. It’s not zero clumps, but darn close. It doesn’t add volume, but this Maybelline doesn’t claim to be that. It is meant as a lengthener, and as usual Maybelline can do no wrong as a lash lengthener. I recommend this product to anyone seeking long, pretty lashes. (via The It Lists)