LashBlast Saves Me From Great Lash Hell
Posted on October 12, 2009 by Miss Britt in Beauty
Cover Girl Lashblast Mascara
Great Lash mascara can kiss my ass.
A few months ago, I wrote about how much I hate my mascara. I’d been using Maybeline’s infamous Great Lash mascara for about 15 years, but I hated the way it smudged all over my face.
I decided it was time to find a better mascara.
What I was looking for:
“What I want is a mascara that makes my lashes longer, darker, and slightly thicker without clumping. If it helps them curl – bonus. But most importantly, I want it to stay exactly where I put it for an entire day. I don’t want grey smudges under my eyes!”
The commenters on that post gave me tons of suggestions ranging from $6 tubes of Almay to $25 tubes of You Have Got To Be Kidding Me.
We take a break from this review for a word on spending money on mascara:
I am not afraid to shell out cash for good product. I spend hundreds of dollars on great products for my curly hair. I buy my foundation powder and eye shadow from Sephora.com, and pay a pretty penny for it. But I refuse to spend more than I have to for mascara. The reason? Even premium mascara has to be replaced every 3 months. It doesn’t matter if there is still mascara left in the tube, good eye health demands that you replace your mascara regularly.
/lecture
We now return to our review.
Suburban Oblivion suggested Cover Girl’s LashBlast mascara. So did Drew Barrymore. I decided for less than $7, I’d give it a shot.
I absolutely love the staying power of this mascara.
What prompted me to finally remember to write this review after using LashBlast for 3 months was an extremely long afternoon nap. I woke up and headed to the bathroom to freshen up before going grocery shopping, and found that my mascara was still perfectly in place. Perfectly. Not even a hint of a smudge. After a nearly five hour nap.
What makes this so fantastic is that this is NOT waterproof mascara.
I decided to try out a non-waterproof version to see if I had better luck with clumping and in the interest of actually being able to wash ALL of the makeup off my face at night. I was concerned that a non-waterproof formula wouldn’t be able to stand up to sweat and constant rubbing.
I can wash (and cry) this mascara off, but it survives regular (non crying) days beautifully. And if you do happen to cry, it comes off in some crazy scientific way that doesn’t leave you with raccoon circles. I’m not sure why or how this happens, but it’s kind of nice if you’re caught off guard by a sob fest.
LashBlast comes with a thick, plastic applicator unlike any I’ve ever used before. It does an excellent job of coating my lashes completely without causing clumps or too many spots on my eyelids – especially on the under eye area which is a little harder to clean up if you make a mess.
On most days, I apply one coat of LashBlast in black for darker, thicker, longer, and slightly more curly lashes. For the occasional evening out and a more dramatic look, I’ll apply a second coat.
I still plan to check out a few more drugstore brands, but I give Cover Girl’s LashBlast a glowing two thumbs up recommendation.
You can pick this mascara up at any drugstore – Wal-Mart, Walgreens, etc. etc. etc. You can also buy CoverGirl LashBlast on Amazon or at Drugstore.com.
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Posted on October 12, 2009 by Miss Britt in Beauty
I’ll throw this out there now. My local Costco has 3 packs of LashBlast for 12 dollars. I’ve loaded up, here’s your chance to see if you can too….
I used to love Almay, and I don’t know if they changed something, but now it’s awful and clumpy. I’m totally trying the LashBlast!
This is my Go To mascara. For more dramatic looks, I’ll use it as a base mascara and layer NYX’s Dollhouse mascara or Rimmel’s GlamEyes mascara over it. I love it. I’m not too crazy about the Luxe version though.
I’ve been using this lately too. I love CG’s Volume Exact, and this is like the voluputous version of that. Love it!
the only makeup i wear is mascara and i am ready to buy more (since mine is like three years old because obviously i don’t wear it often, nor do i listen to the eye health crap). thanks to your glowing recommendation, this little sheep will now go with lashblast. thanks.
When I saw that Lash Blast had been suggested to you in that post, I knew you had found a winner. I haven’t gone back when I changed (right as it was released because it was a TWO pack for the price of one and OMG! TWO FOR ONE!).
Hi Britt, just how easily did this mascara come off? I can’t be bothered with makeup removers outside of soap and I hate waterproof mascara with a passion.
@Britni, I don’t use soap and water because it would dry out my skin, but I don’t have to use a separate makeup remover for this mascara.