L'oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes Review

My last experience with Loreal's Voluminous mascara didn't end well.  It worked well the first day, but then it smudged, it clumped.  I know a lot of people like it, but it was too messy for me.  I saw the newest member of the Voluminous family the other day at Walgreens and thought I'd give it another shot.  It cost around $8.99.

Claims

Voluminous False Fiber lashes is a volumizing mascara that contains fibers that surround each lash and plump them up, giving you a sex-kittenish false lash look.  The packaging says that it is clump-free, flake-free, smudge-free and fragrance-free.

Packaging

This mascara comes in a sleek gold tube that's squared off instead of round.  While it's beautiful to look at, I'm not sure I'm crazy about the square tube from a practical perspective.  First of all, the tube is huge- it towers over my other mascaras, and the wand part that you hold is wide and square, which makes it a little hard to grip.  Maybe I'm just used to smaller round tubes, but either way, it's not that big a deal.

The brush is sleek, long, and thin. The bristles are very soft, which feels great during application, but doesn't separate quite as easily as stiffer bristles.

Formula:


The formula is definitely easy to work with- it builds nicely, doesn't clump, and it's not too wet or dry.  I find it definitely plumped and lengthened my lashes easily.  Also, after an entire day at work, it never smudged or flaked, unlike the original voluminous I tried a while back.

Results:


I got great results with this mascara, and I was overall very impressed!

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