Essence What The Fake! Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara is an autumn/winter addition to the Essence mascara range. It's the same hourglass shape that Essence is doing lately. The I Need a Miracle Mascara that I really liked has the same shape and there is a brand new version out in the spring update, called Bye Bye Panda Eyes.
As I said, the mascara is hourglass-shaped, the packaging is quite thick and big, a bit childish in my opinion. It's black with white writing and with some "comic superhero" design. The mascara costs less than 4€.
The wand is quite small and almond-shaped, it doesn't lather on the product and it separates the lashes well. I just needed to wipe the tip of the wand here and there.
I liked the I Need a Miracle version, so I was interested to see how this one performs and I wasn't so impressed. It's a very basic mascara that gives a very natural look. I need to apply it twice to archive some effect. It gives a bit of length but that's it. The formula is easy to work with, as I said, it doesn't stick the lashes together, even if I do lots of coats. It's not really volumizing like it promises and it definitely doesn't give a "false lash effect".
The mascara lasted well thought the day. It's not a waterproof mascara but it still survived the crying test. It did flake a tiny bit but I carefully wiped it off and that was it. It also survived a good workout, again, with just minimal flaking.
It's quite a decent mascara if you want something very natural looking but it promises crazy volume and big lashes and it doesn't do that. It's cheap but there are a lot better Essence mascaras out there with a better effect, like the mentioned I Need a Miracle, Volume Stylist 18h Lash Extension, Lash Princess...
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*Product was sent to me
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