Ok, so I thought that I couldn’t possibly love any mascara more than I love my treasured, used for years, L’Oreal Lash Out Mascara. Now I think I’ve found one that actually beats that one. It’s actually by L’Oreal as well, which makes me think they have probably the best drugstore brand mascaras on the market – at least they are the best I’ve ever tried.
I bought the Voluminous mascara by L’Oreal about two weeks ago, figuring I’d give it a try since I’d been using Lash Out for so many weeks now. I also happened to have a coupon for $1.00 off any L’Oreal eye product, so that was a bonus, and I figured if I didn’t like it well then I’d spent a buck less on it and wouldn’t be as mad.
I bought the mascara in the #380 version, called “Blackest Black” or Noir Profond in French – remember, they are a French company 
The mascara advertises as being able to build lash volume, lash by lash, for a defining effect. It showed a picture of the soft brush on the packaging, and that sold me too because I only like the wands that are very fine and separated. The wands actually make a lot of the difference in how the mascara is applied, how well it separates the lashes, and how well it makes the mascara itself adhere to each individual lash.
It’s been my experience that only these fine, many-bristled soft applicators really get the job done best. So when I saw that, and knowing that it was by L’Oreal, who makes several of my other lower cost eye makeup products, I was sold. It cost about $6 with the coupon, which wasn’t bad at all.
So, I threw away my old, dried up Lash Out which had gotten goopy on me because I’d gone longer than the 2 months to get rid of it and replace it, and applied this mascara for the first time before going to work.
WOW, it really is excellent. It is a great formula first of all, not too thick, so it doesn’t clump easily, but also it’s not too thin to where you feel like you have to apply five coats to even see a difference in the thickness of your lashes. It separates, defines and lengthens all at the same time, and in record time too, with minimal reapplication. I’m sold, and I’ll be buying this stuff again. It wore well too, all day long without smudging or running or flaking.
