Essence Lash Princess Sculpted Volume Mascara Review

Heard rave reviews about essences lash princess mascaras, and found them at farmers for $7?ish and thought I'd give it a go. I have a love hate relationship with this mascara. It lengthens my lashes like crazy, but I've had this over a month now, and the formula is very wet, and I find there is alot of product on the wand which ends up in clumps on my lashes. I had the same experience with Maybelline lash sensational but after a few uses it dried out Abit and worked amazingly, but the lash princess still feels very wet and clumpy. I've never had an issue with mascaras transferring and smudging on my eyelids before but I do with this mascara. I have to powder my eyelids like crazy and still find myself wiping smudges off during the day. To get rid of clumps, I have to take a spoolie through my lashes. It's cheap, it lengthens very well but I still find I have to put alot of effort into making this "work".

I got recommended this by a friend when I was looking for a new mascara and I bought this because of the price price point- it very affordable I think maybe $7 from farmers? The mascara makes my lashes look okay but they clumped together and I found the product constantly flaking off and dropping below my eye , i know other people really enjoy this product but it’s not for me.

After watching many a beauty guru rave about this mascara on the 'Tube I picked it up whilst I was in hardcore budget mode, hoping it would be a replacement for my beloved Hourglass Caution mascara (get the mini.. the mini is everything). Alas, underwhelmed didn't begin to cover my feelings towards this 'must have'.

First up - packaging. I like it. It's cute. Feels solid. Alas, sometimes the package is pretty and the inside is... pretty ugly.

The wand is ridiculously curved and I struggled to get it to work my eye shape or lash style. The mascara is very black and very wet. It did a strange clumpy thing while making my eyelashes look like spider legs. There was no beautiful fanning while volumising like I get with my beloved Hourglass.

Did it transfer? After five hours I looked like I'd taken a nap with my face smushed into my pillow.

I gave this a fair go and left a month or so inbetween the fourth and five uses. While I found it better once it dried out a bit, it still wasn't anything worth fluttering my eyelashes at.

Sorry beauty gurus - but I'm wondering how much y'all got paid to rave about this, because I don't believe the hype.