At first when I opened it up & looked at the thickness of the formula & the applicator brush, which both looked good to me, although you really have to scrape a lot of the product off of the brush to avoid slapping it on in a thick coat & having lashes clumping together.
I applied one coat & it looked great... coated all my lashes & kept their natural 'fan' without clumping them together. I applied a second coat for a bit more volume & achieved the same result, at this point I was very happy with how they looked. The colour is great, very dark which is perfect for what I want.
The formula seemed to wear well all day. I didn't have any flaking, lash fall or anything which was great. I have long eyelashes which pretty much reach just a little below my eyebrows, & a couple of times throughout the day I did have to wipe the smudges off of that area. It wasn't a lot, but because of the dark colour it did appear that I had a second pair of mini-brows. But having said that, someone with shorter lashes (or different bone structure) may not experience this at all. It did not smudge in any other areas though.
It removed easily with my Saqalane cleanser by the ordinary & did not require anything else, which I like.
All in all I think it's a good product & would recommend that it be given a go, but honestly, it won't replace my current fav as the scraping product off the brush & smudging are not things I can be bothered with on a daily basis. I'll keep it as a back-up in my stash though.
I've been using this for about 4 weeks (not every day though) and at first I wasn't too keen but found after 2-3 weeks it performed better. It's fairly good at holding a curl and adding some volume and darkness. It seemed best with 2 coats and I've also tried layering it with a volumising mascara which worked nicely. It's never flaked or smudged but most mascara don't on me so not sure how it would perform on oily eyelids (I'm dry). I wouldn't call it a holy Grail product but overall it's a fairly good mascara and I'll continue to use it.