The Great Mascara Challenge: Take One

Anyone that knows me knows that I LOVE mascara.  When I was younger, I bought only (what I thought) was the best mascara. (Hello, Lancome' Definicils...)
Now, as a wife and Mom of three, living on one income makes it a bit hard to splurge on mascara. So in mind with being frugal, I recently purchased eight tubes of very cheap mascara. Because I know that I usually ask a woman with beautiful, full, long lashes what mascara she uses, I decided I would blog about each different mascara (along with pictures of course) to hopefully help the fellow mascara lover in a future purchase of mascara. :)

Here is my rating system:  BLECH 0pts, FAIR 1pt, GOOD 1pt, AWESOME 2pts.
There are five questions: A) Consistency of Mascara B) Ease of Use C) Anti-Clumping D) Anti-Flaking E) All Day Wear
Each questions can have a total of 2pts each for a total of 10pts. 10pts would equal some pretty perfectly fabulous mascara!!!!! :)

The Great Mascara Challenge:

Maybelline Intense XXL Volume + Length Microfiber Mascara

A) Consistency of Mascara?  It was BLECH. I hated the white stuff. It dried on my lashes. The actual mascara had an okay consistency.

B) Ease of Use?  BLECH. I felt like I had to pull the brush through already mascara'd lashes because of the white primer stuff.

C)Non-Clumping?  BLECH. It clumped!

D)Non-Flaking?  BLECH. It flaked badly. I felt like something was in my eye all day.

E)All day wear?  BLECH. It didn't look great at the end of the day.

Overall: 0pts of 10pts

This mascara was horrible, in my opinion. If it were the only mascara available I would cry, however, I would deal and hope it got better with more than one use!

My (very brave) no make-up: BEFORE

(oh my word, my nose is huge)

AFTER:

*Please note the white stuff stuck on my face. Yep, that is the "primer" stuff that stuck like glue. It was so hard to get off!!!  I DID NOT wear any eyeshadow or liner in this photo, but either way the mascara looked horrible. BLECH. :)