L'Oreal Telescopic vs. Maybelline The Falsies vs. Benefit They're Real
[All purchased by me - the Benefit was a gift with purchase]
Wow I just posted this as a test and it worked! Basically, since I am a total newbie at this blogging thing, I thought using Word would be an easy way to write blog posts. HAHAHA that only didn't work a little bit. I tried copying to Notepad and posting but that didn't work.... UNTIL NOW. Sigh, this isn't as easy as some of the experts make it look.
Anyone who watches Viviannadoesmakeup knows that L’Oreal Telescopic mascara in the waterproof formula is her favorite mascara of all time. While I also have a favorite mascara of all time that’s not in this post (will review once I repurchase), I wanted to try out some other options since finding a perfect affordable mascara is probably every beauty blogger’s dream. I was also rotating around Maybelline The Falsies as well as a mini size of the Benefit They’re Real mascaras and thought since these are three pretty popular mascara options that I’d do a comparison between them.
I’ll rate them along the same characteristics: length, volume, curl, lasting power, removal and overall ease of application using a 1-5 scale with 5 being the best.
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| Top to Bottom: The Falsies, Telescopic and They're Real |
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| Amateur artistic interpretation of results |
L’Oreal Telescopic in Black
Length: 3 – this surprisingly didn’t do amazingly telescopic things to my lashes as the name implied, but it didn’t make them seem short and clumpy either
Volume: 4 – the wand adds a decent coat of mascara to the majority of my lashes and makes them look more intense with one sweep
Curl: 2 – this isn’t the waterproof one so I can’t overly fault this for not holding a curl better but it didn’t really enhance a curl at all
Lasting Power: 3 – not a ton of smudging with this but can’t say zero smudges
Overall ease of application: 3 – The wand is finicky because it’s a thin triangular comb shape which might throw people off who are used to a traditional mascara wand. I found it pretty easy to maneuver actually but my main qualm was actually getting this back into the tube. I bend this almost every time I tried to close it.
Maybelline The Falsies:
Length: 2 – does not do much for length and I find all of Maybelline’s variations on the Volum’ Express mascaras actually do make my lashes look a little stunted and clumpy with too many coats
Volume: 5 – the volume-boosting factor is where this mascara really shines and I can see why this is a popular product. It builds up lashes easily and dramatically.
Curl: 3 – this was better than the Telescopic at holding a curl, probably because of the drier formula. It won’t dry out your lashes like a waterproof formula will but the curl won’t stay quite as well either.
Lasting Power: 3 – same comments as the Telescopic.
Overall ease of application: 3 - This wand is a little strange and the way the bristles are spaced makes it really easy for me to smudge this on my eye. If you’re careful you should be fine and this is a pretty subjective characteristic anyway.
Benefit They're Real
Length: 4 - the plastic bristles did a good job of creating believable length and was the most lengthening mascara overall
Volume: 4 – not every use yielded the same amount of volume as the Falsies did but more times than not, this left my lashes looking very full
Curl: 4 – of the three, this held curls the best and was probably due to the drier consistency of the formula. Luckily, this didn’t increase how hard it was to remove at the end of the day.
Overall ease of application: 3 – I don’t prefer plastic bristles and this one kind of poked your eye a lot because the bristles are so long. I think that the end of the wand, which is rounded, doesn’t necessarily make it easier to get to the ends. However, this consistently gave my lashes good length and volume and held a curl well for a non-waterproof formula.
Conclusion: I think the Benefit mascara is the best one of the bunch but I wouldn’t be willing to purchase this because of the ridiculous price and also because I have a mid-range mascara that I like even better (to be in a future post). If I had to pick one at the drugstore to buy, the Falsies really impressed me and I think it’s one I would recommend to anyone looking for a volume enhancing mascara.
