L'Oréal Voluminous Butterfly Waterproof Mascara

Most Helpful Critical Review

Doesn't live up to the hype

I really wanted to love this mascara. I actually wore this mascara for two weeks and compared it with another brand before writing this review. Let's start with the claims, lengthens and gives a butterfly effect. Okay, it does lengthen, to the point where you cannot wear this mascara on your bottom ...lashes without looking like a freak show. Long lashes are great, but there is zero butterfly effect. I wasn't buying into that claim anyway because I have used 3 other mascara brands that utilize the identical wand and don't have that claim whatsoever. I purposely choose waterproof because I have very straight, hard to curl lashes. Waterproof mascara sets your lashes where washable does not. I applied my mascara at 7AM and by noon, they were almost straight again. This was a fail for me. This was a daily occurrence when I wore this mascara and I am not the type of person to walk around with an eyelash curler. I felt this formula was slightly too wet, and I couldn't seem to get enough product on the wand. One coat was similar to Great Lash mascara. Very natural, barely there. Just a subtle darkening. Two coats provided much more length and some volume, but not much. Three coats gave good length, not great, and a little more volume, but still not as much as other brands. My lashes didn't clump, nor did they get spidery with 2 or 3 coats. Just as a test, I did trying wearing this mascara with just 1 coat to see if the curl would last. It didn't. Same with two coats and I think the reason is because this mascara is very soft. Even with three coats on, your lashes aren't the slightest bit stiff. That being said, this is a great mascara for me to use when I'm wearing false eyelashes. I always apply my mascara first and eyeliner first, then my lashes. A stiff mascara gets in the way of my lash application, where this one does not. Major bonus there. The point of me looking at this mascara was for me to get away from wearing the false lashes daily. I still have to wear them with this mascara, not so with other brands. This mascara also has a shiny gloss to it, which annoys me. If you love shiny mascara and have lashes that hold curl well, then this is a great product. For me, it's not. I will use it will falsies until it's gone, but I probably won't purchase again. Seems a waste to only use it on weekends, and then still have to use another mascara for my bottom lashes. I'm on the fence with this one. I really want to like it, but it didn't live up to the hype.