Maybelline: Great Lash Mascara

Here's a fun fact about yours truly: the first piece of makeup I purchased in my life was a tube of Maybelline's Great Last Mascara. Somehow I came up with a rather convincing argument - one that eventually won my mother over - about how at 13, a girl should be allowed to have one make-up essential. Since I'd decided (at the wise old age of 13, remember) that my eyes were my best feature I begged and pleaded to be allowed to purchase the classic pink and green tube on a trip to the local drugstore. Finally, my mother gave in.

I carried (and used) that tube of mascara incessantly. I was so proud of my grown up lashes! I felt a sense of pride whenever a Maybelline commerical came on tv because now, I too, was part of the "maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline" eternal question.

And yet, here's the rub:
My tendency to review and scout out the best products started at an early age. While I was pleased as punch to be touting a mascara's pros and cons to my girlfriends at the start of 8th grade, I knew even then, that other mascaras could do more for my lashes than this one. I could have even thicker, fuller, plumper lashes if I just kept searching. (16 years later and I'm still searching for the mascara to end all mascaras.)

The pros love this mascara. It's called the inexpensive, hidden gem. Make-up artists and celebrities have been known to refer to it as the 8th wonder of the world. Yet I remain unconvinced. I find it clumps quickly and rarely spreads onto my eyelashes evenly and without fuss. Of course, I always wanted to be a green and pink tube believer. Since that fateful makeup purchase years ago, I've come back to the Great Lash tube a few times over the years, always ready to give it another chance. To this day though I always end up disappointed in the product.

Just goes to show that every once in awhile, teenagers do actually know what they're talking about.

Average Price: $4.49
Rating: 2 out of 5