Maybelline XXL Waterproof

I’m off to the snow in a couple of weeks, so am on the hunt for a waterproof mascara that will last the distance. This week I tried out Mabelline XXL Waterproof, and found it quite unwieldy - it took me all week before I had mastered its application. The main problem was that the black top coat just didn’t cover the white basecoat effectively – leading to grey eyelashes (not good!). If you use too much white base your lashes clump together, so a really really light application was needed, which meant that it didn’t really lengthen all that well. One bonus is that this mascara does really stay put – no smudging/flaking even after a gym class and shower. At around $13 it’s a budget option, but I wasn’t all that impressed – it was just too hard to get the right balance of top & base coat. I give it 1 & a half winks. (just an update - this mascara actually works better without the basecoat)