Helena Rubinstein

I bought this in a too light shade, but I have been trying to use it up anyway. The product itself on the skin is pretty good, but using the product and the packaging is extremely annoying. The product is very liquid. Sometimes there seems to be air bubbles in the product so that when I take the cap off, the product comes pouring out. It easily turns into a mess, plus a lot of product is wasted. Now I always have to have the packaging wrapped in toilet paper to avoid it messing up everything in my makeup bag. This has turned out to be so annoying that I don't really care anymore what the quality of the product is. I will not be buying this mess again.

It's a good overall mascara that provides a good amount of both length and definition. I'd give it 5 lippies if it didn't give small fall out in the end of the day.

It's a good mascara that separates my lashes very well and gives them definition, but apart from that it does nothing for my lashes. It doesn't lengthen, doesn't add volume, doesn't curl. It just defines and darkens my lashes. It's easy to apply though, doesn't clump and looks natural. But then again it flakes quite badly throughout the day and is not easy to remove in the evening. Nah, I'm not impressed at all. I've had much better mascaras for only a fraction of the price, so even though this mascara isn't exactly terrible, it certainly isn't worth the money and definitely doesn't beat the average drugstore mascara (I'd say it's rather the opposite). The packaging of course is pretty, like most of HR mascaras but that definitely won't make me repurchase.

I have this in what I believe is the lightest shade sold in the country I live in, which is 13 beige shell. The sales assistant assured me that it would adjust to my NC15 skin tone. It doesn't. I use it, but have to add several drops of lightening foundation from The Body Shop. As long as I powder it, it seems to stay on most of the day. I like that it has a light texture and feels very weightless on my skin. It doesn't have a lot of coverage, but it can be built up to around low-medium without looking cakey. The company needs to expand the shade range and lower the price. It's a good foundation, but the selling point is too high. I also really don't like the packaging. The bottle is fine, but you need to shake it before use. I don't know how many times I have almost dropped the bottle because the lid slips off so easily. I have to always remember to take off the lid first and then shake. The last thing I want to do is break a 70$ bottle of foundation...

I have this in what I believe is the lightest shade sold in the country I live in, which is 13 beige shell. The sales assistant assured me that it would adjust to my NC15 skin tone. It doesn't. I use it, but have to add several drops of lightening foundation from The Body Shop. As long as I powder it, it seems to stay on most of the day. I like that it has a light texture and feels very weightless on my skin. It doesn't have a lot of coverage, but it can be built up to around low-medium without looking cakey. The company needs to expand the shade range and lower the price. It's a good foundation, but the selling point is too high. I also really don't like the packaging. The bottle is fine, but you need to shake it before use. I don't know how many times I have almost dropped the bottle because the lid slips off so easily. I have to always remember to take off the lid first and then shake. The last thing I want to do is break a 70$ bottle of foundation...