Friday, 19 December 2014

They’re real! I promise!

Okay, okay, okay, yes it’s taken me a few years to jump onto the Benefit They’re Real bandwagon, but I’ve been preoccupied, alright?

Slacking aside, I got a mini They’re Real mascara in my advent calendar this month and I have a few things to say about it.


Walking past this in the shops, I was always wowed by the advertising. You know the one – the image of the girl with nothing to everything. Does this mascara really do what the photo claims? I don’t think so (don’t hate me). Yes, the brush elongates the lashes and the little spikey bit at the end is great for the outer lashes, but I’m just not seeing any magical transformations.




My eyelashes are pretty long as it is so I look for volume in a mascara, which I don’t think this has. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a rubbish mascara, it’s just better for lengthening and separating, perhaps after you apply a thicker mascara.

The formula is pretty drying – it dries quick and isn’t wet or runny if that makes sense. It leaves no black marks around the eyes (win!) but it is, however, a pain in the holy world of make up to get off. It clings to the lashes in the way that waterproof mascaras do, and is kind of almost tube-like around the lashes.


Not a hugely bad thing – but something to take note of. All in all, I give this mascara a 6 out of 10. Not awful, but definitely not worth the hefty £19.50 price tag.

Hope you enjoyed!

Love Ema.xo

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