Maybelline New York The Falsies Push Up Angel Mascara

I purchased the waterproof version of this mascara in black. The first thing I noticed is that the wand is not a cylindrical brush but a curved comb. I am guessing that it is meant to cup the upper lashes from underneath. It took a couple of goes to get used to it, but I can handle it now. The mascara comb does lift the lashes from under to give it a curled effect. It isn't thick or clumpy, and one coat is good for natural definition. I found that I needed two coats for thicker and longer looking lashes. It's one of the best curling effects that I've seen from a mascara without using an eyelash curler. For reference, I have straight asian lashes that point downwards and do not have any natural curl. However, this waterproof mascara still manages to smudge around my eye bags after 3-4 hours wear. This is common with me and I need to use the usual trick of a clear top coat which fixes the problem.

The texture of this mascara is great, however, I am not personally a fan of the wand. It is not your typical kind of mascara wand, it only has firm bristles on one side of the tip of the wand, and I find the way it was designed doesn't separate my lashes when applying the mascara, and so I go over my lashes with a different mascara wand that I own. I only recommend this mascara if you have a separate mascara wand to brush over your lashes after application