Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

• CRUELTY FREE YES
• FRAGRANCE FREE YES
• Natural bristle wand
• High end pricing $35 AUD
• One colour available black

This is my first mascara from Stila.

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This mascara is excellent at lifting, defining, giving length and non clumpy lashes!  The formula is not too wet and not too dry its just right!

The curl/lift does drop after a while but not as bad as some mascaras and the pigment is good but I would prefer even blacker.  The wand reminds me a lot of Better than Sex and Lash Paradise with the hourglass kind of shape and the packaging is in a gold tube.



Now the downside.  Pretty quickly I found I would get a ring of black pigment like a shadow of the mascara under my eyes.  Whether I do a lot of activity or nothing much this occurs.  Its not dark black but its definitely there.  Which sucks because it doesn't transfer up top, it doesn't flake but it does seem to bleed pigment.  Now it is summertime here in Australia and maybe in cold weather it would perform better in this regard.



The two photos above illustrate the lower lid smudging that occurs just in a few hours wear!

Otherwise I would definitely recommend this mascara but with the caveat of watch out for The Ring!

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Storytime

This is The Volume Mascara by Kevyn Aucoin, the second mascara release from this brand.  I have reviewed the first mascara the brand brought out previously, you can read that review here Kevyn Aucoin's The Curling Mascara

I was hoping that the brand would come out with a volumising mascara because I did really like Kevyn Aucoin's The Curling Mascara but I really wanted it to do more than what it did as it is an expensive product.


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UPDATE!!:  I have been wearing this on my eye that I was not testing the VolumeColourist by Rimmel mascara on the other eye and I kept going with this one.  At first I thought it was allergies or something else but I have now realised that this mascara makes my eyes water; especially when worn on both eyes.  I don't know if it is getting into my eye membranes or something but it definitely does that so if you have sensitive eyes I don't advise wearing this particular mascara.  I also noticed that it had a caution warning on the tube which says if eye irritation occurs to please see your doctor.  I DID NOT have this reaction to The Curling Mascara by Kevyn Aucoin
 
The wand is very different to The Curling Mascara, as you can see in the photo it is a slimline brush and it does have bristles on the brush.  Now I really like this mascara but I wish it was more thickening too.  Aarrghh I know I am nit picking.  Maybelline's Lash Sensational is my chemist/drugstore holy grail mascara product and it does all the things I want from mascara.

• Defines and separates your lashes
  
• No flaking
• No smudging
• Easy to use wand
• No smell
• No clumps
• Does curl too
• Almost perfect

I definitely recommend this mascara! I am hoping they will come out with a thickening, volumising and curling mascara all in one! Please excuse my terrible eyebrows in these photos I have been having a few bad brow days!

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