Review: Maybelline the Falsies mascara

I had heard some good things about this mascara, so once I was done with my Opulash, I decided I would pick up the Falsies by Maybelline.

Here are the claims made by Maybelline:

• Patented Spoon brush and Kera-fiber formula instantly build 8x more volume without clumping.
• Unique flexible wand helps to lift and separate lashes to provide the look of 300% more lashes.

I didn't find either of those things to be true. This mascara did not build volume, with or without clumping, and it did not "provide the look of 300% more lashes." It also didn't separate my lashes at all; quite the opposite, in fact. It put my eyelashes together so it looks like I have about 5 eyelashes. Granted, those "5" look thick for being 1 hair each, but that is not what my eyelashes look like on their own, or with other mascaras. I've got a nice set of eyelashes, and this mascara does nothing for them.

Here are the photos

First, the packaging and the wand

Bare lashes

One coat of the mascara

And then the second coat - The website says to not let the mascara dry between coats, and I did follow that

This might be a good mascara for someone with short, sparse lashes but for someone with long lashes (and especially with a fair amount), I would not recommend this product. When you look at the other mascaras I've reviewed and liked, you can see why I preferred the results with some of those over my results with this. The lashes speak for themselves. I'm rating this mascara...

1 out of 5 stilettos

(the only reason I'm not giving it 0 is because it did trick me for a day or so into thinking it might be an okay mascara, but after using it for a week and a half, I'm completely dissatisfied)