Benefit Cosmetics BADgal BANG! Volumizing Waterproof Mascara

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Wow! Haven't purchased a mascara this bad in a while!

This mascara wins my own personal award for the worst mascara I've bought since I still bought drugstore makeup as a teenager. Its bringing back all the worst memories!! So fun. TLDR; impossible to remove completely, wake up with racoon eyes no matter how much makeup remover/face wash/showering/pai...nt thinner you use the night before, smears if you make any facial expression, I wouldnt reccoment to my worst enemy. I got this because the ulta store I went to was out of Lancome Définicils which is my go-to because I prefer the "no makeup" makeup look and Définicils can achieve that easily. One of the sales associates recommended it to me when I told her I was looking for Définicils. This is a sorry replacement for that mascara. I always want waterproof, becuase I spend a lot of time outdoors and sometimes its hard to know what I will get into during the day and I work out in mascara. Maybe thats the problem and why this mascara was so bad—but either way it is horrible. Within hours ill have a slight shadow under my eyes from the smearing and I noticed occasional flaking as well. The worst part is, not only does it smear while you wear it, but somehow, its also IMPOSSIBLE to remove it all when youre done for the day. I never thought that would be a problem, but its really bad! How can it be both?? No matter what I do and what I use, I wake up in the morning with it smeared under my eyes. I use multiple different options for makeup remover-micclear water, Clinique take the day off balm, oil, and a makeup wipe AND I wash my face every night, sometimes twice. Nothing I do gets this mascara off in one night. That might sound good, but when the mascara still flakes and smears and looks bad all day its not worth it!!