Essence Princess False Lash Effect Mascara

Welcome to my biggest disappointment ever. Yes, that's right! The Essence Princess False Lash Effect Mascara has great reviews everywhere and it is recommended by many lovely bloggers that I follow and love, but this mascara does not work for me.

Many people said that they keep repurchasing this one cause it's their favourite. I wish it was my favourite too and the journey of finding 'the one' mascara for me would end here!

I had high hopes, and it is probably the one product that I wanted to try so bad. A mascara that gives you a 'false lash effect'? Yes, I wanted that. I haven't found a mascara that gives my lashes both volume and length, and believe me, I tried lots of mascaras, but I haven't found 'the one' yet.

I tried it as soon as I got it and I was so excited to do so. This mascara looked a little dry than any other mascara I tried. I applied many coats (probably 5-6 coats) to give volume and length but nothing special. I was so disappointed. 

I thought that maybe my piece was dry from the store, maybe a girl opened it to try it and then another one did, and it got dry....who knows? (they did not have testers in the store). Then the next day, I tried it again. And again the following day. 

This time, it was wetter than the day before, and I noticed more product on the wand. Upon application, my lashes did not separate at all. With 3 coats, my lashes looked like they were glued together and like I had 4 lashes only. 

They were stuck together and looked horrible. I tried to separate them with a small brush but it was hopeless. I have never experienced this before with a mascara, even the worst mascara separates my lashes. I left it on for the day to test it more, and after an hour or so, I noticed flakes everywhere, it was like the product was separating itself from my lashes.

The wand is one thing that I like. It is long and the brush not very big, in comparison with brushes of other Essence mascaras that I tried in the past. I hate large brushes cause I always create a mess. On the bright side, this mascara gave my lashes a dark black colour, but the formula is a big no no.

I was thinking what I said above, that maybe the one that I purchased was dry from the store and maybe it was opened too many times and the formula went bad. Is this even possible? And I wanted to buy another one from another beauty shop, maybe I am lucky with my second pick, I want to love this mascara but I am not loving it. And it is not expensive at all, it is under €5.

What are your thoughts on this? Shall I buy another one? Have you tried this?