[vividdreamer]

I splurge on eyeshadow, blush, liner, l/g, l/s...everything but mascara. I've got pretty good lashes to begin with, I think, and I go through mascara so quickly (I'm kind of abusive with my mascara) that I just don't feel like it's a justifiable high end item for me.

I've used L'Oreal Voluminous for the last few years, and liked it okay. It clumps easily, though, and that got on my nerves. Then I bought a tube of Covergirl's Lashblast because I saw a bunch of YouTube reviews raving about it, and OH MY GOD. Best. Mascara. EVER. I have the regular and the waterproof, and I swear that I'm tempted to pick up a tube every time I see one because I'm so scared I might run out or they'll discontinue it or something. (They better not discontinue it! It seems like it's doing *really* well sales wise, because the stores are always low on it.)

So, yeah. The best mascara in the whole world (imho) is about $8 a tube; think about how many more fun eyeshadows and lipglosses you can buy with the savings!