Review: Maybelline Illegal Length Fiber Extensions Mascara

I admit it. I'm a drugstore mascara kind of person. For something that you are supposed to throw away every 3 months, I just can't see spending $20+ on "high end" mascara when basically the best you can expect a mascara to do is darken your lashes. Sometimes you get lucky and get a formula that really does that it says (to some degree) - thickening or lengthening - but it's such a crapshoot that I prefer not to gamble on it.

One of the mascaras I've found that actually does what it claims is Maybelline Illegal Length Fiber Extensions Mascara. I bought in the color "Blackest Black" it at Walgreens, I think it was about $7.

The packaging is pretty standard, but I like that the "tube" is squared off because then it doesn't roll off my vanity table and it's easier to find in my purse since it's distinctive.

You can see the fibers on this closeup of the brush.

It definitely lengthened my lashes and made them very black. The brush was easy to use, not too big, and the formula was pretty smooth for a fiber lash mascara. It wore well over the course of the day, but did leave some fiber fallout.

This is what the Maybelline ads suggest for the product:

Yeah, these are her real lashes. LOL

From the TV commercial

Did I look like the Maybelline ads and commercials? Well no, of course not because they use false lashes in them, but here's what it did look like on me. Quite an improvement, I thought:

Sorry, I didn't think to do "before" photos, but suffice it to say that my natural lashes
are nowhere near this long or this dark without mascara.

You can see some of the fiber schmutz here.

..and here.

I would definitely consider purchasing this mascara again when this tube is ready to be tossed. In this same category, I am also eager to try Avon's new Super Extend mascara.

Do you have a favorite lengthening mascara? Or one you absolutely hate? Feel free to share your opinions in the comments below!