I have this mascara in both blackest black, and clear. It is a classic mascara and I think it may have been one of the first mascaras that I ever tried. I picked up the blackest black from Farmers and I thought with something this popular it had to be great. The clear version I got my parents to pick this up for me in the States as I really wanted to try it for my brows.
The bottle is extremely classic. The bottom square part that is light pink, and the green top. I love green and pink together. The bottom of the clear one is transparent so there is no mixing them up (which could save some terribly embarrassing moments). The brush is pretty simple. Just a small natural bristle brush in a spinning pattern. It is quite small so it makes it easy to get to the inner most lashes and the bottom lashes.
I find the formulation of the mascara quite wet. This coats my lashes quite nicely, but really it doesn't do much else. It doesn't add any volume at all, it does lengthen. But that is about it. Mostly it just coats the lashes, making them extra black and a wee bit thicker. It also smudged under my lashes which is annoying, but I could solve this problem by getting the waterproof version. I do get my lashes tinted monthly so I feel like this mascara doesn't do much more than getting my lashes tinted.
I like the clear version for my brows. The brush does keep quite a lot of product on it though so it is good to take that off before applying to the brows. It does keep my brows in the position that I want but also leaves them a wee bit crunchy. I like though that the product seems to last a long time, I have heaps left in my tube and I have used it quite a lot. Obviously a design flaw is the clear bottom of the tube means that you see the clear gel get a bit murky from whatever brow powder you have been using. But that doesn't bother me.
Personally I think Maybelline do some other great mascaras for a really reasonable price, this isn't one of them. If you are after a natural lash look just get your lashes tinted then you won't even have to do them each day.
Another Maybelline product I bought because I clearly watch and trust YouTube far too much :(
As mentioned before I'm really not into Maybelline products as the formulas seem to look rubbish on me and this mascara is sadly no exception.
I find neither the wand or formula does anything for my lashes and it looks like I dont really have anything on when I'm wearing it as all it does is darken my lashes. I find it near impossible to build this product in order to create volume and length and all the wand does it hurt my lashes.
I bought the mascara recently and have thrown it away as I have no desire to use it again not even on my lower lashes.
Tips: More than 10 years ago I remember my mum using this product therefore I gave it a try and hated it way back then fast forward to now I thought that maybe the formula had changed but no its still that same yucky mascara I remember all those years ago :(