If I could go to Mars, but I could only bring one tube of mascara with me… LOL! It’s a variation on the “deserted island” theme.
Anyway, would I bring new Benefit BADgal BANG! Volumizing Mascara?
Hmm… Maybe? Perhaps for the poetic irony, because according to Benefit, BADgal BANG! does incorporate space-age technology, so there’s that… Benefit says that they used lightweight aero-particles, which were first developed by the space industry, to lift lashes to gravity-defying heights.
“BADgal BANG! 36 HOUR* FULL-BLAST volumizing mascara creates MASSIVE volume without weighing down lashes. The gravity-defying formula contains aero-particles, one of the lightest known materials, derived from space technology. This innovative intense pitch black mascara layers easily for bigger & BIGGER impact. It’s custom big Slimpact! brush is streamlined to reach root-to-tip, corner-to-corner, upper & lower lashes for BIG VOLUME WITH 360° REACH!”
My lashes definitely look lifted when I wear it…but seriously, not nearly lifted enough. In fact, the formula relaxes a lash curl a bit and leaves the ends of my lashes pointing out rather than sticking up (I prefer the latter look because I think my lashes look curlier that way).
Not that I dislike the way my lashes look when I use this mascara. I like how much longer and thicker they look, and I like the lightly glossy finish, like they’ve been dipped in lacquer. It’s a similar look to the gorgeous NARS Audacious, sans the curl hold and with slightly less volume.
On my average lashes, I’d call the overall lash look a few steps above natural but a few steps below glam — so somewhere right in the middle for length, volume and lift — and I also like that BADgal BANG! doesn’t flake or smudge. It’s also easy to remove, and I don’t need a separate long-wearing eye makeup remover to do it.
But…I want MOAR DRAMA (she roars for the millionth time)!
If your lashes are already naturally lush and long, you might like this and, heck, you might even love it enough to take to Mars. I, on the other hand, am more likely to wear it on a slow Tuesday on Earth. I mean, it’s pretty, but it isn’t nearly dramatic enough for me to pack in my Mars “go bag.”
And let’s get real — if I’m willingly hurtling my body through the Earth’s atmosphere into space for any reason, I’m gonna do it with glamorous drag queen lashes OUT TO HERE, no doubt!
BADgal Bang! only comes in black, and it’s $24 for a full-size 0.3-oz. tube (there’s also a mini 0.14-oz. tube for $12). It’s available now.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Agreed, should you go to Mars, you should have more drama than that.
Right?
Totally agree. I really dont like the weird pointing out ends! And i tried it with a primer first too. Was hoping it would defy gravity lol
Hi Diana,
I do have to say my lashes do feel super light. But yeah… I want mine to point straight up to space, LOL!
You know what might help? Using a layer of a waterproof mascara first. Although it’s such a pain to take waterproof off, ugh…
I was wondering if this was worth the $$ to try. I saw it Sephora and pulled the wand out of the test tube, but didn’t like how flexible it was. I like a good stiff brush to work into my lashes, especially near the base. My lashes are growing finer and thinner with each passing year, so unless this one gives lots of “oomph!” I think I’m gonna go with my first instinct, which is to pass on it.
I hear you. That’s one of the reasons why I stopped wearing falsies — removing them at the end of the day was taking off more lashes than I could bear.
I’m seriously thinking of doing Latisse if/when I have a little extra lunch money!
I’ve been playing with false lashes lately. Haven’t gotten good enough to actually wear them out of the house. How do you remove the glue from the band once you remove them? I’m afraid of destroying the lashes. I already ruined some knotless individual lashes.
well, you know, I load my lashes with a couple coats of (cheap) essence mascara every morning and it’s not made with any special lightweight space-age aero particles but I’ve never noticed my eyelids feeling droopy from all the weight of that mascara I use every day. They droop in the afternoons sometimes, but I chalked that up to just the fact that I was tired.
LOL, Kellly!
Puhhh.. for all the marketing huzzbuzz they did the results are underwhelming in my opinion. I was expecting much more from that and no review I saw so far gave me a different view on it. So yeah, I’m going to pass.
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Greetinngs from Germany,
Verena