Bad Gal Lash in Plum- Misleading Because It's really just Brown

Mascara. Love it, live it, and it's the question I get asked the most. What is my favorite. I think depending on my answer, the girls decide whether or not to become a GlossBoxer. It depends on your lash-type, my darlings. 

Benefit's Bad Gal $19 is definitely for a certain lash type. I would NOT recommend it to women who have short curly lashes. The brush is full and thick, and formula is rich and deposits itself best on longer lashes. 

I went with the Plum (yes, purple, again. I'm sorry, but I have a natural affinity for it). Here's the deal with the plum mascara from Benefit: It goes on like a red-cast brown. The exact color of my not-so-natural hair, actually. So my lashes are defined, but not darkened. For this reason, I feel that I can't give this mascara my highest commendations, because it's essentially fattening but not flattering. 

The part I DO love about this mascara: I feel it makes my eyes look less muddy, with more of the glassy sparkle (the same look people have when they are starving or high. Yes I know this makes me sound twisted, but I feel models always have that lusty sparkle in their eyes during fashion week presentations, as the macarons get passed up and  around during the shows,  and they have to stand there giving good face, desperately low on blood sugar). That about-to-pass out sheen in the eyes is what I'm after. I know I could give up eating (oh how I've flirted with that idea for hours, only to indulge in a porky bowl of ramen, or the sugary chewy pillow donuts I bought yesterday...)-- anyway enough of my porno thoughts about food. I feel this particular shade of purple makes my brown eyes more nuanced than a black mascara. That is the bottom line. I will keep it, and use it as my backup-in-my-purse mascara, to be smudged about in one of those inevitable after work cocktails scenarios. 

My advice about buying it: If you feel black mascara is too obvious and vulgar for your looks, this plum shade will be perfect for you. It really does nothing but thicken my lashes (ie, it doesn't frame my eyes like black mascara does) but I feel it makes my brown eyes look somewhat less boring. Subtly. It's demure, despite the exciting name, and it starts to clump at the 3rd coat. 

Only buy it if you're looking for a mascara adventure. If you want a real purple, try YSL Faux Cils in Violet, which is much more exciting. 

Overall: M-E-H, ladyfriends. 

Kisses!

S.