Welcome to my beauty blog where I will upload make up reviews that I've personally tried and tested on my own face for a period of time. For those who are new to my page, Hi! I'm Hanisah 😋
Today I'm gonna talk about a product that totally amazed me. It is called BAD Gal Bang! Benefit Mascara. You have to know that I have super short and very very VERY stubborn eyelashes. Yup, I typed it correctly. VERY. Stubborn. Lashes. I don't get it why a lot of my friends can easily curl their lashes with any type of mascara and I can't. It's like no matter how hard I try even after curling my lashes, my lashes will turn straight within a few minutes. Some may say the mascara itself is heavy, that's why the curled lashes can't remain curled. I was honestly giving up on mascara when I heard so much hype on this BAD Gal.
This mascara have won it's respectable place in my make up bag. I was skeptical. I thought this must be one of those gimmick that will just tempt people to buy with its unique packaging. I didn't know what got into me (probably one of my boyfriend's comments about how straight and downwards looking that my lashes is 😜). So I end up picking the travel size version as I won't want to waste my money on something that will give me the same result like the other mascara out there. Furthermore, mascara is only supposed to be kept no longer than 6 months max. Somehow that's their expiry length to be kept for better result but with all other mascara, I will keep them until they officially go dry on me. HEHE!! Anyway. . .
This is how the mascara looks like. The packaging itself looks very fancy and unique with its design on the bottle. I love touching the bottle to be honest.
Here's a look at the mascara wand. As you can see from this picture above, it pretty much look like a normal wand. This travel size would have 4g of product and the original size would have 8.5g. That's like twice the amount. Personally for me, I don't put on mascara on a daily basis. So the travel size is a perfect fit to my lifestyle. I'm an eyeliner type of girl by the way. 😁
So let's have a look at what this mascara promises you.
BADgal BANG! 36-HOUR* FULL-BLAST volumising 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. Its custom big Slimpact! brush is streamlined to reach root-to-tip, corner-to-corner, upper & lower lashes for BIG VOLUME WITH 360° REACH!Very promising I would say. Look at the bottom picture of me with the mascara.
*instrumental test on 21 women
- Smudge-proof, water-resistant, volumising mascara
- 90% saw dramatic volume**
- 94% said it instantly lifted lashes**
- 92% said it lengthened lashes**
- ProVitamin B5 known to fuel thickness & strength
This is me wearing only 1 coat of mascara over my curled lashes. Amazing right?! During the period when I was putting that one coat, I was seriously shocked at my lashes. IT CURLED!! IT TOTALLY LOOKED LONG AND CURLED!! O M G ! There is hope for my lashes!! YAY!!
WARNING WARNING!! When you want to apply the mascara, always remove the excess product on the wand. The wand tends to pick up A LOT of product. Some people use tissue to remove the excess but I find it wasteful to do so, because as you know, mascara is pricey. So what I did was I will scrap the wand off the excess at the mouth of the bottle. That way, if you were to put back the wand into the bottle, the excess product will follow. That's just how I do it, you can do it however you're comfortable with 😄
As you can see from the picture, it totally promised. . .
1. Volumizing lashes (dramatic lashes even!!)
2. Very very VERY pigmented
3. definitely lifted my lashes all the way which I'm super damn proud of!
4. totally lengthen my short lashes!
The only con I have for this mascara is that this mascara tend to rub off on my lower lash line as I have watery eyes. Thus, it always leave me with a dark, tiny patch of darkness on my lower lash line. But it's okay. I'm forgiving this product because this BAD Gal is about the only mascara that could lift my stubborn lashes.
As you can see from the above picture, this was taken at the end of the day while I was waiting for a cab with my boyfriend around town. Look at how my lashes can still be curled after hours of applying it!! 😍😍 I can't remember how long I had this mascara on to be honest but I do know that it's not 8 hours of wear time. But even so, this product held up so well compared to other mascara in the market.
Did I mention that Benefit is well known for their brows and mascaras? Yup! Maybe that's why I don't mind giving it a shot because once upon a time, I used wear their They're Real! Mascara. That mascara makes my lashes look like I had falsies! But I didn't. I'm not sure if I can find that picture with that mascara though. The downside of that mascara turn me off big time to why I stop using that product. That They're Real! Mascara is so hard to remove even when I used different types of make up remover. By the time I get to finally remove the mascara, a whole lot of my lashes is on the make up remover cotton 😭 My lashes is already so short, with that mascara, I will think soon I'm left with no lashes! That's was why I stop using them.
So here comes my conclusion to Benefit BAD Gal Bang! Mascara.
1. Would I recommend this mascara?
YES!! Especially towards people who are convinced that they can't curl their lashes, maybe this would be their game changer.
2. Does this mascara last for long hours?
yes, they do. I once wore it from 8am until 10pm, and the product still lift my lashes even though it's past the expiry timing (eg. 8 hours long wear time).
3. Is the price worth buying?
It depends. The travel size cost $21 for 4g and $42 for 8.5g. If you compare the travel size price to drugstore's mascara, I would say it IS pricey for a small bottle.
I guess that's it for this review.
Do let me know if you wish for me to review any product.
Till then! 💗
