From The Beauty Brains Forum Member: Purple Rules
Neutrogena has introduced two new products that promise to make you look great and to improve the condition of your skin and lashes as well. I tried out the Healthy Volume Mascara
Super-size it
The mascara promises to give you 400% fuller lashes and to moisturize, protect and improve the condition of your lashes. 400% fuller lashes! Even professional athletes only promise 110 %. They say “the exclusive super sized Visible Volume Brush quickly coats and builds every single lash.” The brush certainly is super sized. It’s on the far left in the picture and is clearly larger than any of the other brushes. The mascara contains Olive, Meadowfoam Seed and Sweet Almond Oil, which “penetrate lashes on all dimensions to moisturize, protect and improve the condition of lashes” and rinses clean with water.
Big brush
The proof is in the pudding, of course; what really matters is how it applies and how it wears. The super sized brush made applying the mascara a challenge at first but gave me soft, natural looking eyelashes. The mascara didn’t clump or smudge and still looked great at the end of the day. I wasn’t able to remove it with water alone but it came off easily with a little help from a gentle cleanser. One coat resulted in a nice, natural look. Two coats gave me a little more oomph without getting clumpy or spidery. I don’t think my lashes were 400% fuller but I don’t own calipers so I can’t be sure.
Eye conditioner
The eye shadow duos are “the next evolution in eye shadow.” They contain a multi-vitamin complex that is “clinically proven to condition the delicate skin around the eye.” Each duo contains a coordinated base and accent color. The colors are sheer and easy to apply. I tried “Sweet Dusk” (a great color if you have green eyes) and “Iced Coffee.” They’re not highly pigmented and appear much lighter on. They stayed on well when I used a primer underneath but when I tried to build up the color for a more dramatic effect, I had problems with creasing.
Healthy and wholesome
Both products give you a healthy, natural look that’s entirely in keeping with Neutrogena’s wholesome image. I don’t know if my lashes and the skin around my eyes are healthier then before but both products apply easily and stay on well. They also wash off easily, which is important. There’s nothing more frustrating then watching your lashes go down the drain along with your makeup. You’re not going to achieve a dramatic evening look with these products but that’s not what we’ve come to expect from Neutrogena.
The mascara sells for 7.99 and the eye shadow duos sell for 8.49.
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I agree about this mascara…once I got the hang of the brush the product seemed to work well for me. No…it doesn’t come off with just water but pretty well with cold cream.
I have to disagree, actually. I found the mascara to be really clumpy. I look like I had three very large lashes because they all just sort of glued together. And if you’re looking for 400% fuller lashes (like I was) then the subtleness of a “natural” look isn’t really the goal. I was so disappointed.
I recently purchased a Neutrogena Healthy Volume Mascara at a local drug store. The mascara did an “OK” job volumizing my lashes. The real problem was washing it off my face…or even washing my face at all! If I apply the mascara then wash my face later, it gets in my eyes and stings like crazy! I’ve never had a mascara that made my eyes so red before! If I were you I would save your money (and the pain) and buy a different mascara!
I’ve tried both the Healthy Volume Mascara and the Nourishing Eye Duo, and really like them both. The mascara makes my lashes look gorgeous, and since I started using it, I’ve noticed that my lashes seem healthier – they don’t seem to break as much, so are starting to look nice & even, even if I’m not wearing mascara.
The shadows give me a nice, soft, look too, and stay on pretty well throughout the day.
Hello! Neutrogena Healthy volume did not do such a hot job. I would recommend the Rimmel London collection. Absolutely fantastic!
This is the worst mascara ever. It ends up under your eyes in dark smears within an hour of applying it and then you cannot get it off your face. This is really a pain unless you carry around makeup remover which seems ridiculous. The point of wearing this stuff is to look good for at least a few hours, not to have to clean it off and reapply it every hour. Lash Infinity works a lot better. I just wish they would find something that was good for your eyes and skin, and would also have some lasting ability.