Revlon Double Twist Mascara.

I was recently kindly sent this mascara to review by Revlon. I have not been paid for my views, and my reviews are always honest. 

This is the latest "revolutionary brush"... a hybrid of a traditional thickening brush, and a separating comb;

 
The black bits are the brush.... the red bits are the comb... Revlon claim this combination produces "Massive Volume and Remarkable Definition."

It is available in black, blackest black, blackened brown and blackened ruby, as well as a waterproof version - a tube will set you back £8.31, although at the moment, Superdrug have a 3 for 2 across all makeup ranges. 



In theory, this mascara really should offer the best of all worlds... something to please the fans of both combs and brushes... can such a thing really be possible!?

At first glance I quite like the packaging for this mascara... shiny and red, a nice change from the standard black tubes. The opening of the tube is really wide as the brush is a whopper. This inevitably means that the mascara is likely to dry up quite quickly. 

Speaking of the brush...

This shows one of the other issues with the mascara - how much product is actually on this brush? A LOT, thats how much. This means it requires lots of awkward attempts to scrape product off the brush and back into the tube. Which lets be honest, is a total pain - it's also almost impossible because the comb bit is so stiff its not flexible enough to scrape the excess back into the tube.

Of course, non of this is important if the mascara actually gives good results... so without further ado...

Lashes Before;

 

And After;

I have to say, I am not massively impressed with this mascara - I think it looks really clumpy, and the brush is so large it is almost impossible to get into smaller lashes at all. You can see the clumping in particular on the lower lashes. The brush is so big, I've managed to get a nice big blob on my eyeball... In addition to this, the size of the brush makes this quite messy to apply, so its prone to making a mess on the skin on both the upper and lower lashes - I've used this a few times now, and had to do the old "makeup remover on a cotton bud" cleanup. I have also noticed that this is prone to melt down - I applied this and then did some housework, following which I looked in the mirror, and I resembled a panda - It was literally halfway down my face! No good in a club then...

I really had high hopes for this mascara, but sadly, it failed to live up to any of my expectaions - so unfortunately I can't recommend this one - it was great in theory, but not so good in practice!

Have you tried this? Had better luck?