I am a mascara aficionado. A quick coat of mascara wakes up tired eyes, brightens up your face even if it’s the only makeup you decide to put on. The problem I have with most mascara’s is that most of them clump up my eyelashes, and even with an eyelash comb getting the clumps out is difficult. Also I have short eyelashes so I need a mascara that lengthens and gives my skimpy lashes volume.

This is why I took great interest in the Maybelline display in my local drugstore promoting its new Define-A-Lash Mascara. What first attracted me was the case, a metallic green that looks both modern and futuristic. The second thing that attracted me was the bold claims this product made.

Maybelline claims their new mascara is 0 clumps. Yes, you heard that correctly zero clumps. I have heard these claims of no clump mascara and the results always disappointed me.

This new mascara has a built in wiper, which Maybelline’s website claims “removes excess formula ensuring clean deposit on lashes.” They also claim “no smudging, smearing or flaking.” This is because of the flexible wand that ensures even distribution of the mascara.

All of these claims I read with hope and wonder. Could this be possible? The mascara I have been searching for? I had to find out.

Once I got home I ripped the packaging apart to test the mascara. Upon pulling the wand out I was a little disappointed as it appeared that built in wiper wiped all the mascara off the wand. Was I wrong? Definitely.

This mascara glides onto your lashes with such ease it’s remarkable. It coated every single lash, even the tiny ones in the upper corners of my eyes. Any clumping? NONE.

Then onto the second test, the bottom lashes. With any mascara I have tried in the past, the effect it has is to fuse my lower lashes together into huge pointy clumps. Again using the funky green wand I coated the bottom lashes to individual perfection, with no clumping.

The final test which was not done intentionally was falling asleep forgetting to remove the mascara (please do not try this home, although not dangerous, you should always remove makeup prior to retiring to bed).

When I woke up the next morning I was terrified I’d have raccoon eyes as is typical when falling asleep with mascara. But once again there were no signs at all. It looked as if I had just applied the mascara. No smudging, smearing or flaking.

This mascara lengthened my lashes and defined them with zero clumps. It lived up to its claims. I believe that this is one of the best mascara’s available today at a very reasonable price.