Elf Lash Tint Mascara ($4 eyeslipsface.com) is part of the brand new Beautifully Bare collection that Elf released a few weeks ago (see my post on all of the new products here). Beautifully Bare is all about "makeup so flawless it looks like you are not even wearing makeup". I purchased all of the products in the line for review, and being the mascara junkie that I am, I decided to test out the Lash Tint mascara first.
Lash Tint Mascara comes in a beautiful, sleek silver tube that's a nice change from the matte black packaging we're used to seeing from Elf...it looks a bit more upscale and modern.
This mascara creates a flawless look that's beautiful and natural-looking. This innovative and revolutionary applicator expertly combs and coats every individual lash for weightless coverage. The rich formula creates buildable volume from root to tip for fuller-looking lashes. If you want your mascara to work double duty, use a small brush grab the mascara on the applicator and smudge along the lash line as an eyeliner for a more dramatic effect! It's makeup so flawless, it feels like you're not even wearing makeup!
Here's the brush next to Benefit's They're Real for comparison purposes. They're Real has a pretty average sized mascara brush, so you can really see how small Lash Tint's brush is!
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| Elf Lash Tint, Benefit They're Real! |
Here are my before and afters:
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Elf Lash Tint gives your lashes a very subtle, natural look and added some length but not a lot of volume or oomph to my lashes, even when building multiple coats. I found the formula to be very wet and it felt like it took forever to dry, however I didn't have problems with clumping- the tiny brush gave my lashes nice separation. Later in the day, the heaviness of the wet formula seemed to weigh my lashes down a bit, but on the plus side, I didn't notice any smudging or flaking under my eyes.
Overall, I'm not super impressed with Elf Lash Tint. It's very inexpensive but there are many drugstore mascaras I like more than this one. Maybelline's Lash Discovery has a very similar tiny brush and I like that formula a lot better, so if you're looking for a drugstore mascara with a skinny brush, you may want to check that one out instead.
Stay tuned for more reviews of the Elf Beautifully Bare collection!