Review: Poundland Chit Chat Mascara

I always love visiting Poundland to see what sort of things they have in stock makeup wise and usually always buy random items that I could most definitely live without and that I didn't even know existed before hand (I'm talking about you Rimmel Colour Mousse that I love looking at but haven't actually used). Every time I step into a cheap shop like Home Bargains, B and M and Savers I lose all sense of financial stability and develop a mindset that if I don't buy the product I'll end up regretting it when it's out of stock.

I'm going to be talking about Poundland's own mascara from their range Chit Chat which is a permanent feature in store that offers a variety of makeup products. I've only tried a few products, like their lipsticks and gel eyeliner, but the 'Lash Building Mascara' is an item I have repurchased about three or four times since first trying it and always find myself going back to even when I buy more expensive mascaras.

I really like the wand on on this mascara, I'm usually quite picky about mascara wands; I don't like them to be too thin and make my eyelashes all spidery but I don't like them to be too big to properly brush through my eyelashes. I find the wand perfect both in terms of shape and size and, when I use a different mascara and I feel unhappy with the outcome, I always use the Chit Chat brush to try and reshape them and lessen the visual damage caused hawhaw.

I find the formula both thickening and lengthening which I love, because, even though I don't like lengthening mascaras, I still want my eyelashes to be longer than they are but for the focus to be on the volume. I find it to be quite unusual in that if I get in the shower with the mascara on it comes off in really soft clumps instead of just running down my face and so it makes it a lot easier to take off after. Once you let one coat of it dry however it's kind of unmovable even if you run the brush through them again so it's best to get the shape and look you want while it's just been applied.

My face can get quite oily and, with mostly all of the mascaras I've ever used, I always end up with black smudges under my bottom eyelashes from the mascara but, with this one, it literally leaves only a tiny amount of smudging it's barely even noticeable so I love using this for my bottom eyelashes as well. I don't think it's even smudging it leaves but more like flecks of the mascara.

I took this picture of my eye at the end of the day and as you can see there's only a few specks of mascara underneath my bottom eyelashes that can easily be wiped away with a cotton bud. Considering the heat in England at the minute as well the mascara has done well to hardly budge or flake at all.

The writing on the tube pretty much rubs off after a few uses leaving you with just a plain pink tube which I suppose could be a downside for the product but for me personally, I don't mind.

I really think this mascara is amazing and if the price was raised higher than £1 (which I doubt it will because it defeats the whole object of POUNDland so it was pointless even contemplating a price change) I would still buy it because it works so well for me. I have tried this on my mum who has shorter and thinner eyelashes than me and it doesn't work in the same way for her so I can't say it'll be everyone's favourite but it's definitely worth a try considering the price.

Have you tried any products from the Chit Chat range? I'm thinking I may dig out the lipstick of theirs that I've severely neglected and am also tempted to buy a blusher to try out even though I have way too many already.

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