Smashbox X-Rated Mascara – Product Review

by Cherryl Bruedigam

Love this product, and I do not say that lightly. It worked surprisingly well for such a small tube because I have the travel size. 

I had concerns that the brush would be too small but it is not. It goes on great and is lengthening.

Since I have been using this product (about two weeks) I have cried with it on and I have gotten something in my eye and my eye poured with water and I thought, oh no, my mascara will be ruined. Not so. After each incident, there was zero smudging and it was still in tact. I was amazed. It does not smudge nor smear nor flake nor clump. Although they do carry a waterproof brand, this is not it so that makes it double amazing.

I have always been picky about mascara. There are some beauty products that you can fudge by on with  the quality but mascara is not one of them. I am picky about the formula but even more so about the brushes. The last three or four tubes I have tried were very disappointing. I tend to stick with Revlon because I know what I am getting but even then there are only one or two types of Revlon that I will use. It is difficult to venture out into the territory of new mascaras. The Smashbox brush did not disappoint even though it did not look as large as brushes I generally prefer, it is not small either. It has three sets of brush lines that spiral around it so that it is really able to work into the lashes and the mascara itself is wetter than some and it really goes on well.

The final test for me will be how long the product lasts in the tube. I live in the dry desert mountains of the southwest and it seems that my mascara dries out so much more quickly here. I go through tubes like wildfire, seriously, a tube lasts about two months. Whereas when I lived in more humid climates, I rarely finished a tube before it just got old and I threw it out. So I am hoping since this is a wetter formula (and I say that in a good sense, not a bad sense) that it will last longer that what I am experiencing with other brands.

That’s it; pretty simple. Not much more to say about mascara; mascara and brush. This product works great. It retails for $22 at their website in several different options. Is it worth the money? I would say yes, absolutely, if you are picky about mascara, have the budget and are looking for a high quality product.