(Updated on the 28th of May, 2008)

Every woman at least once in her life called a quest for her very own perfect mascara. After long years of search and analysis, the day of announcing the names of our finalists of the “Best Mascara” quest has come, please meet:

4. Lancome Fatale Mascara

“Mascara that boosts spectacular performance”

Lancome’s Fatale is recognized as the best mascara by professional make-up artists.

Experts’ Opinion:
“…Fatale built up my lashes like nothing I’d ever used before. They were thick, lush, and very, very black, without that Tammy Faye look. Fatale has lasted through entire humid days… I am in love!” - says the celebrity blogger Beauty Addict.

“…if it’s length you’re after, it’s all about Fatale… Girls, this mascara is so potent, so dramatically lengthening, that your lashes will seem to touch your brows…” - says the celebrity blogger Tia Williams from Shake Your Beauty.

Description:
Patented 3D Comb gives exceptional filling power. From the first application Super coating formula with Filtex delivers a fine, strong mesh on lash to plump it up. The Plump Wax Complex leaves lashes perfectly coated & maintains fluid texture. A single stroke creates absolute volume to sculpt & plump lashes. Lancome Fatale enhances a glamorous look of your eyes for all day long.

Our Opinion:
What you should know is that it will take you some time to get used to this 3D comb, but after you do - there is nothing like Fatale! :) As for the rest, every word of the description is true.

Usual Complaints:
- high price

Best Price: $21.00 on Amazon.com

3. Lancome Hypnose Mascara

“Custom Volume Mascara”

Expert’s Opinion:
“…I’m the type of girl who has always been searching for that perfect mascara, and I finally found it! I wont switch to anything else, ever! I have long lashes, but thin and when wearing this mascara I get compliment after compliment, who wouldn’t want that?” says Kiley Kuchler.

Description:
Dare to go up to 6 times the volume. With each stroke, the patented POWERFULL™ brush intensifies lashes from root to tip. Exclusive, fluid SoftSculpt ™ formula, enriched with Vitamin B5, wraps lashes one luxurious layer at a time without smearing, smudging or clumping.

Our opinion:
The mascara is perfect for creating the volume AND the length, it also separates lashes greatly.

Usual Complaints:
- in some women’s eye lashes it clumps, so we strongly recommend you try it before purchasing.
- high price

Best Price: $22.00 on Amazon.com

2. Dior Diorshow Mascara

“Dior’s best mascara ever”
DiorShow was named Best Overall Mascara in InStyle magazine’s “148 best beauty buys” (April 2007 issue, p. 460).

Expert’s Opinion:
“Dior’s DiorShow Mascara is as close to perfect as I have ever used…” - says DrDevience

Description:
Dior Diorshow is Dior’s cult-fave, super volumizing, lengthening, and curling mascara. It creates the longest, thickest, curviest lashes ever, resulting in an ultra-glam “just-off-the-catwalk” look.

Our Opinion:
Dior Diorshow is a good mascara, but it does not work for everyone (for me personally it did not work, would not recommend to women with short and thin eye lashes, it makes them look sad…). Those women for whom Diorshow worked, had the highest opinion on it. They said the brush was huge and it made their lashes look incredible, long, well separated, with a lot of volume and curl…

Usual Complaints:
- it smudges after a couple of hours (so it might not be recommended for those with oily skin).
- it was not “great”, as the commercial promised, but it was just a “good mascara”.
We do recommend you try it before purchasing just to see if Dior Diorshow is the right mascara for you.

Average Price: $27.50 on Amazon.com

1. Chanel Inimitable

Mascara Multidimensionnel

Expert’s Opinion:

“Chanel Inimitable is by far the best mascara I ever tried! I’ve been using it for over a year now and applying it is the best part of my daily makeup routine - I just know that this mascara makes my lashes look their best every day. I love it!” says my best friend and beauty expert Laura K.

Description:

Now, in a single stroke, CHANEL sets a new standard in mascara with a formula that does it all. A sophisticated formula and unique brush design combine to lengthen, plump and curl, delivering lush, long-wearing colour so precisely that each lash, even the finest, is perfectly defined and separated.

Our Opinion:

Being a make-up junkie I tried it all from Maybelline for $2.99 to DiorShow for $40 (that’s what they charge for it in Moscow, can you believe it!?). But Chanel Inimitable beats them all! Just like the ad says, with the first stroke you get the lashes you’ve always wanted! But of course you will need an eye lash curler before or after you apply the mascara. Your lashes will be spectacular, if you always thought that you had thin and not pretty eye lashes, this is the mascara to prove you wrong, it will make them look gorgeous!

Usual Complaints:

- if you are looking for a very dramatic look and very thick eye lashes - that’s not the right mascara for you, it gives a natural look to the eye lashes (as in the ad of Chanel Inimitable below).
- very pricey

Average Price: $27.50 at Chanel.com

So, there you go, dear beauties, the best 3 mascaras there are in existence to choose from to get those beautiful lashes of yours even thicker and longer! :)