L’Oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara Wasn’t Love At First Swipe

At first, I hated L’Oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara – to put it lightly. I almost threw it out. Now, I choose it everyday over every other mascara I own.

My first mistake was attempting to use this mascara like I’d use any others I’d ever used. But after taking one look at the small, spiked wand, you realize that a different approach is needed.

To love Telescopic Explosion, you must learn how to work it, brush included. Even the thick, potentially clumpy formula I’ve learned to work to my advantage.

The formula, along with manipulation of the brush, gives me the most volume and lash separation I’ve ever experienced from a mascara. If you have naturally long or thick lashes, L’Oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara could easily give you a serious false-lash look.

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3 Great Lengthening Mascaras

This season is all about long, natural lashes. Trade up your false lashes in honor of lengthening your own lashes with one of these fabulous lengthening mascaras.

CoverGirl Lash Blast Length

If you loved the CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume Blasting mascara, you’ll love Lash Blast Length. The “Elasta-Nylon” formula and CoverGirl’s longest mascara wand ever work to build longer lashes with a bit of added volume as well. I love that there is absolutely no clumping when I use this mascara.

Maybelline Lash Stiletto

You’ll recognize this mascara instantly due to the fact that the tube much resembles the heel of a black stiletto pump. The long and skinny “Grip & Extend” brush works to grab every lash. Maybelline Lash Stiletto does a great job of adding length to the lashes but I prefer to use it on the tips of my lashes only on top of a separate volumizing mascara, as Lash Stiletto adds nothing in the way of volume.

Lancome L’Extreme

When it comes to mascara, Lancome never disappoints. The formulas never dry my lashes and always perform exactly the way they should. L’Extreme lengthening mascara is no exception. I like to layer it on the tips of my lashes on top of Lancome Hynose Volumizing Mascara and watch as L’Extreme builds fiber after fiber of length. It’s my favorite lengthening mascara by far.

Maybelline Lash Stiletto Mascara for Sky High Lashes

For those of us that crave lash length over volume, Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara will give you just that — and lots of it. Coat after coat of Lash Stiletto builds more length to your lashes and there is no clumping. Lash Stiletto mascara seems to coat every single lash evenly, probably due to the long, tapered brush with skinny bristles.

So, Maybelline Lash Stiletto does what it boasts and costs less than $10. I call it a steal. That, and take a look at how cool the tube is — it looks like the heel of my patent black pumps!