
About this product
A volumizing mascara with a felt-tip pen applicator, available in black (Jet) and brown (Drift) shades, designed to lengthen and define lashes without flaking or smudging.
Full ingredients
Water/Aqua/Eau, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax/Cera Carnauba/Cire De Carnauba, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Stearyl Esters, Synthetic Wax, VP/VA Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Palmitic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil Unsaponifiables, Aminomethyl Propanol, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polyimide-1, Galactoarabinan, Rhus Succedanea Fruit Wax, Shorea Robusta Resin, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Lecithin, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid, Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Ultramarines (Ci 77007)
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What the gurus are saying
This mascara delivers immediate length and definition straight from the tube without needing to pump, earning consistent praise for its gentle removal and reliable hold in humidity. The felt-tip applicator applies beautifully, though some find the brown shade less effective at catching all lashes compared to black. One caveat: as the tube dries out toward the end, it can turn slightly clumpy, and some people find it polarising, so patch-testing first may help you know which camp you fall into.
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Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.
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Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.
A volumizing mascara with a felt-tip pen applicator, available in black (Jet) and brown (Drift) shades, designed to lengthen and define lashes without flaking or smudging.
Mostly yes. 8 of the 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 92%.
Tower 28 Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara holds a Guru Score of 92%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.
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