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Lash Clash mascara.

YSL Lash Clash mascara
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About this product

A volumising mascara from YSL designed to deliver full, curled lashes with intense colour and definition.

Full ingredients

Guru Score

77%

Yay

4 experts · Moderate agreement
4Gurus
3Yay
1Mixed
0Nay

What they liked

  • Delivers volume and curl
  • Wand with fibers for dramatic lashes
  • Travel size available

What they flagged

  • Wand is large and can get messy

What the gurus are saying

This mascara earns consistent praise for delivering serious volume and curl, especially when layered or paired with a lash primer beforehand. The brush is notably large, which creators love for reaching and separating lashes but note can feel a bit messy in application. One dermatologist uses it as a base layer under black mascara rather than alone. Most who reach for it do so precisely because they want dramatic, statement lashes, not a subtle finish.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take June 2026

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Yay
"This is from YSL. It's a little travel size of Lash Clash. I've loved Lash Clash forever. [...] Isn't this mascara so good by the way? Look at that. I was so happy to get this. This was like in one of my Sephora orders and I was like yes. I love a travel size. I love bringing it back. Reminding me why I love YSL Lash Clash so much."
Mixed
"I always start off with YSL's Lash Clash in the number four blue. I look a bit whackadoo because I'm too pale to use it, so then I go in with a black mascara on top."
Yay
"The YSL Lash Clash Mascara is a beefy mascara. The wand is so huge so it can get a little messy, but it's the combo I'm wearing on my lashes today, paired with the Dior lash primer. It was one of my favorite combo discoveries thanks to Nikki and Lisa, [...] and I'm so glad I picked it up."
All 5 takes from Allie Glines
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"I'm going to follow that up with the YSL Lash Clash Mascara. This duo just really packs a punch so I want something really intense today."
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"The lash primer is on now we'll apply that same mascara. Wow, my lashes feel so curled. I'm pretty sure it was the primer that kind of set the stage but wow, my lashes feel very very curled."
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"I'm going to use my intense lash combo starting with the Dior lash primer and then we're going to go in with the YSL Lash Clash Mascara. I'm going to really layer this up."
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"I'm going to layer up the YSL Lash Clash Mascara. With all this eyeliner I wanted quite a bit of mascara, so a voluminous mascara too, and I felt like this one would be perfect especially when paired with the lash primer."
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"The YSL Lash Clash Mascara is a beefy mascara. The wand is so huge so it can get a little messy, but it's the combo I'm wearing on my lashes today, paired with the Dior lash primer. It was one of my favorite combo discoveries thanks to Nikki and Lisa, [...] and I'm so glad I picked it up."
Yay
"This is YSL Lash Clash. I like the brush. I like that it gives you fibers and oomph. I need oomph. I don't want discreet mild lashes. What is the point?"
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All 5 takes from Caroline Hirons
Chats with C: Sarah Jossel - Sunday Times Beauty Director-At-Large | Caroline Hirons
"I'm YSL Lash Clash. I want full, as we would say up north, I want full slag lashes."
Q1 Empties | Caroline Hirons
"YSL Lash Clash, as always. These are both dried up, I wouldn't be surprised if the Sahara Desert fell out of this. I need volume and bristle. I don't want just a sleek mascara. My eyelashes are like shop shutters. I need them curled, and then I need to go in quickly with waterproof. I love both of these. I use them all the time."
Chats with C: Suzy Griffin Dunne - Founder of Hildun Beauty | Caroline Hirons
"Probably the YSL Lash Clash Mascara, on my lashes as we speak, waterproof, and it's the number one seller in YSL and Harrods generally. I'll go to the beauty counters and my first question is always what's your number one seller, and [...] she said Lash Clash, yeah, can't keep it in stock."
May Empties | Caroline Hirons
"This is YSL Lash Clash. I like the brush. I like that it gives you fibers and oomph. I need oomph. I don't want discreet mild lashes. What is the point?"
Chats with C: Victoria Magrath - Founder of ByFrow | Caroline Hirons
"I'd go with YSL's Lash Clash. Beautiful, can't go wrong."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Alpha hydroxy acids

Alpha hydroxy acids loosen the bonds holding dead cells at the surface. The evidence supports smoother texture and more even tone over time, and they can leave skin more sensitive to sun.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is YSL Lash Clash mascara?

A volumising mascara from YSL designed to deliver full, curled lashes with intense colour and definition.

Is YSL Lash Clash mascara worth it?

Mostly yes. 3 of the 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is YSL Lash Clash mascara's Guru Score?

YSL Lash Clash mascara holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.

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