When my fellow beauty blogger Nichelle at 55 Secret Street raved about Maybelline’s launch of their vibrating mascara, Pulse Perfection, I was excited. I know there are other vibrating mascara’s out there, but right now they are out of my price range. For just $15, Maybelline’s was right up my alley. So during a recent trip to Walmart this past weekend, I found it in the beauty section a month before I expected to find it on shelves. I was ecstatic and scooped it right up. So did it work as promised?
I put the brush to my lashes and pressed the button. Tickle-city! The weird sensation of my eyelashes buzzing made me want to blink right away, especially when trying to get those tiny lashes closer to the inside corner of my 
eye. One application and I barely noticed any difference in my lashes. Two applications and it was slightly more noticeable, but not the amount of coverage that I typically like. I did notice, however, that it easily separated my lashes. Three, four, five…finally my lashes were more noticeable and dark…yet very 
clumpy. They didn’t seem to separate as well either. And no you can’t see the mascara wand vibrating, but you sure can feel it.
I would love to hear if you had better luck. I’m willing to give Maybelline’s Pulse Perfection Vibrating Mascara a few more tries and if I get different results then I will update this review. So what do you think when you look at these pictures? Too clumpy? Or do they look Ok to you?
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I think that it doesn’t separate your lashes enough for what I would expect from the vibrations, let alone need you to go over them 4 or 5 times to see results just to get clumpiness.
I had higher hopes for this, but mine went back to Wal-mart.
I feel better now, thanks ~~
I have to admit that I do actually LOVE one of the Maybelline mascaras: Full & Soft Waterproof — it meets all my criteria — doesn’t irritate my contacts, is waterproof, doesn’t smudge or run for at least 9 hours, and is easy to remove. Jennifer Love Hewitt (I think?) did a print ad for them for it a while back and was interviewed and said that those were her real lashes and that the make-up artist actually separated them using a pin — one at a time. Scary.
Your lashes look great!
(If MINE were that long
more guys’d ask me to date!)
BTW:
As far as the ‘clumps’ others mentioned, a lash comb would just add a finishing touch.
AND:
Does this run on a battery? Does the battery last as long as the mascara?
Its alright, pretty cheap though. Just like you said its very clumpy and doesnt spred well. The brush itself isnt to good either, if you hadent noticed.