The brushes: The OG They’re Real! brush had an hourglass shape with long plastic bristles and a custom-domed tip that targets tiny lashes. In contrast, the new They’re Real! Magnet brush is straight and has much shorter plastic bristles that easily grab lashes and allow you to get right to the root. About the brand: Benefit Cosmetics is known for its best-selling mascaras, primers, bronzers, and eyebrow products. About My Lashes: Average length but disappear on camera For full disclosure, I’m a big and bold lash type gyal. In fact, I like my lashes as dramatic as a good Hollywood movie, with a touch of reality of course. However, I hate faffing with falsies, so I spend a lot of time hunting for new mascaras that will give me maximum volume and curl with minimal effort. I’m a fan of Benefit mascaras and my expectations were very high, because if we’re talking ‘They’re Real!’ but better, I know we are about to hit iconic grounds. Lashes look long and lifted; Benefit did an instrumental test on 21 women and the results were that lashes looked 40% longer! The proof is in the picture too, scroll to the team review section for my own before and after to see the effect for yourself.

When it comes to mascara, I look for something lengthening, curling and that doesn’t smudge throughout the day. The wear: Our lashes stayed looking full and lifted all day, and the formula never felt dry, heavy, or uncomfortable. However, the formula does tend to smudge. When we baked under our eyes, we didn’t see any smudging along the lower lash line until after about six hours, but when we didn’t set our makeup with powder, we did see more smudging after just a few hours. If you tend not to have oily skin, then you might not have any smudging at all.lylag10 Good mascara Benefit Cosmetics' They're Real! Magnet Extreme Lengthening Mascara is well-regarded for its lengthening and separating properties, making it a suitable choice for those who desire dramatic, well-defined lashes. If you prioritize length and separation in your mascara, this product may be worth trying to achieve an eye-catching lash look.

The next in a line of legendary mascaras, we can say with surety that the all-new { They’re Real! Magnet Extreme Lengthening & Powerful Lifting Mascara} is destined for icon status. Chances are if you tried the original They’re Real! Lengthening Mascara, you may find it hard to believe that it could get any better (our thoughts exactly…) but the brains behind Benefit have done the impossible! lala1211 Excited at first but then....raccoon eyes :( The product really made my lashes pop and look much more dramatic and full but then literally after about 30 minutes of just getting dressed, I noticed it started to flake and add it some major raccoon eyes underneath and I was so disappointed. The brush is sharp but I feel like that was super helpful to get the application right. But just to have that small bit of time of great lashes wasn't worth it to me :(

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What it is: An extreme lengthening mascara that uses a magnetically charged brush, which pulls the magnetic, mineral-enriched formula up and out beyond the tips of your lashes. The formula is designed to be water-resistant, lightweight, buildable, and claims to give 36 hours of wear without smudging or flaking. While the brush's magnetic center is a standout feature (they're actually working to patent the technology in the EU and the U.S.), there are a few other design characteristics worth pointing out. The mascara's custom-engineered brush also boasts soft zig-zag bristles that allow it to comfortably glide through your lashes and lift them. The development team also spent time innovating the mascara's wiper. Customized to the brush, you're guaranteed to get the right amount of product on the brush every time you pull it out of the tube, without having to worry about mess, excess, or clumps.

The force of the magnet is subtle, so you can't feel it working — but you can see the results immediately. I usually spend loads of time trying to get my brush into every little nook and cranny of my eye, but the magnetic pull of this formula against the brush does all of that for me. So not only do my lashes look longer and fuller than normal, I can get them that way in a fraction of the time. yes! As you can see my from my picture, it gave me length and body. I’m wondering where all of those lashes hiding?The length it gave my lashes, it was like magic! Where did they come from? I genuinely believe the effect this mascara gives is like an LVL lash lift! We were immediately impressed with the formula and how effortlessly it coated our lashes. Even after layering it through our lashes just a few times, we had impressive length. It also kept our lashes well separated, and they didn’t clump together. We have BIG beauty news; Benefit, the UK’s number 1 premium mascara brand has a new launch! The best-selling they’re Real! range, known for its ‘lashes beyond belief’ formulas, is welcoming a new product to its line-up, and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before! Drumroll please (and a sharp intake of breath) for the Benefit They’re Real Magnet Extreme Lengthening & Powerful Lifting Mascara.

A mascara that lengthens and provides volume that isn’t clumpy; spidery-looking lashes give me the shudders! That you can create long lashes with just the right amount of volume in just a few swipes. It’s foolproof. Aqua (Water), Cera Alba (Beeswax), Paraffin, Polybutene, Vp/Eicosene Copolymer, Glyceryl Stearate, Acrylates Copolymer, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Steareth-21, Palmitic Acid, Pvp, Stearic Acid, Silica, Pentylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Steareth-2, Aminomethyl Propanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Polysorbate 60. [+/-: Ci 19140 (Yellow 5, Yellow 5 Lake), Ci 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), Ci 77007 (Ultramarines), Ci 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride), Ci 77288 (Chromium Oxide Greens), Ci 77289 (Chromium Hydroxide Green), Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77510 (Ferric Ferrocyanide, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide), Ci 77742 (Manganese Violet), Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)]. N° 14247/AIf you have sparse lashes and want lots of volume, this might not become your go-to mascara as it doesn’t add crazy volume (just plenty of length!). However, you can always try layering this with a volumizing formula to build up the intensity. Magnets are usually heavy, but this magnet mascara is light as air. When applied, you can barely feel the lightweight formula, which is why lashes stay lifted all day long. And I haven't even mentioned the other innovative thing about this mascara: the "wiper." Do you ever pull a mascara brush from its tube and think, "Holy shit, that's way too much," so you've got to wipe half of it off? For They're Real! Magnet Mascara, Benefit made the opening of its tube slightly smaller than necessary so that it scrapes away all the excess product from the brush as it's being pulled out. The nifty magnetic mineral-enriched formula is what steals the show in this mascara. The innovative ingredient works with the magnetically charged brush core to lengthen lashes by 40% for 36 hours.