FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Benefit Fan Fest Fanning Volumising Mascara #Blogmas2024

I got this mascara in a beauty subscription box and thought I would give it ago because I do like some of Benefit's mascaras. This is a mini version I have.

PACKAGING:

Plastic bottle in a cardboard box

CLAIMS:

Fanning out your lashes gives an instant eye-opening effect
Fans out lashes side-to-side, amplifies volume and multiplies the look of lashes
Custom-engineered Full-Flex Fiber Brush features a 40° curve ideal for the lash line, and naturally derived fibers that grab, define and separate lashes evenly
It's buildable and won’t smudge, clump or flake
Provitamin B5 helps lashes feel conditioned
Cranberry Extract, containing beneficial fatty acids, helps lashes feel nourished
Rice Wax helps define and separate lashes and gives long-lasting lift

INGREDIENTS:

Aqua (Water), Cera Alba (Beeswax), Polyacrylate-21, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Stearyl Esters, Vp/Eicosene Copolymer, Polybutene, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Wax, Stearyl Alcohol, Cera Carnauba (Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax), Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Acacia Senegal Gum, Butylene Glycol, Aminomethyl Propanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorphenesin, Hydroxyacetophenone, Trideceth-6 Phosphate, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil, Sodium Dilauramidoglutamide Lysine, Tocopheryl Acetate, Dipropylene Glycol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract. [+/- Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides)]

Bare lashes, as you can see they are very pale and not very noticeable.

Here is one coat on my left lashes (right in the picture), they do look fanned out.

Second coat on my left lashes (right in the picture) plus a coat on the bottom lashes as well as one coat on my right lashes (left in the picture), a second coat is more defined.