When you begin to feel like every beauty product recommended by celebs and makeup artists costs as much as your monthly car payment, there's one timeless cosmetic you can always count on: Maybelline Great Lash Mascara. As mascara trends come and go and new wands and formulas break onto the scene, Great Lash continues to enjoy a stellar reputation as an affordable drugstore lash-lengthening and volumizing miracle that makeup artists stand firmly behind.
Its iconic pink and green tube can be spotted everywhere --from backstage at fashion shows to makeup trailers on movie set--but how much do any of us really know about the mascara that many of us can probably (proudly) call the first one we ever used? We spoke with the folks at Maybelline and uncovered 7 awesome facts about Great Lash Mascara that will make you love the product even more.
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The first Great Lash mascara was released in 1971.The pink-and-green mascara tube that would win the hearts of women everywhere boasted a breakthrough formula that conditioned while it thickened. It was also the first water-based mascara offered on the market.
Maybelline Great Lash Washable Mascara, Very Black
Lots of celebs consider it a favorite product. The list of celebrities who love Great Lash is a mile long. Some of the famous faces whose lashes look great thanks to Maybelline include Gigi Hadid, Christy Turlington, Adriana Lima, and Jourdan Dunn.
It's available in offbeat hues. Although most customers probably stick with black or brown, Maybelline Great Lash Mascara is also available in cool colors like blue, and there have been limited edition collections in which it has been offered in pink, purple, and teal.
Maybelline Great Lash Limited Edition I See Blue Mascara