Review: KATE's Newest Gel Mascara

After much debate I decided to purchase some of KATE's newest Spring Collection this season! One item that particularly caught my eye was the new Gel Mascara. I have the latest gel mascara that was released this winter but I decided I'd like to try out the new formula as curiosity got the best of me!



I'll be featuring some of KATE's new palettes in an upcoming post but for now I'll be reviewing the mascara for you!



I'm not particularly sure if I love or hate the new formula so this is a bit of a mixed review. First of all one of the most surprising factors of the new mascara is the applicator. This doesn't have the standard brush applicator, in it's place we have a new short comb applicator. To me it just looks like a stick with little ridges set into it. It's in no way like the standard MJ Lash Extender comb applicator it's far slimmer.



The good news is if you're Asian and your lashes are very tiny this may very well be your ideal mascara as the applicator has a special knack for pulling lashes out and forward for beautiful volume! I purchased one of these mascara's for my sister as she was curious about the original gel formula and this really works well on her minuscule lashes! She has really tiny baby lashes and the applicator worked them out and up very well!

KATE's New Gel Mascara with the new applicator


New vs Old (KATE's new applicator featured on top while KATE's old standard brush applicator is shown on the bottom)


The applicator also works well at capturing lashes in the inner corner of the eye. The lashes in my inner eye are always difficult to get at but this fits right in and takes them from limp to fab!

The texture is the same as the original gel mascara to me but maybe a little bit lighter. If you've never tried the original formula it basically a very light texture that feels very natural on!

I've found a lighter hand is best when applying as I did notice it was clumping up a bit while applying. I think a combination of the applicator and the clumping turned me off slightly. I'm not particularly a fan of the new applicator unfortunately. I'm not entirely sure why I'm not loving it as I adore the Bare Escentuals brushless mascara which is almost the same concept as this plus I really love the old Kate Gel Mascara!

I think it's an ok update to the line but I'm not quite at the stage where I can't live without it. Slightly good news is that someone did comment in my Visee Aqua Shining Eyes FOTD (Click!) and asked if I had done something different with my lashes! So maybe, just maybe this is actually doing something good for my lashes!

I may feel differently after using this more but at the moment I'm undecided!

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