Well, it DOES leave your lashes pretty soft and full---but after I'd been using it for a bit(a month) the fullness didn't look so pretty anymore and I was always left with terrible smudges under my eyes at the end of the day! Awful! I couldn't keep it from smudging, even after I stopped putting a little on my lower lashes---didn't matter---this stuff always ended up under my eyes! I really wouldn't reccommend this because of the extreme smudging factor---but as a volumizing mascara, it lives up to its claims.