The wand is a large and thick, much better then those thin spiky wands. The mascara itself works well, but you must wiggle from the very bottom lashes. You can determinately use two coats with this mascara without it getting spidery and gross. It is also , really waterproof.

This mascara made my lashes droop. It has great volumizing ability but can't hold a curl!
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The Flamed Out water Proof mascara is the newest mascara from Covergirl. It has a unique wire brush that coats your lashes giving you instant volume in a water resistant formula so you don’t have to worry about your mascara running down your face while you’re swimming this summer, or if you happen to get stuck out in a rain storm. How ever for those of you who don’t care for water proof mascara, it is available with out the water proofing. The brush is wide at the tip, thins out in the center, and then widens back out near its handle. I wasn’t sure if I’d like this brush because I’m use to a curved brush and I thought I might have a hard time with it. As it was I ended up having no trouble with this brush at all and I was able to reach each lash with out any trouble. It goes on very nicely with out clumping up, or flaking off, but it also is removed very easily with makeup remover. I put the new Covergirl Flamed Out Mascara on in the morning, went out in the rain, had it on all day and when I was ready to remove it that night, it still looked as nice as it did when I first placed it on my lashes that morning. It doesn’t feel heavy on at all, in fact I felt like I wasn’t wearing mascara. The new Flamed Out Mascara is available in Very Black Blaze, Black Blaze and Black/brown blaze. I bought the Very Black Blaze and didn’t find it to be to black at all, in fact I didn’t even realise I had picked that one up until after I first tried it. I thought I just bought the Black Blaze, so I can’t see there being very much of a different between the two colour shades. I’m happy with the new Covergirl Flamed Out water proof Mascara and I’m pretty sure you would be too.