I'm only giving this mascara a 4 star because it is not a bad mascara. It is very pigmented.. very black and stayed on my lashes all day without any fall out. I find that it gave me more volume than length

If you look at the Tarte website, the product description for Tarteist Lash Paint Mascara is "Jet-black lengthening mascara for 2700% more lash volume". With my experience, it did it's job for volume but not the lengthening. It's all good though. Tarte is one of my favorite brands. I would prefer the Lights, Camera, Mascara over this one though.

The brush is a bit big for my liking but not as big as the brush from Smashbox Full exposure. Price is $33 which is a bit steep for a mascara.

All in all, it's a good mascara and I'm glad I tried it.

I had always wanted to try this brand and finally I got to! (Thank you Gen Beauty) It's very easy to use and the wand is perfect for my lashes (very tight together) and the pigment is amazing (very black) my only problem is that it doesn't really lengthen my lashes, but it DOED give them great volume. I just use a little bit of my tight lining mascara first before I use the Tarte mascara.