My latest mascara review pits MAC’s Zoom Lash (pictured left) with Clinique’s High Impact (right).

MAC says Zoom Lash is an:

instant volume mascara power-lifts the lashes into length, curls them up…builds them faster than you can wink! Precision control wand glides smoothly down lashes to provide a gorgeously silky upward “sweep”.

Clinique says High Impact:

Kicks up the volume and length of each and every lash for a look that’s lusher, plusher, bolder. Pure, deep colour only adds to the impact.

I reckon High Impact is the superior mascara. At $36au for 8grams, it’s a bit pricier than Zoom Lash ($25au). But the Zoom Lash looks clumpier, smudges more and is more messy to apply. I keep having the clean the wand of goopy mascara which is a waste.

Totalbeauty.com readers look like they agree too, giving the Zoom Lash an average rating of 6.2 out of 10, and High Impact rating of 8.2.