Rimmel scandal eyes mascara

I originally got it because a friend of mine kept telling me how pleased she was with it and told me that I would really like the rimmel scandal eyes mascara so I was sold and bought myself one, I wasn't overly thrilled by the big bright chunky packaging and thought it looked a bit childish like it was a big colouring pen or something but I tried it anyway expecting great things but I was very much disappointed, the applicator seemed too big and every time I tried to put it on I would end up getting black marks near my eyes from the wand, the formula seemed very thick and made my eye lashes clump together and weigh down a lot and overall I was disappointed with it but recently another friend was telling me how great it was so I dug mine out from the back of a draw and tried it again, the formula still seems overly thick and clumpy but if I spend a bit of time removing the excess off the applicator it works quite well and makes my lashes really thick with little black under my eyes thought the day, lots of other people seem to really enjoy this mascara so I'm not sure if it was just the one that I picked up that wasn't right I'm not sure but it does seem like quite a good mascara, I wouldn't purchase it again though.