I have dry eye and cannot risk an infection. I throw my mascara out every three months. My opthamologist, one of the few ocular opthamologists in the world, has a flyer in his office. His wife, a nurse who also has dry eye, made it. I asked her about other eye m/up but she only is adament about mascara. The bacteria that grows in the tube after three months can be vicious.
I've never opened a bad mascara from the sale.
The reason I pay so much is because I cannot find a good shade of brown in the drugstore. Black is too harsh for me; I have blonde eyebrows and lashes and very fair skin.
My total for three mascaras came to sixty three dollars. I haven't found my HG yet. I love the 698 shade of brown that Dior does but am not crazy about the mascara itself.
I love a mascara that I get from justforredheads.com but that's eighteen dollars. That will be my fourth one.