Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes Waterproof Mascara vs. Maybelline The Falsies Mascara: Waterproof Formula

Hello readers! I recently went on vacation to the Outer Banks and whilst I was there, in an environment with both salt water and chlorine water, I thought it would be fun to try two different waterproof mascara and compare them. On one eye I applied two coats of Tarte's Lights, Camera, Splashes! Mascara and on the other eye, I applied Maybelline the Falsies Mascara in the waterproof formula. Both were in the color black, and both were tested in the ocean and the pool! Here are my thoughts:

This picture was taken right before going outside. On the left (right eye in real life but the camera flipped it around) I have on Maybelline the Falsies Mascara: waterproof formula, and on the right (left eye in real life but the camera flipped it around) I have on Tarte's Lights, Camera, Splashes! Both formulas are pretty wet so some mascara got on both my eye lids, but it wasn't anything a little eye make up remover couldn't fix. I put these on un-curled, dry lashes because I wanted to see how the mascara would hold up on it's own. The Maybelline the Falsies was more voluminous and more lengthening than the Tarte, which just coated your lashes with their formula and did not add length or volume. 

This photo was taken outside (hence my squinting a little) after a dip in the ocean. Both of my eyes were generally smear free. There was a little bit of black residue on the outer, bottom corners of my eyes, but my eye were, for the most part, black circle free. My lashes look pretty good after being completely wiped out by a wave, though, if I do say so myself. As you can see, compared to the first picture, my lashes are not clumped together and as full after the ocean. 

I forgot to take a picture of my lashes after the day was over, but the eye with the Maybelline mascara had a visible dark ring under the eye while the Tarte mascara eye did not. Both came off the same with eye make up remover and there was no residue left over on my lashes that night or the next morning. Which either means my makeup remover is amazing or both mascaras are pretty great in terms of removal. 

Here are some pictures of the Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes mascara. The brush is not my favorite. It's a little short, both the bristles and the wand itself. The formula itself is pretty wet but definitely waterproof. My favorite part about this is the packaging. It's BEAUTIFUL! The box it comes in is really nice as well. 

Here are some pictures of the Maybelline the Falsies Mascara: waterproof formula. While the packaging is not as pretty as the Tarte one, I like the brush much better. The curve allows for more length and volume, while being able to coat more lashes at a time. 

All in all, the Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes is more waterproof than the Maybelline mascara. The Maybelline the falsies mascara provides more volume and length while being less waterproof. What I've been doing while being back from the beach is using both mascaras for more waterproof-ness and more length and volume. The Tarte mascara is about $20 and the Maybelline mascara is about $7.99(?). Would I spend $20 for this particular mascara? Probably not. But it is a good mascara is you're looking for just a waterproof mascara.