I just saw “Captain America,” a nostalgic yarn about a puny kid with a big heart who, out of love for his country (guess which one!), submits himself to a super-sciencey experiment that transforms him into a smokin’ hot superhero hunk-o’-man. And then he goes and valiantly kills a bunch of über-Nazis.

And here’s where my analogy comes in. Do bear with me.

Benefit’s “they’re Real!” mascara is kinda like that super-sciencey experiment in a tube, minus the sparks and the dials and the “70%!…80%!…We’re up to 90%, sir!!” My eyelashes are kinda like that gangly kid: they may be pale and weak, but somewhere deep down they’re super. Submit them to 100% “they’re Real!” mascara and BAM!—they need their own spandex tights. Major curl, magnificent length, glorious thickness, ace jet-blackness: more power to ya.

While it’s unlikely that my eyelashes alone could vanquish big-dreaming evildoers, their beefed-up beauty might distract those baddies long enough for me to save the world.

In the UK, “they’re Real!” retails for £18.50, which ain’t cheap. It is, however, a small price to pay for super.

 

Before: zero. After: hero!

KAPOW!

http://www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk