# Mascara for oily lids Source: HiveTried, https://hivetried.com/beauty/mascara/for-oily-lids/ Category: Beauty > Mascara. Updated 2026-10-10. Based on 255 counted first-hand reports from Ulta and Sephora shopper reviews, Jan 2011 to Sep 2026. **Question:** Which mascara works for oily lids? **Short answer:** Clinique Lash Power Mascara has the best record for oily lids, with 27 of 27 shoppers saying it stayed put without smudging or transferring. Blinc Original Tubing Mascara (26 of 27) and caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara (27 of 30) follow close behind, while the last three mascaras land between 62% and 76%. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have oily lids or oily skin. **What stands out:** Length comes up more often for the four mascaras ranked lower, from 30% of Tarte reviews to 40% of Lancôme reviews, than for the three ranked above them, where it peaks at 23% for caliray. Those shares count every review of each mascara, not just shoppers who stated a result. ## Ranking (buyers who said whether it worked) | Rank | Product | Stays put | Share | Amazon | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Clinique Lash Power Mascara | 27 of 27 | 100% | yes | | 2 | Blinc Original Tubing Mascara | 26 of 27 | 96% | yes | | 3 | caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara | 27 of 30 | 90% | no | | 4 | Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara | 21 of 24 | 88% | yes | | 5 | Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara | 28 of 37 | 76% | yes | | 6 | Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara | 29 of 43 | 67% | yes | | 7 | ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara | 15 of 24 | 62% | yes | Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% Wilson confidence interval, so a product needs a high share and enough reports to rank high. An Amazon link is shown only when at least 60% say it works. ## Product notes ### 1. Clinique Lash Power Mascara Wear time draws the praise, with 50% of its 30 reviews saying it lasts all day and 23% calling it easy to remove. No complaint came up in more than one review. - Praised for: Lasts all day (50%), Easy to remove (23%), Natural look (17%) - Reports counted: 30 ### 2. Blinc Original Tubing Mascara Shoppers like how easily it comes off, with 37% of its 30 reviews calling it easy to remove and 33% saying it lasts all day. On the downside, 30% call it too subtle and 7% mention a messy or awkward wand. - Praised for: Easy to remove (37%), Lasts all day (33%), Natural look (10%) - Complaints: Too subtle (30%), Messy or awkward wand (7%) - Reports counted: 30 ### 3. caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara Of its 30 reviews, 33% say it lasts all day, 27% call it easy to remove, 23% say it lengthens and 23% say it adds volume. The complaints are that it drops the curl or weighs lashes down (10%) and has a messy or awkward wand (10%). - Praised for: Lasts all day (33%), Easy to remove (27%), Lengthens lashes (23%) - Complaints: Drops the curl or weighs lashes down (10%), Messy or awkward wand (10%) - Reports counted: 30 ### 4. Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara 40% of its 30 reviews praise the length and 40% the separation, and 17% say it holds a curl. Against that, 7% say it is hard to remove and 7% mention a messy or awkward wand. - Praised for: Lengthens lashes (40%), Separated, no clumps (40%), Lasts all day (33%) - Complaints: Hard to remove (7%), Messy or awkward wand (7%) - Reports counted: 30 ### 5. Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara Clumping comes up in 14% of its 50 reviews, and 8% say it drops the curl or weighs lashes down. On the plus side, 30% say it lengthens and 24% say it adds volume. - Praised for: Lengthens lashes (30%), Adds volume (24%), Lasts all day (18%) - Complaints: Clumpy (14%), Drops the curl or weighs lashes down (8%), Dries out fast in the tube (4%) - Reports counted: 50 ### 6. Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara For 14 of the 43 shoppers with oily lids or oily skin who stated a result, it smudged, transferred or flaked. Length gets praise in 31% of its 55 reviews and 20% say it lasts all day, while 7% say it is hard to remove. - Praised for: Lengthens lashes (31%), Adds volume (20%), Lasts all day (20%) - Complaints: Hard to remove (7%), Too expensive (5%), Clumpy (5%) - Reports counted: 55 ### 7. ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara It has the weakest record of the seven at 15 of 24, and results split by skin type: shoppers who also listed oily skin had 8 of 8, against 7 of 15 for those who listed combination skin. Length is its main praise, in 37% of its 30 reviews. - Praised for: Lengthens lashes (37%), Separated, no clumps (23%), Lasts all day (17%) - Reports counted: 30 ## Questions **Which mascara works for oily lids?** Clinique Lash Power Mascara has the best record (27 of 27), followed by Blinc Original Tubing Mascara (26 of 27), caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara (27 of 30) and Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara (21 of 24). The other three have lower records: Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara (28 of 37) ranks fifth, then Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara (29 of 43) and ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara (15 of 24). **Is Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara good for oily lids?** Often, but the record is mixed. Among shoppers with oily lids or oily skin, 29 of 43 said it stayed put, and more shoppers stated a result for it than for any other mascara here. The five mascaras ranked above it all have better records. **Do tubing mascaras work on oily lids?** Two mascaras here have tubing in their names, and both did well: among shoppers with oily lids or oily skin, Blinc Original Tubing Mascara had 26 of 27 and caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara had 27 of 30. The Amazon listing for Clinique Lash Power Mascara also calls it a tubing mascara, and it has the best record here at 27 of 27. **Which of these mascaras are sold on Amazon?** Clinique Lash Power Mascara is the best pick sold on Amazon, at 27 of 27. Blinc Original Tubing Mascara, Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara, Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara, ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara and Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara also have official Amazon listings, sold by the brand or by Amazon itself. For caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara, we could not confirm an Amazon listing. ## Method HiveTried counts first-hand reports only, drops reviews written for free products, shows brand-site reviews without counting them, and never accepts payment for placement. Full method: https://hivetried.com/how-we-count/