Mascara for oily lids

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.

  • 255 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Jan 2011 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it stay put on oily lids? What shoppers said
  1. Clinique Lash Power Mascara 27 said either way
  2. Blinc Original Tubing Mascara 27 said either way
  3. caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara 30 said either way
  4. Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara 24 said either way
  5. Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara 37 said either way
  6. Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara 43 said either way
  7. ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara 24 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for smudging on oily lids. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Clinique Lash Power Mascara Best record Clinique Lash Power Mascara 27 of 27 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring See price & reviews on Amazon
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.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Clinique Lash Power Mascara

Clinique

Lash Power Mascara

Best for all-day wear

27/27 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 50%
  • Easy to remove 23%
  • Natural look 17%
  • Separated, no clumps 13%
  • Adds volume 13%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 27 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination13 of 13
  • Oily11 of 11
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light21 of 21
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
2 Blinc Original Tubing Mascara

Blinc

Original Tubing Mascara

Best for easy removal

26/27 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to remove 37%
  • Lasts all day 33%
  • Natural look 10%
  • Holds a curl 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Too subtle 30%
  • Messy or awkward wand 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 26 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination9 of 10
  • Oily4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light10 of 11
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 6
3

caliray

Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara

27/30 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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%).

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 33%
  • Easy to remove 27%
  • Lengthens lashes 23%
  • Adds volume 23%

What buyers complain about

  • Drops the curl or weighs lashes down 10%
  • Messy or awkward wand 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 27 of 30
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination11 of 11
  • Oily8 of 10
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light15 of 16
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 6

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4 Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara

Lancôme

Lash Idôle Mascara

Best for separated lashes

21/24 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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.

What buyers praise

  • Lengthens lashes 40%
  • Separated, no clumps 40%
  • Lasts all day 33%
  • Adds volume 27%
  • Holds a curl 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to remove 7%
  • Messy or awkward wand 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 21 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination10 of 11
  • Oily8 of 9
  • Dry2 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light14 of 17
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 5
5 Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara

Tarte

Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara

28/37 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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.

What buyers praise

  • Lengthens lashes 30%
  • Adds volume 24%
  • Lasts all day 18%
  • Separated, no clumps 18%
  • Natural look 12%

What buyers complain about

  • Clumpy 14%
  • Drops the curl or weighs lashes down 8%
  • Dries out fast in the tube 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 12 of 15
  • Sephora 16 of 22
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination4 of 6
  • Oily3 of 5
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light8 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 4
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 5
By age (reviewers who gave one)
  • Under 404 of 5
  • 40 and over2 of 3
6 Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara

Benefit

They're Real! Lengthening Mascara

29/43 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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.

What buyers praise

  • Lengthens lashes 31%
  • Adds volume 20%
  • Lasts all day 20%
  • Separated, no clumps 16%
  • Easy to remove 11%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to remove 7%
  • Too expensive 5%
  • Clumpy 5%
  • Dries out fast in the tube 5%
  • Formula changed for the worse 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 14 of 21
  • Sephora 15 of 22
  • Brand site 0 of 1 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination7 of 8
  • Oily3 of 6
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light9 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 5
7 ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara

ILIA

Limitless Lash Mascara

15/24 say it stayed put without smudging or transferring

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.

What buyers praise

  • Lengthens lashes 37%
  • Separated, no clumps 23%
  • Lasts all day 17%
  • Adds volume 17%
  • Holds a curl 10%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 15 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination7 of 15
  • Oily8 of 8
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light11 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium1 of 8
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 78,844 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for smudging on oily lids and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Jan 2011 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Clinique Lash Power Mascara Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. Blinc Original Tubing Mascara Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  3. caliray Come Hell or High Water Tubing Mascara Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  4. Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  5. Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara Ulta and Sephora (50 reviews counted)
  6. Benefit They're Real! Lengthening Mascara Ulta and Sephora (55 reviews counted)
  7. ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara Sephora (30 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

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.

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