the applicator is hard and makes the mascara feel dried out [SEP] i have short stubby lashes so i was excited to try this i ended up being pretty disappointed at first i thought the mascara was dried out because it looked like there was nothing on the brush i have dark lashes so i could not see anything go on color wise i rubbed my hand on the brush and there was mascara on there it just really did not thicken or lengthen at all the bristles are also molded plastic so they are scratchy and do not work well at distributing product it is one of the worst designed mascara brushes i have seen i thought it was old and dried up that is how bad it was i will not be using or purchasing this mascara again