I love this mascara. It is the only one that suits me. It stays on.Oil or my personal favorite, soft cocoa butter is the only thing that will remove this at night. That remover needs to sit a bit to break down the product.Watch the creams you use on your face before adding this to your lashes and make sure that remover is gone from the night before.As I've said in other reviews, I order from this shop, Galaxy. They seem to be the only store that has provided a seal on these tubes.They might be the ones to do this. I don't think Max Factor cares about their packaging anymore. Who ever wraps the seal on, I am glad for it.This latest tube is a little drier than the others I have purchased in the past. It still works fine but again, I put that on Max Factor since they are not providing any expiration dates.