They say it's not polite to play with one's food, but does that rule also extend to one's make-up? Leave it to Rimmel London to make a toy out of their latest mascara, the 1-2-3 Looks Adjustable Volume mascara. Because the product is not available in my country, I hit the trusty world-wide-web and ordered it online, and I do believe I'll be ordering another soon.

1-2-3 Looks comes in one plump tube, and offers you the choice of volume as you turn the dial: 1 for three times the volume, 2 for five times the volume, and 3 for ten times the volume. If you take out the wand after each level, you can physically see the amount of mascara on the brush differs with each setting.

The brush is small, which is perfect for capturing all the lashes, and I was happy to see that it did not smudge (I dislike "wet" formulas that smear during application). There was no flaking, and pleasantly enough, no clumping, which might be expected with so much volume.

Overall, this type of mascara is really perfect for transforming one's eyes from daylight cutie to nighttime vamp. I see this as really being the "working girl's" mascara because it allows for easy transformation of the lashes.