Doesn’t flake, doesn’t smudge, and it is easy to remove but it clumps like crazy. I have to put barely any on and only at the tips of my lashes. Then I use my finger to gently rub off the excess and separate my lashes again. It’s an annoying extra step but I will say that every other mascara I’ve tried smudges under my eyes and on my eyelid (I have Asian eyes with a small double eyelid) but this one doesn’t so I do like that and I’ll keep using it since I have it.