Have you tried lightly scraping off extra product at the rim of the tube then applying the mascara in a careful zigzaggy motion from the roots upward to the tip?
i have.. maybe im not scraping off enough. im just a bit annoyed because it was $22. i had such high hopes. but ive also never had a feathering one before. the brush is weird.
you can get disposable wands in most beauty stores. people with eye-problems tend to use disposable wands instead of actual tube wands to prevent contamination.