Monday, February 2, 2009

Mascara Review

So got myself to start cleaning my room. Of course I start with makeup (>_<) Picked up one of my mascaras and said 'why haven't I thrown you out?' so guessed I might as well do a review.

Mascara So all my friends have heard my complain about my lashes. Cuz of my eye shape my lower lid is always rubbing my top lid/lashes, and my lashes are always going into my eyes. So I need the SUPER mascara. One that one clump, smudge/water proof, extends and separates. In the past 4 years I've tried over 7 kinda, but only gonna talk about the ones I used frequently.
~Cover Girl Lash Exact (very black) Easy to apply and it did get every lash, even the really small ones in the inner eye corner. Even separated. But didn't really lengthen or add volume. Worst of all, flacked like crazy so I had to always be wiping my lower lid.
~Maybeline Great Lash (Royal Blue, Brown) Okay, now this is rated one of the top 5 mascaras for the everyday girl by like every magazine. Before I got my 2 newest mascaras this was my fav. It went on super smooth and separated my lashes. Again didn't really add length or volume but super pigmented. Only downfall was that it smudged. No girl looks good with raccoon eyes.
~L'oreal Paris Double Extend Beauty Tubes Technology (Blackest Black) I loooove this stuff. Doesn't add volume, fine with me, but lengthens like crazy. I put this on and you can actually tell I have lashes! Doesn't flake, smudge, and is tear proof yet is removed by water. What I like about how its removed is that it doesn't smear when being removed it kinda clumps together. Last ALL day and doesn't bother my sensitive eyes. But there are a few things I don't like about it. There are 2 steps, and you have to be quick with the second one. Once this stuff dries you can't add another coat or it'll clump, and it doesn't separate very well. Also when I look in my 5x mirror you don't see any of the white of the first step but when I look in a normal mirror I can see some white. Others tell me they didn't see but yeah. But still one of my favs.
~Spin Lash (black) So its not a well known one. But gotta tell you about it. The brush actually spins. Now you may be thinking 'oh so what' well it matters. It separates EVERY lash. At first I didn't use the mascara it came with, just used it as a brush to separate before putting on mascara. But since I'm doing this I decided to try the mascara it came with. It barely adds to your lashes but is really flexible and looks really natural. But guess what, I've only had it one for about 10min and its already smearing on both my lower and upper lid. I may just use the brush and the Double extend 2nd step. I've used just the second step and works the same, just not quite the length. In fact I'm gonna do that right now so brb. Baaack. Yeah didn't go to well. The Spin Lash brush is to big, so only the tip of it got any product on it. Thought about removing the rubber ring on the inside, but that wouldn't work cuz thats what scrapes off the extra product. So now I'm sad.

Oh well. Only a week till the MAC Hello Kitty line comes out.

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