Mascara. I love it, and I think most people would agree, if they were told they were only allowed to use one product for the rest of their lives, it would be mascara.
I would cheat slightly and also use it in my eyebrows...btw I have actually done that before...desperate times.
Eyelashes and eyebrows are the two things I cannot forgo and it's often all I use day to day.
The issue with calling a mascara 'disappointing' is because mascara is such a subjective thing. What is holy grail for some, can be an utter crashing fail for others.
You can say a lipstick is matte or drying, or an eyeshadow is pigmented or powdery...there is less room for debate on that. A matte red lipstick, is a matte red lipstick.
It's harder to be that black and white on mascara, but I will try my utmost to get my points across!
If you are in the market for a new mascara, I hope I can shed some light on these.
Grab a cup of coffee - this is going to be a long one!
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| Urban Decay Perversion |
This mascara is meant to give thick, full dramatic lashes- and I am all about that life.
My lashes are alright, they are fairly long so I don't mind too much about lengthening formulas, I just want heaps of volume. This just didn't deliver.
I thought the brush was clumsy and could be a bit messy...but I was just so underwhelmed...I tried building up and then that made my lashes clump and hence made them look thinner...like I had 5 super long lashes and that was it.
I just didn't receive any of the benefits promised and there was some smudging.
For me, not worth £17.50.
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| Too Faced Better Than Sex |
This is the biggest disappointment of the all of them as it is so hyped up online, and even when I have seen people apply it, you see this mascara transform their lashes into thick, black, dense and volumised mega lashes...so I just had to get it.
Wow seriously...I don't get it. At all.
The brush gets everywhere, but I can get past that easily if the formula is good.
Nope. I get the same results using a bog standard drugstore mascara.
My lashes just looked average. This didn't hold a curl, it got clumpy and I just didn't see any of the volume that was promised. There was no thickness, no illusion of more lashes...nothing.
It smudged onto my brow bone, and it got quite flaky by the end of the day and as a contact lense wearer...we will never be friends.
So disappointed, not worth £19.
Charlotte Tilbury Full Fat Lashes : This product is quite a sore one for me. I was so excited to try it, and when I first applied it- I fell in love. I thought I had found my holy grail- I had long, thick, volumised lashes. It seemed to have double the amount of lashes I had, they were seperated but still thick.
However, it doesn't last. Its epic in the morning, but after a couple of hours, the curl has gone, the volume has gone and it's like it crumbles off so your lashes look shorter.
If CT were to come out with a waterproof version, I think it would be bloody brilliant and I would definitely pick one up, but to have beautiful lashes upon application, and watch them slowly crumble away, its a no and I want more for £23.
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| Benefit Roller Lash |
This mascara seems to be dividing people in the blogging community.
I have very straight lashes and I would never dream of not using my lash curlers, but when I heard that this was a specific curling mascara and it was so effective that you could forgo curlers- I was interested.
But for me? Hell no is that possible.
I felt like it made my lashes straighter and droopier. So it fails on its first promise there.
It made my lashes long and defined, but it didn't hold the curl well and there was no drama...it's just average.
I have to say I gave it another go, and if I layer it properly it's not horrendous and I like it ever so slightly more now compared to how much I hated it in the beginning...but I'd never buy full price.
Also I felt like the brush was a bit uncomfortable.
The trend that I am seeing is that you're either a 'Roller Lash' person or a 'They're Real' and as I'm not team RL, expect a TR review shortly...
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| L'oreal Miss Manga Waterproof |
Also the most confusing. Some people LOVE this mascara, and I have seen it applied beautifully....but on me, I don't even understand how we can be talking about the same one.
As you may know, this mascara has a bendy wand. I don't see how they thought that was a good idea.
When I am trying to wiggle it at the base of the lash, the wand then pings up and smacks into my eyebrow....it's just annoying. And messy.
I feel like it desposits such little product that it takes me ages to actually get stuff on my lashes.
Even when it is on my lashes, I feel like it adds minor length and that's it.
Don't like it, don't get it.
NEXT.
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| L'oreal False Lash Superstar |
L'oreal False Lash Superstar : I only bought this recently, but I have given it a good, good go. I never write anything off immediately and even though the first time I wasn't impressed, I persisted.
But nope. Don't get this one either.
This is a two step mascara.
Step 1 is a 'Volumsing Primer' and I do actually like this part of it. It's white, so you obviously look a bit weird, but I layered this on and yes even though my lashes were white, they did look thick and very long. I was impressed. However...
Step 2 is a 'Lengthening Topcoat'. I don't like this at all. I felt like I had created all this volume with the primer, I then proceed to put this onto and before my eyes my lashes deflated like a popped balloon.
Just nothing. They literally flattened down, thinned out....it took all of the mojo out of my primed lashes and made me feel like I had totally wasted my time.
I don't like the topcoat alone either, but I have tried using the primer with my Max Factor 'Masterpiece Transform High Impact Volumsing Mascara' (a long name, but a good one- when in doubt, it's Max Factor all the way) but it didn't really work either...I feel like the primer alone is great, but it doesn't work with things on top of it, which defeats the whole point of it being called a primer...primers are meant to be built upon.
If this primer was jet black, I'd be all over it.
Sorry for a bit of a negative one here guys, but I hope it may have been in some way helpful to you!
I never really realized how much mascara I get through...I'm still searching for the one. My list seems to grow ever longer, but I am testing out Benefits They're Real and if that isn't the one for me....I might move over to Lancome.
What are your mascara disappointments?
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