Yay! Finally a
mascara review!
Although there are many great blog photos of mascara and lashes...I get seriously cheesed when I see blurry photos that make it hard to even tell anything!
"If it is clear... post it! If not, take another photo!"
I love mascara and have tried plenty, however I've gotten rid of quite a few in the past few months so I'm limited to the few that I've got. It's not easy to take a photo of your own eye surprisingly but I hope my photos fair well. I believe I paid about
$24 SGD for this at Guardian Pharmacy. ( I've also gotten it cheap together with some other things in a set on a flight before)
Firstly I'd like to point out that
eye shape,
lash type and
application are three things that
effect how a mascara works on a person. It is not possible really possible for a monolided person to have the same effect as a double-lided person.
My eyes without mascara are usually naturally like the eye on the left but sometimes can become like the 'after' eye without any glue or tape.
Left picture: People with eyes that resemble this...a medium to deep crease with the roots of the lashes visible tend to be able to have all their lashes visible without and with mascara.
Right picture: A lot of asians also naturally have double eyelids like those in the 'after' photo on the right, the crease being usually smaller and narrower ...eyelashes maybe more visible than complete monolids like the 'before' image where half the lash length is hidden underneath!
I can prove this with photos of my own monolids!
Continue for photos below!!
I have large monolided eyes most of the time, they have a tendency to become double lided if I use waterproof mascaras which changes how the mascara looks.When my eyelids are single, less lashes are visible as half are hidden beneath the lid. Otherwise when my lid is double more is visible and it looks like I have longer lashes.
If you are confused or what further clarification leave me a question or comment...I will be trying to make a post about eyelid types and mascaras in the future!
This is a review of...."L'oreal's Double Extension Mascara w/Renewal Serum"...
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| Pretty gold and blue tubes...the shape is however...a bit uncomfortable!!=d |
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Packaging!
If you are familar with mascaras that come with a
primer such as the other L'oreal extend tubes or
maybelline's XXL mascaras this is packaged in a similar fashion. The tube is fairly long, a bit longer than most normal tubes but has two ends.
You get
two 6ml tubes of mascara, the lash boosting primer in the golden side and black mascara in the blue. The two sides are labelled with what's inside and have the numbers '1' and '2' to let you know what to put on first. I find the color of the tube quite nice and the design provides the minimal amount of information for a double ended mascara.
It's quite straight forward anyway and there's no real down side. The tubes
do not create a mess on the opening like some and that's a positive. I only think the design would be nicer if the entire piece were not as long (doesn't fit into my slender make up bags!).
Firstly I'd like to talk about the brushes! This is the
typical brush wand, a medium-large size but slender enough to maneuver below and above the lashes without touching the lids or eye area. It comes already bent at an angle.
The
tip tapers to a point that helps with brushing mascara onto the outer corners in my case. The bristles are firm and wrap around the length of the brush very evenly, with a constant space between rows from the base to the tip of the wand.
