Saturday 22 May 2010

Favourites: Mascara

I had a request on Formspring (link to the right) to post about my favourite products.  I thought I would do this as a series, detailing my top 5 products within each catergory.  


My favourite mascaras will be the first to come under fire...
As mentioned in a previous post, I only ever really have one or two mascaras on the go at the same time so I will be using Google images for this - hope you lovely ladies don't mind!  


For me, I like a mascara to give me results - curl, length and volume.  I usually curl my lashes before the application of mascara - or after one thin coat - but it is nice when a mascara can give you a curl without that effort!  I also look for a mascara that gives a natural finish with one coat but can then can be built up to give your lashes as much drama as you wish!


So without further ado, these are - in no particular order - my top 5....


L'oreal Voluminous - RRP £7.99


Lancome Virtuôse - RRP £20


Clinique High Impact - RRP £14.50


Bourjois Volume Clubbing - RRP £7.99


Natural Collection Water Guard - £1.99

There is nothing much to say about these five except they give long, luscious, thick black lashes and the mascara does not budge - important as my eyes regularly water for no apparent reason!  I love all of them and I gladly repurchase again and again - especially the Natural Collection which I held no hopes for but for £1.99 it really does the job!

Next up to try is the Eyeko -I've heard such great things and for £5 one can't really go wrong!  I also need to try the Rimmel Sexy Curves after watching back all of Pixiwoo's videos....

Any other recommendations out there?!

11 comments:

  1. Eyeko is now 8 pounds actually. but still worth the money. x

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  2. Ah thank you for letting me know! xx

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  3. nice post! look forward to the others in this series! how's the project 20 pan going?

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  4. I'm the same- once I find a mascara I loke, I stick with it! It's the one product I tend not to expermient with. I've been using Clinique High Definition Lashes for a couple of years now and absolutely adore it x

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  5. @Anonymous - Thank you! It's going ok...not brilliant! Got a post planned with reviews of things I've been trying to use up etc so keep an eye out..! xx

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  6. @Copper Locs - I think mascara is one of those products that you can only reach a certain point with - before going to fake lashes - so if you find a great mascara you may as well stick with it! I can get bored though so will add the High Definition to my list..! xx

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  7. I hated Rimmel Sexy Curves! I do have short, stubby lashes though, so although it increased the length, there was no volume :-(

    My favourite mascara so far is L'oreal beauty tubes. You tried these?

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  8. @Laura - Oh no! I've just ordered the waterproof version - hope it does something good to my lashes!
    I haven't actually tried the beauty tubes but love many of the L'oreal mascaras so I may have to try it out some time..! xx

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  9. I love the Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara, it adds so much length and curl to my lashes! I reviewed it on my blog with pics, if you want to check it out http://shineandsparkle29.blogspot.com/2010/05/review-of-rimmel-sexy-curves-mascara.html

    It doesn't add much volume granted, but I find that I don't need that as it adds so much length, doesn't seem to flake on me or smudge either!
    Just found your blog and I'm really enjoying reading it :-)

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  10. I'm the same- once I find a mascara I loke, I stick with it! It's the one product I tend not to expermient with. I've been using Clinique High Definition Lashes for a couple of years now and absolutely adore it x

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  11. Eyeko is now 8 pounds actually. but still worth the money. x

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