Make Up Forever : Smoky Extravagant Mascara Review

I usually stick to drug store mascaras because I usually don't wear mascara on a day to day basis. This Make Up Forever : Smoky Extravagant Mascara retails for $28/CAD at a local sephora. I got this as a sample when I was shopping there.

This is an alright mascara, hasn't changed my opinions about switching to higher end mascaras.  It does add length and somewhat volume I found. But it doesn't hold curl. I've realized over my years of life, that the only mascaras that claim they hold curl, actually only hold curl if theyre waterproof. This is not a waterproof mascara, so I wasn't expected it to hold a curl... and it didn't. It's clump free.

One thing I did really like about this mascara is the shape of the comb. With the cone shape, the thinner end grabs the inner eyelashes perfectly.

It didnt flake at all on me, worked fine with my contacts in. It's more of a natural look, in my opinion. Washes off super easily. Didn't smudge and it dries fairly fast.

Overall, i found it to be a more natural looking mascara. It provided adequate length and volume, didn't clump nor flaked/smudge. I wouldn't purchase this again because its not worth the price.

Too Faced - Better than Sex Mascara

 I love mascara samples, they [usually] last a couple weeks and you don't have to fork out heaps of money to give it a try.

For christmas, my gift to myself (along with many) was the Too Faced "Everything Nice" Holiday Palette, a small sample of Too Faced "Better Than Sex Mascara" came with it.

Bare lashes

I adore these scandalous names that companies give their products - its creative and humorous. I was of course, very curious to see if this mascara was, well... better than sex. ;)

With Better Than Sex

If you've read any of my previous mascara reviews, I mainly use waterproof mascaras since they are the only ones that have enough wax to hold the curl of my very straight lashes. And I usually don't spend money on high end brand name mascaras purely due to the product life of a mascara - its a costly product to keep repurchasing every 3 months. I'm already drowning in debt with student loans, I don't think its the best idea to add to that debt with beauty products... handbags on the other hand, well, thats another story.

This is an alright mascara, nothing amazing or a must try. It provides great volume, pretty decent length - you'll have fairly thick and "fluffy" lashes. I did notice a bit of flaking by the end of the day, it didn't bother my contacts or anything but it was still there and I feel like for some other people it have more of a negative affect.

One thing that I did notice while applying this mascara is that, i'm not sure whether its the shape of the wand or it's size but it can be at times very difficult to apply. Meaning it took me a little longer to apply this mascara than compared to others. I think its a mixture of its shape and its size... hm. Also, depending on your application, your lashes can clump together.

Overall, its a decent mascara. I wouldn't recommend to go buy a full size of this product to try, if it comes in part of a set that you've been eyeing - I'd say go for it. It gives you thick, fluffy lashes but be careful of your application because it can cause some clumping or it may take more time to apply this mascara.

Make Up Forever - Smokey Mascara

Received this mascara as a gift with my purchase. Its a more dry formula which i usually do prefer. It is not a flakey dry formula. It says it will curl,volume, lengthen and give intense pigmentation. Quadruple threat. Who doesn't want lashes like that?? It didn't holy my curl perfectly but it didn't deflate it either. I didn't notice much volume but i did notice a bit of umph with my length. And with the intense pigmentation, I didn't notice it my lashes being darker then with other regular mascaras.

My lashes didn't clump unless i was super slow/distracted and basically tried to layer my mascara. Never had any problems of it smudging on me, its a more a natural looking mascara. Find it around $27/cad for a full size mascara. Comes in different colors.

Honestly, its a pretty average mascara. It didn't do anything stunning that made it stand out from all the other mascaras. Won't be repurchasing it.

Top without mascara,
Bottom with

Too Faced - Lashgasm Mascara

I got this in a little Too Faced Kit which had a couple of items to try out. I didn't like it at first, i found the formula too wet. But after a few weeks after the formula dried I liked it a bit better. A full size one would be around $28/cad

So i hated it at first, it was too wet. Didn't hold the curl, didn't really voluminize or thicken my lashes. But after a few weeks when the formula did dry, it held the curl better. Was easier to apply on, before while it was wet it would easily smudge.

This mascara doesn't clump my lashes at all. The plastic bristles made it easy to seperate my lashes.

But overall this mascara didn't do an amazing job at lengthening or voluminizing my mascara and i would not repurchase this.

without mascara ( I use this photo multiple times)

L'oreal Double Extension Mascara

Hey Gangstas',

New review up: L'oreal Double Extension. The mascara that doesn't smudge, lengthens and is pretty much water proof. Its a beauty tube which may be a new trend for mascaras? I like this mascara a lot because i can rely it on it during the day to not smudge and I won't have those eyeliner/mascara smudge of black under my eye. Its keeps my curl all day, i dont think it lengthens alot of but enough to be still called a lengthening mascara

Pros: Beauty tube = easy removal. All you need is warm water and a few wipes/scrubs all the masara comes right off... in tubes. At first i was kinda like ohmygod are those my lashes? But i realized it wasn't so it's all good. Holds my curl. Decent Length.

Cons: The primer, i'm not sure if thats what keeps it from smudging or what it actually does. But i think i tried it without it once and my mascara didn't smudge and still came off right. It doesn't make much of a difference if I use it or not but I do anyways just in case I don't notice if it does anything. Damn, i just thought i could take a photo with primer and without but oh well maybe next time ;l This mascara if you don't close it tightly can dry up really fast and easily. And sometimes when i ever close it tightley the formula itself dries up a bit so you kinda have to remove some clumps before applying the mascara.
Not really part of the mascara but I hate the ads for this mascara the girl (blonde bob) looks scary, her lashes are obviously photoshopped and it's just unnatural.

This mascara is around i think $10-12 CAD its avaiable at walmart, superstore anywhere pretty much. I would purchase it again for its easy removal and how i can count on it to not smudge and give a decent finish.

xxx ;)

**Sorry no bare lashes this time :(

Mascara on my eyes. ^^

Rimmel Sexy Curve

Rimmel Sexy Curve. One of their I would say more popular mascaras, due to the different brush shape. Its three small bumps which is somehow suppose to help curl your lashes.
I actually like this mascara, i don't find this it curls my lashes but then again I never really got the concept of a mascara curling a lash... but that's just me :P

Pros: I find it lengthens rather well, makes your lashes look long and purrrty naturally. The bristle on the mascaras are plastic which i am a fan of. It combs through your lashes so theres never any clumping atleast for me. And i find that you can actually feel it comb through you lashes. When you take out the brush from the base theres like a little suction cup thing and you can feel it taking out any excess mascara from the bristles. Oh and it does give me nice volume not as nice as my favorite mascara L'oreal Voluminous but it still a (Y) for me.

Cons: I find that the brush is rather small and because of the weird shape it takes longer to apply then a normal mascara. And thats all i can really think of ;P

I can see myself repurchasing this product, because it does hold the curl from my curler and it does give me a bit of volume and i find a bit of length. And the packaging is, you gotta admit a bit sexy ;)

Top Pictures are without mascara, bottom is with. And for my right eye my lashes are naturally screwed up like that :(

Well I'm off to finish watching We Are Marshall, its a tear jerking movie and so far its amazing. I love movies like that.
But anyhoo hope my first review helped. Peace out :)