Review: L'oreal Voluminous Miss Manga Mascara

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Today I bring you a review for a product that has been gaining some serious hype in the beauty community as of late: the L'oreal Miss Manga mascara. If you want to know my thoughts on this drugstore mascara, please keep reading ^_^

Review: L'oreal Lash Out Butterfly Mascara

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And Happy Holidays to you all!

Review: Revlon Lash Potion Mascara

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A while ago, I posted a First Impression for this mascara. But since I am done with this mascara as of today, I want to post an official review!~

First Impression: Revlon Lash Potion Mascara

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Review: YSL Faux Cils Mascara

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Today, I am going to review a highly raved mascara that I've been using for the past two months. This is the YSL Faux Cils mascara, a pretty tube with a hefty price tag of $30. This was given to me as a present for Christmas and I was delighted to finally have the chance to try this out. I personally have always prefered drugstore mascaras because they are cheaper, but it was nice to try out a high end one for a change, especially one that has such amazing reviews. Will the YSL Faux Cils blow me away? Or will drugstore mascaras win me over once more? Keep reading for a full review~

Review: Wet n Wild Turn Up the Volume Mascara

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Are you ready for another review of an affordable mascara?
This time I have Wet n Wild's 'Turn Up the Volume' mascara, which was a part of the Fergie Centerstage collection. :)

Review: Maybelline Mega Plush Volume Express Mascara

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I am a one-mascara-at-a-time type of girl, and I have never been the type to have mulitple mascaras at the same time. Apparently this changed just recently because I have a lot of new mascaras, both opened and unopened. I am taking advantage of that to post some mascara reviews. I think mascaras are difficult for me to review because I tend to like most mascaras I use. Either I really like them or I really hate them. So instead of giving tons of opinions on the mascara,  I will let the photos give you a sense of how good or bad this mascara is.

Today's mascara is Maybelline's Mega Plush Volume Express mascara.

Review: Yanqina Volumizer Mascara

Hey Dolls,

I bring you another mascara review~ This time, it is the Yaquina Volumizer mascara from KKCenterhk.

Price and Availability
$19.80 at KKCenterhk

When it comes to mascara, I like the ones I can apply without any worries and that will also give me nice looking lashes. I don't usually wear false eyelashes out so I want a mascara that will give me very dark and long lashes lashes. Here is what I think of this mascara.

PROS:
~It has two different options for mascara: a natural look, and a bolder look.
~Step 1 (natural mascara) gives a very subtle,  no-makeup, look. This is great for very natural and minimal makeup.
~Step 2 gives really great black and volumized lashes. Perfect for dramatic looks
~I really love the mascara wand of Step 1. It is super easy to work with
~I don't get flaking during the day

CONS:
~Step 2 tends to get a lot of extra product on the brush, so I always have to wipe it off before I use it
~Step 2 tends to be very difficult to work with. I have to be extremely careful when I apply it or else I will get tons of mascara smudges on my lid (thus ruining my eye makeup)
~Step 2 always leaves some smudges when I apply it on my lower lashes.
~This is pretty pricey for a mascara (I tend to buy drugstore mascaras)

Here are some photos of me wearing this mascara:

NO MASCARA

 STEP 1~See I quite love Step 1!

STEP 2~ Notice all the mascara smudges though...except in one picture because I cleaned them up a bit.

Verdict
Step 1 is really great for super natural looks. I don't get smudging or flaking with that one. I also like step 2 because it gives me dark, volumized lashes, but I hate that it leaves smudges on my lid. If I use Step 2 I have to be super careful. That being said, I will continue to use this mascara and hopefully I can solve my smudging issues.

Rating? 6.5/10 
Recommend? Hmmm, this is not my favorite mascara and honestly I would not be super excited to recommend it to people. But if you are the type of person who loves to spend a little more time making your lashes look awesome, and you don't mind the price then I would recommend it. I love the fact that it has two options for you to choose from.
Repurchase? No. I don't think this was the best mascara for me, so I would not buy it with my own money. That and the fact that I don't ever spend more than $9 on mascara ;D

Thank you all for reading~ Stay awesome!

EDIT: I have been using this mascara more, and I like it a little better than I did before. But I still would not purchase this with my money.

*This product was provided by the company for review purposes.

Review: Prestige 'My Blackest Lashes' Mascara

I never noticed that I don't do any mascara reviews, even though I constantly use different mascaras.
I mean, I have used so many mascaras! I hardly ever purchase the same mascara because I want to find the perfect mascara.
Sadly, I always have very different experiences with mascaras. I always love the one I am using at the time, repurchase it, then hate it. Well, there was a few exceptions: L'oreal Voluminous mascara was a total fail for me from the start.
I purchased this mascara from the recommendation of a youtube guru...but I cannot recall who it was! Arhhgg!

Price and Availability
I purchased this at Rite Aid for about $7. I can't remember exactly how much it was, but it was $6 and some change. It should be sold where ever Prestige is sold.

Image from inmakeup.blogspot.com

Brush
The brush is very standard; kind of old school. Most mascaras now a days have rubber wands, or some crazy shape. But this brush is just...normal. It is only slightly tapered.
My favorite thing about this brush is that it doesn't pick up excessive amounts of product. I hate it when a mascara brush has tons of product on it and you have to scrape of the excess on the opening of the mascara tube. That is not a problem with this mascara :D

Formula
I personally find this to be a drier formula than, for example, Maybelline's The Falsies mascara (which was the mascara I used before this one). I like the fact that the formula is drier because it doesn't clump my lashes as much and it doesn't weigh them down.

PROS:
~Affordable
~The brush is decent
~Great formula

~No excess product on brush
~No smudging or flaking


CONS:
~Mascara is not as black as I expected
~It can clump my lashes together a little


Without mascara (no curling either...I don't use lash curlers)

 With mascara (One coat)

Verdict
I actually really like this mascara. I don't know about it making my lashes the blackest, because it certainly does not make my lashes "my blackest lashes." But overall, it is a great mascara for the price. I like it much better that Maybelline's The Falsies mascara for sure.

Rating: 8/10 (It dried up faster than expected,  I still used it up though.)

Recommend? Yes. If you are looking for a good drugstore mascara that does not have a rubber brush, you might want to give this mascara a try!
Repurchase? Yes, if I don't find anything better. But this will go on my list of great mascaras!

EDIT (10/11): I noticed that the mascara dried up faster than normal. It isn't too bad if you only use one mascara at a time and you use it regularly. If not, you might have an issue with this drying up and you might have to toss it early.