I have very specific requirements when it comes to mascara, it has to be able to hold the curl, elongate my short lashes and be waterproof! If one can tick all 3, then I'm all for it!
Today I have 3 high end mascaras to talk about. The reason I only talk about luxury mascaras is because whenever I use a drugstore one such as Maybelline or Loreal, I find myself constantly using eye drops to relieve the dryness and soreness it gave me, that's when I realised I probably should stop trying them for the sake of my eye health.
DIOR ICONIC OVERCURL WATERPROOF: £25
It has a incurved brush, fits perfectly on my eye shape, definitely holds the curl very very well, provides extreme volume if you use the hollow side and lifts the lashes from the roots if you use the raised side which is wonderful! But it doesn't elongate the lashes much, the brush takes out too much product when its fresh so it can be very lumpy, you end up wiping the excess off which is a huge waste, and it dries out very very quick! It just doesn't worth the money, so I didn't bother to repurchase.
Helena Rubinstein Lash Queen Sexy Blacks: £24
It's a pain to get hold of!!!!
HR definitely makes the best mascaras in the industry, they tick all my boxes, and that beautiful beautiful packaging! Ugh...I'm obsessed! Its unique 90-60-90 brush is truly amazing, it has 2 sides, i only captured 1 side which is above, but if you turn the brush around, it's flat, so it allows you to reach all the lashes, gives you the prefect control! The one in this picture is actually not waterproof, I ordered the wrong one, I don't love it as much as I love the waterproof version, so make sure you don't make the same mistake!
YSL VOLUME EFFECT FAUX CLIS WATERPROOF MASCARA: £25
This one is my all time favourite, it doesn't have a fancy brush, just a simple tiny brush, but it really does the job, gives me ultimate curl, doesn't provide as much volume as the DIOR OVERCURL, ultra waterproof, safe for crying, sweaty summer and even gym! But it means you have to use oil based eye makeup remover, micellar water won't work on this baby!
OK, that is all for now, let me know if you have any recommendations you think I will like.
Thanks for reading. xxx
