Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara

So aside from concealer (thanks kids and hormones) the only other beauty product I don't think I could live would have to be mascara.

A good mascara can bring your face to life by widening and opening your eyes creating the illusion of fluttering feminine lashes.

A brand mew fave of mine is the Maybelline  Lash Sensational mascara (£9.99)

Reasonably priced and in an attractive, somewhat futuristic looking pale pink metallic wand  it promises longer, thicker, more volumed lashes.

Now it's not just the formula that requires attention but the brush itself needs to have some recognition.

It is Maybelline first layer reveal brush with 6 lengths of bristles to help capture even the tiniest lashes.

The result of such a device is a multi layered effect combined with with a low wax formula to offer intense blackness without clumping.

This unique design offers defined, lengthened and volumised lashes like never before.

The silky, light liquid formula attaches to these bristles and allows you to comb smoothly through your lashes while the soft curved brush head grabs at each and every hair to create an ultra-magnified effect. 

I can confirm that it is indeed a deeply intense black pigment and does an amazing job of seperatingbesch abs every lash, avoiding that horrible spider-lash look.

The gentle curve encourages lift while the multiple bristles seek out every lash, even ones you didn't know you had for a brilliant wide eyed, doe look look.

Flake and smudge free, it easy to remove but it won't budge from your lashes Until you decide to remove it.

For £9.99 and compared to other similar far more expensive mascaras, I'm seriously impressed.

Oh, and it doesn't irritate the delicate skin on and around my eyes.

In a nutshell. The Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara is a fabulous product at a great price point.

Whatever you're looking for, more length, volume or curl, this mascara has it all.

You can grab yours now from Superdrug.

Santhilea Magnetic Lash

I’ve never been a fan of false eyelashes.

 Not because they don’t look great, but because I find myself almost completely incompatible with them.

 I can never get them to stick in the right place, the glue ends up all over my eye lid and not on my lash line and I end up picking them off in sheer annoyance within a matter of minutes.

 For that reason I’m always on the look out for alternatives to false lashes, so that even cack-handed people like me can have gorgeous peepers.

 

 It’s for this reason that Santhilea’s Magnetic Mascara 1-2-1 Lash Extension System caught my eye. 

 

Marketed as an alternative to false lashes and extensions, the product is designed to give you full impact, glamorous and long lashes that won’t let you down by smudging or clumping.

  

I couldn’t wait to try it out.

The packaging was not especially inspiring but i did like the almost futuristic looking silver gleam.

Unfortunately this is where my approval of the product ended.

(Make up free) 

 Designed to work in the same way as Model Co Fibre Lash Mascara, the mascara is first applied to your lashes.

 (This is step 1)

Next, you apply their Lash Builder, which is essentially hundreds of tiny fibres which attach to the mascara, building the thickness and in theory, length to your lashes.

 

  (Step 2)

Finally reapply the mascara to sooth and seal the fibres. 

 (Step 1 again, hence the 1-2- 1 system)

Sounds great in theory, in practice I was left with short, stubby and hugely clumped lashes.

Granted this was only my first attempt, but I simply don’t have the patience (or time) for practice, and in any event, after several tries they failed to look much better than this anyway.

At £24.99 this is not a cheap mascara and I was hoping for far better results for my money.

Alas, I fear I can now also add Magnetic Mascara & Fibre’s to my ‘cannot use’ list if products! 

What do you think? Have you tried this before? 

Do you love this alternative to false lashes?