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Holy grail mascara?

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PitPatKitKat · 04/02/2016 10:42

Searching for a great mascara, one can I just buy again and again.

My favourite ever mascara was Cil a Cil by Bourjois (sadly discontinued many moons ago).

It added length and volume, could be layered in many thin coats without flaking, sumdging or clumping, looked dramatic but lashes were still natural and glossy looking.

So I am looking for something similar. Most things I have tried recently are too much about volume so end up flaky/clumpy, e.g. Benefit They're Real or Chanel Le Volume.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

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bigbuttons · 08/02/2016 16:28

Actually having checked out the blinc one and seen the price I'll think I'll stick with the no.7. It is the same thing basically and a lot cheaper!

Pootles2010 · 10/02/2016 15:47

Do the tubing ones come off easily enough?

Vick2964 · 10/02/2016 15:57

MAC's 3D mascara is not bad at all. But I always go back to my tried and proven mascara that I've used since I was old enough to wear makeup -- Maybelline's Great Lash with the curved wand in Very Black. It doesn't clump or flake and lasts all day and you can really get lots of shape and volume with the curved wand. Nothing but the Pink tube for me!

jumpingjules · 10/02/2016 16:59

Amazed no one has mentioned Estée Lauder Sumptuous Extreme. I went to do where a famous lady makeup expert off of the TV was doing makeovers. She has her own range of makeup which was great but swore she couldn't make a mascara as good as Estée Lauder sumptuous extreme so used that in the make over. I haven't bought anything else since. It is fantastic and I have short sparse lashes and it doubles them and stays on.

bigbuttons · 10/02/2016 17:02

pootles I think it comes off much more easily than normal mascara .
By that I mean it doesn't come off if you rub your eyes during the day or migrate and flake if you have oily lids but it does come off without any mess in the evening with just water and a cloth. It comes of as little tubes and just gets washed down the sink.

Toxicity · 10/02/2016 17:21

I have recently found my HG mascara - Guerlain Maxi Lash Extra Volume Lash.

Honestly its the best I have ever used, I like volume and length and get both from this. Happy Shopping!

PitPatKitKat · 10/02/2016 18:04

Well, the have given the blinc mascara plus primer a good test now..it's not quite the holy grail I was looking for, but it's good enough for now I think.

It is smudgeproof, volumising and lengthening. Looking natural and glossy, comes off easily enough with the right technique. It's not quite as wow as I wanted, but it did stand up to gym workout absolutely in tact and without smudging at all.

Mostly though Amazon delivered a box of 6 mascaras rather than just one. They just said "no need to return, goodwill gesture" when I emailed. So I reckon I have got enough to keep me going for a year or two.

And yesterday I got a flash sale offer from Helen Dowsley- I got 60 pairs of (ethically made) false eyelashes for £30. So I reckon that will take care of the wow factor for a bit too.

In the end, no holy grail, but lots of free/cheap stuff so I am very happy. I feel like this was some kind of karma/cosmic messaging incident by accident.

Maybe someday when I feel rich I will make it to the Chantecaille or By Terry counters in SpaceNK. But until then I have plenty to keep my eyelashes going.

Now, I just need an eyeliner to go with them...

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Postchildrenpregranny · 10/02/2016 18:07

What's a tube mascara?
Have been a Mac Factor Masterpiece devotee for years
Tried a Benefit one a (richer than me ) DD left in bathroom. Was useless

PitPatKitKat · 10/02/2016 18:09

Oh and Buzzard, pm me your address and I'll send you one of the free mascaras...keep you going til you are back on your feet and able to get round the shops Wink

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PitPatKitKat · 10/02/2016 18:10

Buzzard

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neekeem · 10/02/2016 19:05

I pored over this to help me try to find a new mascara - www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/beauty-hair/makeup/a20999/best-mascaras-tested/

I ended up with the L'Oreal Paris Volume Million Lashes Mascara, which is a bit flakey - and looking at the picture, it's clear that it is. I don't know how I missed it when I went through the images!

AnnaT45 · 10/02/2016 19:11

Armani eyes to kill is incredible. Feel like I'm wearing false eyelashes with it

MyGastIsFlabbered · 10/02/2016 19:56

I really want to try blinc, has anyone tried the new one?

commonsenseplease · 11/02/2016 20:50

Eyeco mascaras are tubing. They have different brushes for different looks.

DHC also do one, probably my fave. It's really natural-looking - a you-but-better look. It's quite expensive for a small tube, but not too bad if you wait for an offer on Escentual.com (they regularly have 20% off, but I got mine last week at a 25% off weekend).

Fiberwig (I get mine from a seller in Hong Kong on eBay for under a tenner, it's almost double that on Cult Beauty) do a nice glossy, but very volumising one.

I've used tubes for nearly 15 years, back in the days when I had to get my Blinc from America! They're the ONLY mascara to use if you have very sensitive eyes, and are also great for contact lens wearers. They stay put longer than anything else I've tried, and I haven't come across any others that flake as little as them, even when I've rubbed my eyes.

I had a go at Benefit's Roller Lash and hated it. It smudged within an hour. I put a coat of Eyeco on top and it fixed it. It ran out but I loved the brush, so kept it and use it to apply my Fiberwig (their curved brush gets clogged quickly).

Benefit's new lash primer is fab under tubes btw.

Whenever I read bad reviews of these, it's usually because people find them a pain to remove. Remove it with a warm, wrung out cloth and it comes off as it's meant to - easily and in tubes that look like spider legs. If you use a wash-off cleanser, it'll still come off as long as the cloth is wet and fairly warm.

Sensai's tube mascara is called 38 degrees as that's the temperature needed to remove it - the same is true for all tube mascaras. I don't sit there and test the water, just make sure it's comfortably warm.

Micellar water will remove it, but it won't slide off like it does with plain warm water.

Buzzardbird · 12/02/2016 12:27

That is really kind KitKat Flowers

mowglik · 12/02/2016 12:32

My HG is seventeen HD falsifye - best I've ever tried and I used to be a bit of a mascara junkie. Makes me look like I have false eyelashes on but in a good way! Will only ever buy this one as long as they keep making it

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