Little bro can always be relied upon at Christmas for a truly lovely present, living in London, access to a city full of some of the worlds best shopping is on his doorstep! A most generous soul he always likes to have a list that he can pick a lovely gift from so it is a surprise...all together now awwwww!
This year though I returned from my holibobs a mere 10 days before Christmas resulting in me running round like a blue bottomed creature trying to get things done. However 2 weeks blissfully shopping my little heart out in the good old US of A rendered me unable to make a Christmas list of any shape or size... Shocking I know!
You would think being a beauty addict that I would be in to trying all different brands of all different kinds of make up right? Well yes, except when it comes to mascara... I have been faithful to one product for a solid few years now! I began to get itchy feet and contemplate an alternative after seeing the launch of the Benefit They're Real in my local Boots. Well now I gazed at the display, the stunning before and after results and walked away despite the sales assistants best efforts to convince me otherwise. Later in 2012 not even the offer of a free travel size tube with full size purchase was enough to tempt me from the safety of the little dark green tube of Clinique comfort that constantly occupied my make up bag...
So I decided that, being Christmas and all and new year looming I should live dangerously and ask for a new mascara! All set to enter Selfridges and procure himself a little green tube of goodness he'd purchased for me several times before I had to gently suggest I was wanting to try something new! And so off he toddled to his nearest stockist, walked in and asked 'the nice lady with the red lipstick' where he could find the 'They're Real mascara' and happy days there it was under my tree on Christmas morning ready for me to try!
If I could rewind back to when I first walked up to the launch display in Boots I would most definitely have purchased and I kick myself now that I left it this long!
Sitting in my Christmas jumper I took it out the box and there it was a shiny grey tube and despite living in my make up bag ever since it still looks good as new! Normally I manage to get the writing on any product rubbed off within a week! Opening the bottle I saw the very same plastic wand that convinced me all that time ago that I wouldn't like it, I just don't get on with plastic mascara wands I prefer a nice big brush!
Applying it cautiously to my eyelashes I was amazed at how smoothly it went on, fairly wet and very black which I loved, the plastic wand instead of clumping the lashes together kept them separated whilst with each layer I put on the volume and length began building! Well now I was amazed and slightly in love with this mascara.
When using it though I would certainly beware of the following... I find the plastic brush a little tricky still... It's very hard and a slip of the hand and its easy to feel a little pain from this. It does also dry fairly quickly so I like to apply coats one over the other straight away. Finally it is a little hard to remove... Not really a bad point for mascara I certainly don't want it flaking off onto my face! A little Bioderma on a cotton pad followed my my normal cleanser was needed to remove it fully!
I love the results using this mascara! And people have certainly noticed a difference!
Have you tried it? If so what do you think? I would love to know leave me a comment if you have and what you thought of it!
Much love,
SJ xxx
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