Showing posts with label Revlon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revlon. Show all posts

Monday, 5 August 2013

Revlon Lash Potion Mascara review




Revlon's new lash potion is part of the grow luscious range of mascaras. I'm not sure why it is in the same range, there is no mention about the mascara formula having benefits like lash growth. The mascara only expresses that it is a volume and length waterproof mascara. The one I bought is in waterproof, which was such a surprise when I saw it, as Revlon rarely releases waterproof versions in the UK.


The brush as you can see is packed densely in three areas, sort of creating a triangle shape brush. The bristles are extremely hard and scratchy, this is what I presume creates an illusion of length in the lashes by combing out clumps. 


And voila,  this is the look I achieved on my lashes. My lashes do look lengthened and there is a satisfactory amount of volume for day time use. The cons for me, is that it's not very black and that I prefer my Loreal telescopic mascara so much more. It took me several coats to achieve the above look because the mascara formula is quite weak, I don't think it's possible to build more volume, as the mascara dries quite hard and could see it starting to clump. 

This mascara is average for Asian lashes. I think it would be much better for those with thicker longer lashes - to enhance their lashes; than for those who have lashes like mine - who want to create them. 

Sunday, 17 June 2012

L'oreal and Revlon eyeliners review

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Currently I have three eyeliners in my collection. The old L'oreal superliner carbon gloss (discontinued), its new replacement L'oreal super liner black lacquer and Revlon's colorstay liquid eye pen. Here are the snaps.  





Drawn on the hand from top to bottom are carbon gloss, black lacquer and Revlon. I tried to press down using the same strength for each. Revlon is very poor even when layering. I'm not sure if you can see in the picture but the L'oreal eyeliners are very glossy and the pigment is truly dense and wonderful. 



The smudge test with a wet finger! As you can see Revlon is none existent and the new super liner, black lacquer is super resilient. I can confirm that teamed with Urban Decay eye primer, even oil based eye make up remover has a hard job! 

In Boots, L'oreal carbon gloss retails at £6.49 and Revlon's doesn't appear on the website any more but again retailed at around £6.