Make up talk and MASCARA

I love make up. It's one of the funnest things! It's an art form...on your face!! 
Some people use make up to "cover" things. I like to use make up to ENHANCE features. 
When putting on make up think about the things you really like on your face! Not the things you don't like or wish you didn't have. That's not going to make make-up very fun. Make up is art and it's supposed to be fun! 
Some times we use make up to make ourselves feel pretty and sometimes we use make up more artistically. Both ways are awesome and totally fun. 


Now that i'm done ranting on about the ideas of make up, let's talk about MASCARA 


Everyone loves having long full eyelashes, right? 
I think that's pretty safe to say. As we get older (and by older I mean not 5 anymore!) our eyelashes just aren't as long and full! Or maybe you were totally blessed with big beautiful lashes. Then, awesome and all the power to you, baby!


I just have medium length and full-ness to my lashes. And I really love mascara!
I want my lashes to be super dark, full, lots of volume, thick and long. Now that i've said almost the same thing about 3 times I'll tell you my dilemma with mascara...
It always flakes on me! If it doesn't flake, it smears. But that's almost better than flaking! Flaking looks like a ton of fall-out from your black eyeshadow! The worst part is when the flakey mascara-flakes fall under your eye and mix with your concealer creating the most amazing grey paste under your eyes! Might as well have not worn any concealer. Because now I look like a drug addict. 


                                          No. Thank. You.


So what do you do about flakey and/or smearing? Don't wear mascara? nooo...
Don't wear concealer under your yes? So not going to happen. 


Ah yes, that's where we come to waterproof mascara. Seems great in theory, but trust me it's not! Now I do have to say, it lasts all day...and all night...and until tomorrow when you think you got it all off- until you get in the shower and come out looking like a raccoon. Now, if you're emo...all the power to you, yet again. But now we're scrubbing and rubbing at our eyes. Using up all our eye-make-up remover. Also not fun! Haha


I guess this means, we're still on the search for the best mascara, right?
Exactly. 
                           But guess what... I found mine!! 


I decided after using this old dumb mascara, screw this, I won't spend 20 dollars on something I don't really even love. (The brush/wand was total crap. Formula was awesome though.) 


So I figured i'd go to Target. Looking around and see what's up in the drug store land of mascara. I've heard a million great things about L'oreal Paris Voluminous mascara. I heard this gave lashes a full dark look while still staying light and looking feathery. Seemed pretty cool. But mascaras typically always flake on me. So, I bought the waterproof one. "Waterproof Voluminous Carbon Black" 
When I first tested this out, it smeared on me. Didn't flake. Just smeared. I decided I'd let it dry out a bit over night. I unscrewed the top and let the air get to the formula. By that morning I had the best mascara! Super dark, super full, still flexible(my lashes didn't feel hard, brittle and/or  break, that's never good), Also super build-ible.
              This mascara was perfect. Except...It never came off. 

In all it's shining black glory 

I tried to go back to target and buy the non-waterproof. But they only had the original. The original doesn't come in carbon black. it's just black. You wouldn't think it, but that makes a huge difference! The formula also was a lot dryer. Almost too dry. It still din't flake, but it was still hard to get off. And not very worth it because it wasn't super black. 


A month or two later I googled this mascara to find out if they make carbon black non-waterproof. It said they did! I went to target that day, found it and bought it!

The very perfect mascara wand

Man, it's the best mascara I have ever used! And it's only like $6! So cheap, right? 


So if your mascara sucks, i'd try looking at your drug store again. You could buy two mascaras and still be paying less than you would in the department stores, like sephora. 

  Some Mascara goop on my wrist.
See, look how dark it is!! 

So that is my very very long story about how much I love L'oreal Paris Voluminous CARBON BLACK. In the other words, the best mascara ever ;)


You just might wanna leave the lid off for the first night, at least for the waterproof one. 






Happy eyelash batting!! ;)


XOXOX