New Favourite: Max Factor Masterpiece Max Mascara

Max Factor Masterpiece Max 'Black' - £9.99

I am a big fan of Max Factor products, I've enjoyed using their False Lash Effect Mascara in the past (review here), and their Second Skin foundation is a beautiful high street product! As I am a big fan of full lashes I always thought this mascara would not offer enough but I got a sample of it a few months ago and loved it! So I picked up the full size Masterpiece Max when it ran out.

This provides a really lovely, natural but full lash effect. It has a plastic comb brush which beautifully separates the lashes whilst coating and lengthening each lash with no clumps. I like to apply two layers but one is definitely enough for definition! It is a good dark black colour and the mascara lasts well, I don't find it is as soft and flexible as high end mascara's but then it is about half the price! It's also simple to remove which is a big plus for me, I hate to be scrubbing away at my eyes.

It is certainly a great option for a good value mascara! Have you tried this before? Can you recommend any other high street mascaras? Let me know in the comments!

Lazy Sundays: Beauty Tidy-Up

As far as  lazy Sundays go this has been a semi-productive one! I have skyped a good friend who has taken a year abroad, I went to the super market and I now have a pot of pea soup on the hob. My drawers have been a bit of a mess recently as I have just returned to Uni and could not be bothered sorting them out, but it was time! So I thought I would share it with you all. There is nothing fancy going on, everything just has its place and it will hopefully be a lot easier to get to things, but knowing me it will be a mess by next week!

Have you done anything fun with your Sunday? Let me know if you would like me to do a Make-Up collection!

Max Factor False Lash Effect 24 hour Mascara

 

Recently I've been trying out a few new mascaras as I fancied a change. I normally use the Max Factor Lash Extension but I wanted to try something that gave me a bit more volume. I have tried the False Lash Effect before so when I went to Boots and saw they had released a 24 hour version I had to try it.

I went for the black as I rarely wear any other colour of mascara. It is certainly a good dark black, I often feel black mascara can be a little grey but this is perfect! It has a very thick plastic brush that is excellent for applying the product evenly and not leaving any clumps, but it can be bad for transferring product on to your eyelids which is very annoying! Which leads me on to the '24 hour' aspect... It's AWFUL! The formulation doesn't claim to be waterproof, it certainly is not as it smudges with water contact, but it's near impossible to remove. It does not come off with normal cleanser or a simple water based eye make-up remover, the only thing that take it off is Clarins eye makeup remover, but even then I feel like I'm scrubbing at my eyes... not ideal! It lasts all day but I just can't recommend it because it's so annoying!

The actual application is easy and gives a very good effect with just 2 coats, I would leave it at that as the lashes can stick together after 3 coats. It takes a while to dry which is annoying but once dry it is fairly flexible and doesn't crumble. (Please excuse the photo quality, had to use my phone...)

No Mascara

1 coat

2 coats

I think this mascara looks great but I will not be buying the 24 hour version again, in fact I've stopped using it because my poor eyes can't take the removal process. I would highly recommend the normal version to anyone looking for a volumising every day mascara and at £10.99, for the quality, it's not a bad price.

I've also been trying out the Clarins Wonder Volume mascara so look out for that review over the next couple of weeks!

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