Drugstore Mascara

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I love experimenting with mascara, and I’ve been playing around with Lash Paradise from L’oreal and want to share my thoughts with you today.

L’Oreal Lash Paradise

L’Oreal’s Voluminous Lash Paradise Mascara is their first mascara for voluptuous volume and length now with more black pigments. The wavy bristle brush holds formula volume. The applicator has 200+ bristles.

My Thoughts

I love the hourglass shape of the wand makes it easy to apply to every part of the lash. I noticed thickening, and lengthening with the mascara, and the formula is wet but not so wet that it was messy for me to apply. I will say that I did notice slight smudging when wearing this mascara alone, but when I wore it with my favorite go-to mascara base, the Covergirl Clump Crusher Mascara in Water Resistant, I didn’t notice a smudging problem. I am a fan of layering mascaras, and this seems like a great one to pop on when I want both lengthening and volume. I am enjoying this mascara, and will be keeping it in my mascara rotation. If you’re interested in my mascara layering bundles, please let me know in the comments : )

L’Oreal Lash Paradise vs. Too Faced Better Than Sex

The packaging of the L’Oreal Lash Paradise is *very* similar to the Too Faced cult favorite Better Than Sex mascara, and many have stated that the Lash Paradise is a dupe for the higher end brand. I find the Lash Paradise to be a more wet formula, which while you do risk more smudging I enjoyed because I prefer the way a wetter formula applies, and also tend to have less of a flaking issue. Mascara can be a very personal choice, because everyone has different needs and preferences with their lashes, but for me I enjoy both of these as a “second coat” mascara to build and lengthen my lashes.

My Routine

I apply two coats of my L’Oreal Voluminous Primer and then curl my lashes with my Tarte Lash Curler. I then apply my favorite “base” mascara, Covergirl Clump Crusher in Water Resistant, and then apply my L’Oreal Lash Paradise in Water Resistant (I prefer water resistant mascaras to avoid smudging).

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Hi there! Happy Monday!

I hope that you’re having a wonderful Monday so far : ) I am feeling WIDE AWAKE thanks to the time change and loving it.

Covergirl Clump Crusher Water Resistant Mascara is my always repurchase, “first layer” mascara that I use nearly every day. I am also a huge fan of Covergirl Super Sizer as a second layer mascara for amazing volume. I was interested in trying out the newish Covergirl Total Tease.

What It Claims

Total Tease mascara claims teased, long, refined, and full lashes. Use the lash teasing mascara comb to tease the hard to reach corners.
Polymer-enriched thickening complex claims to boosts volume and defines your lashes. Get perfect separation with the small comb. 500% more volume (do these claims make anyone else think hmmmm, really!?).

My Thoughts

I like my mascara to be on the wetter side because I feel like it is easier to glide it onto your lash, but wet mascara can equal smudging so I really like the concept of the small nub-like end of the brush so I can get those hard to reach corners. Because I like wetter mascara, I prefer to use waterproof to help control smudging. At first, I wasn’t crazy about the more “regular” side of the wand because the bristles aren’t very long, but the mascara is very buildable, so I don’t mind as much. The final look is beautiful and I love the way my eyes look with it on, even without any other eye makeup on. Is it the best mascara I’ve ever used? I don’t think so, but I definitely am enjoying it.

My Routine

I have used this mascara with curling my lashes with my favorite lash curler and L’Oreal Voluminous Primer and also with just the mascara straight on the lashes with no extra fluff. I start by using the “normal” or what I consider to be a typical looking mascara brush side to coat my lashes. I like doing two or three coats of this mascara, and I love how buildable it is. I then use the “nub” side and use it to get the inner corner lashes and fluff out the outer lashes to make them very sexy and dramatic.

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Have you tried this mascara? What is your favorite mascara? Do you like waterproof mascara?

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