First post worked- YES!
Okay so here's the second. I'm doing a review of a mascara that I picked up in Boots for £6.29 after reading about it in a recent Cosmopolitan article. The mascara is Doll'd Up by Seventeen and I purchased it in black.
The article in the magazine said that the mascara was in the top three for the 'curling' category. This is the feature advertised on the mascara claiming to have 'up to 24 hr curl'.
First Impressions
The packaging looks feminine and does suggest the mascara would provide a good curl to the lashes. The brush is curved and has lots of short plastic bristles that don't move.
Application
Personally I find this sort of brush to be effective as I have short lashes and not many of them! The fixed bristles grab each of my lashes and pull them, coating them in mascara. For me, bigger brushes tend to leave formula on my eyelid as my lashes are so short. This means to get a volumised look with a bigger brush requires an application with a smaller brush first to elongate my lashes away from my eyelid. I don't mind doing this but it is nice to have a mascara that is quick and easy to use.
I can see why Doll'd Up is advertised as a curling mascara as I did notice a nice curl in my lashes (which aren't very curly either, they just sort of stick out), however the most obvious thing that I noticed was the length and definition this mascara gave me. As I said before, my lashes aren't very long so it was nice to have a mascara that made them look longer. This mascara also separated each lash which gave an illusion of fuller lashes, good for me as I have such a small amount.
The formula is a good consistency as it isn't runny, but didn't clump my lashes together either. It doesn't collect round the neck of the bottle and dry up either which is also a plus. It does however, smell of paint but I can't decide if this is a good thing or not (maybe it means it's more pigmented- I don't know) but it does give a good colour and it doesn't smell strong enough for someone to comment on how paint-y your lashes smell.
Overall
For me this mascara is a god-send. It enables me to pretend that I have luscious lashes (try saying that quickly) without looking too false. I think this would provide a lovely curl to someone who is already blessed with longer lashes, and is perfect for the bottom lashes as well. I can't really find a major fault with this product- as my Granddad would say: the only thing wrong with it is that there is only half left! I started my review series with a mascara as they are a guilty pleasure of mine, this one being number 15 in my current collection. Most of the other mascaras that I have are by Maybelline, but there are some others from Collection and Avon that I could do reviews on too- just let me know x
If my eye looks weird it's because I'm wearing contacts, sorry about the poor lighting but that's English daylight for ya!
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