The Gadgets Page

The first new makeup product I’ve tried in the last few years is the L’oreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara. I usually use a wax-based mascara from Cover Girl called Lash Exact. The L’oreal Double Extend Mascara, however, uses what they call “beauty tubes” to extend your lashes. There is a white base coat that is supposed to be “nourishing,” and then a second coat of color. Since I don’t usually put two coats of mascara on, this two step process is a pain in the butt. I decided to compare it to my usual mascara.

In each of these photos, the eyelashes were curled with an eyelash curler beforehand. No eyeliner was worn and the mascara was applied to the top lashes only. I applied two coats of the Covergirl Lash Exact to compare with the two step process required by the L’oreal Double Extend.

Considering how difficult it is for me to get mascara right and how similar my lashes look when they aren’t wearing any mascara at all, I decided to stop wearing mascara altogether. There have been too many times when I’ve totally screwed up with my mascara and needed to clean my entire eye off with makeup remover and start again.

One good aspect of this mascara is that it can be removed with soap and water. Unfortunately, it leaves the “beauty tubes” all over your washcloth. I found this aspect of it kind of gross and would rather just use a tissue paper and baby oil to remove the inexpensive wax-based mascara.

Here is a video review of this mascara from pursebuzz. She didn’t much care for it either:

Considering how good my lashes look before the mascara ever touched them, the true hero of my eyelashes is the eyelash curler. Here is a link to a simple Eyelash Curler from Sephora.

• Sephora Brand Eyelash Curler at Amazon.com

In the end, I’ll probably stop using mascara at all. When I can get ninety percent of the curl in my eyelashes from an eyelash curler with no mess, flaking or irritating makeup removal cremes, it really seems like the most logical option.

That is, until the next cool mascara gimmick comes along.