Battle Mascara: NYX Doll Eye vs. Maybelline Volum'Express One by One

I've had to say goodbye to my Lancome mascara.  It's almost time for me to say goodbye to my NYX Doll Eye mascara as well.  So, I went out to Walgreens and got a new mascara in anticipation of being mascara-less.  Welcome to my vanity: Maybelline Volum'Express One by One in blackest.

I have to be honest and let you know that today is the first day of my using this new Maybelline mascara and I'm so excited by it that I felt compelled to post something.  But if my opinions on this Battle Mascara change from today onwards, I will update this post.

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And below, we have the following pictures.  First up: NYX.  I think these pictures are a lot better than what I took in Battle Mascara 1 because I've finally learned how to position the camera and tilt my head and wait for good lighting opportunities.  *forehead smack*

Second, we have the newbie: Maybelline.  All these pictures of were taken today and the difference in curl between the NYX and Maybelline is astounding!

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UPDATE: 6/7/2011

I decided to experiment with the Maybelline Volum'Express One by One mascara and the NYX Doll Eye mascara.  Maybelline is great for retaining curl throughout the day.  NYX is great for not smudging.  Putting them together ought to give me the best results possible.  So here are the pictures from my experiment.  Here are pictures of my lashes 3 hours into the experiment.

Here are pictures of my lashes 9 hours into the experiment.

If only these two were ONE mascara, this would be the perfect mascara for me.  ^_^

Oops! Mascara Smudge

5pm, end of day mascara smudging

NYX Doll Eye Waterproof Mascara

Mr. P made me laugh while I was putting on mascara and that resulted in some mascara smudges that looked like vertical bars on my eyelids.  My quick fix: ring finger and dark eyeshadow.

You can't really tell in the top camera phone quality picture, but the dark eyeshadow was actually visible even after opening my eyes.  I simply covered up the mascara smudges with eyeshadow and no one was the wiser all day.  If you look closely, you can still see the individual smudges, but c'mon, who is going to stand 2 inches away from your face and point it out?

To date, I haven't found a brush I'm totally crazy about to do my eye makeup.  I still prefer my ring finger to apply eye makeup as I have total control over the entire process.

Have a good day!

Battle Mascara: NYX Doll Eye Waterproof vs Lancome Definicils High Def

Battle Mascara!  I'm on a quest to find the perfect mascara that will deal with length, volume, curl, and smudginess.

Here are some of my pictures.  The lighting isn't the very best, so I apologize in advance.  I took the pictures after a long work day just to have pictures.  My opinions expressed in my cloud bubble battle were formed over time.  Oh, maybe this is important: I usually just put 1 coat of mascara on and didn't feel like deviating from the norm for these pictures.

LANCOME

Doesn't smudge, but that's about it.

Already lost a lot of the curl

Lashes don't seem lengthened

Lancome mascara looks knobby on my lashes

NYX

Volumizes and lengthens a little, doesn't smudge, but loses curl.

One coat, lashes don't look super impressive.

Lost 60% of curl.

Curled + mascara vs uncurled..... big difference?  I can't tell

I suppose for reference, here are some pictures of my lashes without mascara:

Uncurled lashes

Opening eyes really wide after curling

Curled lashes, opening my eyes like normal

More Battle Mascaras to come.  Just let me get through these 2 tubes... 

Date with Mr. P in Little Tokyo!!

Now that Spring is here, I've been in the mood to experiment with brighter colors like oranges, pinks, and greens.  And there is no better time to experiment than on dates with Mr. P.  **hehehehe!**  So, today we took the train to Little Tokyo in Downtown for some ramen and shopping.  I used my Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends blush on my cheeks and eyes to achieve a peachy pink and orange eye look.  I lined my eyes with dark gray shadow with green sparkles. 


FOTD for my date with Mr. P!

We had ramen in Little Tokyo then walked to Fashion District.  We passed by this store that sold some NYX products and when I saw the prices my heart JUMPED. FOR. JOY.  NYX jumbo eye shadow liners for $2.00 each!!!!  False eyelashes for $2 - $3!  And mascaras for less than $7 - $8! 

Mr. P bought these for me for $13 total!!!

This store also had some really dramatic lashes with feathers and neon colors.  I told Mr. P that maybe those lashes would be better for Halloween.  :-)  The common theme, of course, was that everything was super affordable. 
I'm trying on my my 118 lashes right now.  The only thing Mr. P and I can say right now is, "Wow... It's different!"  Mr. P took pictures of me wearing the falsies.



Was not able to successfully bind my real lashes to the false lashes.



A little glue is showing, but that's okay.  This is my first time.  :-)

 

Not bad for my first attempt at wearing falsies.  Many thanks to my favorite Youtube gurus for showing me how to apply falsies, and many many thanks to Sue Lynn for this video that I remembered all year long!