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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Rimmel Sexy Curves in Intense Black. Best mascara I have ever used AND cheap! Yay!!
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
At the moment it's Lancome Hypnose, but I love all of Lancome's mascaras!
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I love Lash stiletto in extreme black!! it lengthens and doesn't clump and it smells good!!
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Rimmel sexy curves waterproof mascara or Maybelline great lash
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
For length I love Lancome Flextencils
For volume I use Diorshow (makes my eyelashes look like falsies)
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
CoverGirl Lashblast (Waterproof). It's a little hard to get off, but I love the thick lashes and it holds my curl =)
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I have about 15 mascaras on the go right now all ranging from pricey to cheap but no matter what I seem to always be reaching for the same two: Maybelline Colossal volume express and Rimmel Sexy Curves. I find the colossal volume really adds volume and lengthens with minimal clumpage and the sexy curves has kind of like a ball shape on the end that really gets into the outer crevice lashes. Honestly, I just really don't see the point of spending lots of money on higher end mascaras when there are some pretty darn good drugstore ones.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Today my favorite is Prescriptives Lash Envy...But I am sure this will change next month...Last Month it was Prescriptives false lash
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
my all time faves have to be diorshow, blinc kiss me & lancome hypnose
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
It used to be Dior DiorShow until the recession hit (LOL). Now it Covergirl Lastblast, although the brush could be a little smaller. I still love it.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Maybelline Lash Stylist.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I've used Maybelline for years and Illegal Lengths was my fave until they discontinued it. I tried their regular Define-a-lash, Volumizing Define-a-lash, Full n' Soft, Lash Stilletto, and Sky High Curves. I finally got Define-a-Lash WATERPROOF and that does what Illegal Lengths used to.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Rimmel Sexy Curves in Intense black. I love it even more so because it's cheap 
But I'm also very fond of L'Oreal Volumnious in carbon black. Not too expensive that one either.
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A Life in Colour
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
My love affair with CG Lash Blast --waterproof continues
Also, Maybelline Full n Soft is still a runner..
other than those, I still love Shiseido Perfect and Bobbi Brown's Lengthing.. but they are higher priced.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Well my two don;t seem to have been mentioned yet. I like my mascara to have a HUUUUGE brush like BadGal by benefit or Diorshow but my favourite is Urban Decay Big Fatty, Super cute Loud 70's inspired Tube, and really conditions your lashes wiht hemp oil, they feel a lot softer after than with BadGal or Diorshow. Big points to Too Faced Lash injection too.
For the budget option it has to be va va va volume by number 17 at boots a total badgal dupe for £5 - Sold 
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Haven't found my HG mascara, it's very difficult for me to find a mascara I like and can work well on my lashes. I have asian lashes..
I've tried CG Lashblast WP, Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara, L'oreals' mascara with the primer on one end and the actual mascara on the other, Diors' Iconic, MAC Zoomlash, Lancome Oscillation, and the Lancome Curve mascara (can't remember the name).
The ones I prefer that are DS (in no particular order): CG Lashblast WP in blackest black; great in holding curls and looks natural. Maybelline Great Lash; best in holding curls and very very natural.
The ones I prefer that are Department store brand (no particular order): MAC Zoom Lash in Zoomblack (got this w/ a promo code); lengthens, slight curls and gives me dramatic lashes. Lancome Oscillation in black; easy to use, give a natural look and makes my lashes more noticeable.
I can't stand the other three, the one from L'oreal with the primer would always leave me w/ clumps and made me look like I had spider-legged looking lashes and it took me forever to apply it on myself. As for the Dior Iconic, I really really wanted to love it, I expected it to be the best but having using it, my experience with it was horrible. Iconic clumped on me, weighed down my lashes, smudged and sometimes left me with raccoon eyes. The Lancome Curve mascara was just the worst out of the three mascaras, I had this in brown and it can't hold a curl at all weighing my lashes down, clumps like crazy, and irritated my eyes, not to mention it smudged like crazy on me too.
I would like to try some of the colored mascaras but I'm not really sure which color other than black or brown would look nice on me.
Currently, I'm leaning more towards the Zoomlash and Lancome Oscillation. I still want to try out more mascaras though. Even though MAC mascaras aren't popular for many, I think I would want to try the Plushlash, etc. and I wouldn't mind venturing in to all the other Lancome mascaras other than the Curve one I've already tried.
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Last edited by xphoenix06 : 10-06-2009 at 08:58 PM.
Reason: added another mascara and had some misspelled words
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Mine was Lancome Hypnose, but I recently bought L'oreal's Extra Volume with Collagen and I think I like it even more  .
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Benefit Bad Gal for me.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Shiseido Mascara Base.. it makes even the most miserable mascara work! After that I use CG Lash Blast waterproof, or Shiseido Perfect, BB lengthening.. all work well over the base!
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
my HG mascara is definitely Dior Iconic   i seriously don't know what i would do if, fore some reason, it got discontinued  i have long, thin lashes, without volume. i always have to use eyelash curler before applying mascara and until i discovered Dior Iconic, all mascaras made my lashes heavy so they wouldn't stay curled. with Iconic, they remain curled, they are long and full of volume, like butterfly wings 
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I've tried tons of mascaras, high and low end, and my favorite changes every few months or so. Right now I'm in looove with Maybelline's The Colossal (the one in the fat, yellow tube).
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I have tried all of them -- I am settling in with Shiseido Mascara Base. ANY mascara on top of this beauty will work like a charm 
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I've never found a high end mascara I like enoguh to repurchase. I might try the Lancome Hypnose though.
Personally, I love Bourjois - I can't remember the exact name, but it's a black tube with a bronze cap.
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
Maybelline Lash Stilleto! Or their Great Lash, always is and will be a classic for me lol I was just about to post a thread asking everyone the same thing 
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Re: Your Favorite Mascara?
I have never tried a high end mascara simply because I am in love in Maybelline Full'n'Soft. I've been using it since high school.  I have pretty long lashes already and this mascara perks them up nicely. Love it!
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