Mascara Monday- L'Oreal's Voluminous

Hello all!

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend~ my week is starting off with a bit of a cold, bleh, so please accept my apologies for posts being up later than normal. I will try as best as I can to be coherent, haha!

Up for today's Mascara Monday!: L'Oreal Voluminous, original with curved brush, $7.49 at Walgreens, but I often see it for $5 at Target and Wal-Mart.

What it claims: 

• Uniquely formulated to resist clumping, soften lashes and build lashes to 5x their natural thickness. 
• Maximizing formula quickly thickens and builds lashes in a single application for a full and dramatic lash look.
• Patented volume maximizing brush thickens lashes evenly and smoothly leaving them soft with virtually no flakes, smudges or clumps.

Let's take a look!

Shown with the "Voluminous Naturale"-- review for that to come.  ;)

Naturale on top, Original on bottm. The brush is fluffy without being TOO big.

Close-up of brush~

Bare lashes.

Bare lashes, angle.

With Voluminous.

With Voluminous.

At an angle--- look how pretty!!!!

So, basically -- I LOVE THIS MASCARA. When someone asks me what my favorite mascara is, hands down I always say Voluminous. (Honestly, I don't know why I keep playing with different mascaras... oh wait, because it's fun!) 

Seriously, though-- for the price, it is of amazing quality, and it really stays put with no smudging, flaking, and applies in multiple coats without clumping. It also adds a fair amount of length, too. I am VERY demanding of my mascara-- I want it to be able to do flips and feed my cat-- and this one definitely performs 100%.

Be sure to apply coats before drying, as with most mascaras, to lessen the likelihood of clumps. The brush isn't too technical, but if you hate it upon first application, just give it a few more shots. Also-- and this is interesting-- it seems to volumize better a few days after opening. I suppose the introduction of oxygen thickens it a bit. 

In a flash~

Great mascara. If you own one mascara, this should be it. 

Have you tried this one before? It's definitely been around a while! Let me know your thoughts on it!! =)

Until next time--

~Beauty Maven

Review: L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara

Happy Monday/Thanksgiving week/Short week!!

Under review for today is L'Oreal's newest in the Voluminous line~ Million Lashes mascara, $8.99 at Walgreen's.



















What it claims:
L'Oreal introduces New Voluminous¤ Million Lashes™ mascara, our most revolutionary collagen-infused formula and Millionizer Brush for amplified volume and definition.
Our No Clump Formula : This luxurious, buildable formula amplifies each lash instantly. Glides on smoothly, and lasts all day, while thickening and separating every lash for clump-free flake-free, smudge-free look.
Our Millionizer Brush : Uniquely designed to amplify and separate lashes from corner to corner while building breathtaking volume.
Our Clean Sweep Wiping System : This built-in wiper ensures that just the right amount of formula is deposited on the brush for ultra-volumized, defined lashes.

WHOA. Ok, so this is going to be the BEST mascara yet, huh?

Tube:











Wand:









Let's take a look!!

Bare lashes:










With Million Lashes mascara:

























Eewww it got on my lid =( Clean up!

With two coats:
(Bad idea with these molded brushes, but I thought hey, maybe it'll be more volumizing?)












Ok so let me start by saying, I HATE THIS MASCARA.

Reviewed based on what it claims:
No Clump Formula: You know, I'm not so sure it's the formula as much as the molded brush that helps with no clumping~ though, the formula is quite thin. Also~ I mean, it's not necessarily "clumpy," but doesn't something about my lashes just look... off?
Millionizer Brush: This brush is ok.. as before, it helps with no clumping, but I don't feel it really "grabbing" my lashes, and also it hits my lid and leaves marks. Meh.
Clean sweep wiper system: Okay- now THIS is the best part of the mascara! =) It wipes the brush to leave it with the perfect amount of mascara on the wand. Ee! I wish they would put this wiper on the original Voluminous~ then we might have perfection. ;)

Basically the formula is just too thin. It lengthens alright, but is quite disappointing in the volume department. Hrm. =\ Oh... and it smells weird, lol.. and the packaging is cheap.

If you're a fan of the original Voluminous, this will fall short. A lot of times I will say "Hey, if you find it on sale it's worth a shot if you're curious," but not for this one~ it's really a big waste of money.

Fail, L'Oreal.

Have you tried it? Want to? What mascara are you diggin' right now??

And some happiness, cause I hate to leave on a bad note!
I found some super fun sparkly shoes, and OPI's Sparkle-icious matches PERFECT! Hehe.


















Until next time--
~Beauty maven