FAIRYDROPS Scandal Queen Mascara

I opened up my Manly palette for the first time in awhile, and look. Can you guess what has vexed me this morning?
In case the picture is unclear, take a good look at the culprit. All over my other shadows and the whole drawer is covered in pearly yellow eyeshadow.
Argh!! The reason for this post is for this, the FAIRYDROPS Scandal Queen Mascara. It looks ever so pretty, but the price is not so nice for $24 at Sephora. I don't have a good picture of my lashes with this mascara, so bear with me. I got one for my sister for her birthday because she was lemming this after a you tube video, and got one for myself to try. Remember ladies, do not share your mascara with anyone.

I loved the brush. It got into every corner of my lashes but the brush can be a bit bulky to work with. I ended up getting quite a bit of mascara onto my lids. This coming from a girl who worships Diorshow mascara, sounds ridiculous, but I had to clean up a lot.
This lengthened my lashes quite a bit, but also volumized my lashes as well. It helped keep the curl, but I wouldn't buy this mascara again. Here comes its bad points. This flaked on me like crazy, after five minutes of application. This didn't happen to my sister and she loves this mascara, so I don't know what happened. The formula is a bit thick, and can get too clumpy with two coats. Thin coats seem to be the key here but I have a feeling that this mascara will dry out quickly and for its over the twenty dollar price, it just doesn't work well enough. I don't want a high maintenance mascara because I tend to just swipe and go so this will not be repurchased. If you have time to work with this mascara, maybe it won't be so bad, but maybe I'll just keep the brush and use it with a different mascara.

Makeup Forever Smokey Lash

I've been cleaning out old makeup and am totally disgusted with myself. Honestly, I wear almost nothing but neutrals, even when I go out, but what do I find in the back of my stash? A rainbow of colors. Do you know what that means? I am a total waster. I hate wasting things, and to see that I was surprised. You know what's worse, CVS is having their sale and I am totally wanting to go back to buy more things that I honestly do not need. Control yourself woman. But when do you tell yourself stop and resist?
Back on track, this review is for the Makeup Forever Smokey Lash mascara. I found this while I was cleaning and got this in Feb. but rarely used it. So if I say anything odd, it might be because its old. So keep that in mind. The brush was a little clumpy looking, a regular sized wand with nothing special.

Nothing on lashes.

One coat. This mascara is fairly black, did ok in holding curls gave volume and no much length. I tell you to look at my bottom lashes because I don't put mascara on them, so if they look darker, its because of the mascara transferring.

It really didn't look like much from the front, but from the side view, that where this mascara look like it doing its job.

Second coat looks like too much, and looks spidery and clumpy.

Side view of lashes. Not really impressed and preferred just one coat. Nothing really special, and was in the 20 dollar price range and would definitely not buy this again. I've had drugstore mascaras that did the same thing and really did nothing for me. The only thing that this would look good on is my lower lashes, but otherwise skip this one.

I'll give you a hint on the next product's longevity. It's been on my hand since Monday, it is now Thursday and I still see traces of it.

Dior Blackout

Yay a mascara review. Diorshow has been my first love and after it went to mascara heaven, I bought its sister Dior Blackout. Expectations were high but at this price range, I should have high hopes and they better be fulfilled. Around $24 for this mascara, it is high on the mascara price range and so pretty to look at. Like Dior show, the wand is huge, and while this may be fine for some, for my tiny asian eyes, NO. I always have to be careful when applying this because more often than not, I will get mascara on my lids. Btw, I just want to let you know, I do not like or really use lengthening mascaras, I prefer volumizing ones. Plain bare eyelashes. I ask you to pay attention to the outer upper lashes that are wonkily sticking out. This will be the best indicator of how the mascara affected my lashes.

Huge. .But oh so sleek and pretty. Look at that wand. Get ready for creepy eye shots.

One coat. You can see that there is a lot more volume and subtle length. This is not a lengthening mascara. It is a volumizing mascara. Nice black lashes, No clumping and gives me great definition to my lashes.

Second coat. More volume, but with that comes clumping. You can go through the trouble of combing them out, but I have no patience and do not do this.

I think this was a better picture of the second coat but instead its sorta creepy. Anyhow, I probably will not be repurchasing this, because I preferred Diorshow. With the other, I could apply two coats and ave it look like falsies without clumping. While this voluminous greatly, with almost no smudging and flaking, its just not really WOW worth $24. So yeah, just because its pricey, doesn't mean its worth it. Btw anyone else want to try the Extase, but can't pay$28, its available as a free sample in Sephora. I probably won't be getting it but I seriously want it. For the next review, I probably don't really have anything that I really want to

show you. Maybe the Missha BB cream. But let's see how things go.

Cargo Lash Activator

Cargo is discontinued at Sephora, but this mascara is still there, at a drug store price. I would totally recommend this for people who volume, not length. I normally look for volume, and not length, because since I wear glasses, having longer lashes means that they rub against the glass and smudges. This is my bare lashes. There is nothing special about the formula, the wand has tiny plastic bristles that get larger at the base.

One coat, but due to horrible photography, you can't see how good it really is. Look at my lower lashes, in the middle, where the mascara has touched, compared to the outer corner. There is a big difference. Went from miniscule to defined. It really doesn't hold the curl fairly well and with two coats, its a little too dramatic for daytime wear. But I still love it.

The only thing that bugs me is the original price. This was billed for $35 dollars when it came out, I bought a backup of it when it was on sale for around $7 and now the price went back up to $8 something. Geez, has Sephora and/or Cargo been ripping me off? Probably, but didn't stop me from buying a backup. Sigh...

YSL Faux Cils

I’ve complained about the amount of snow and bad weather in my first post, but WTF? Look what happened in two weeks!

My dream of chilling on a beach is not far behind because for the past couple of days, it feels as if spring is already here. The weather is nowhere as nice as it probably is in Cali or Florida, but I am so happy about this weather that I really don’t care about the beach anymore, as long as the weather stays like this.


To go along with the eye theme, one of my favorite volumizing mascara is the YSL Faux Cils in High Density Black. The price is a steep $30, and I warn you now, if you already have long lashes, you are not going to get much length from this mascara. The wand is smaller compared to the bigger ones, such as Diorshow or the Prestige, and there is a slight floral scent, which isn't overpowering. I haven't had any flaking, but have had slight smudging problems when I don't have the Dr.Fiver on. But this is natural because almost all mascara smudge on me when it comes into contact with my oily skin. This is what my natural lashes look like.


This is with one coat on curled lashes. Excuse my wonky eye.


Two coats.


No flaking or smudging with a slight floral scent, that I can tolerate. While for me this will not be a staple in my makeup drawer (too Pricey), but my sister states that she would repurchase this. On her, she claims that this mascara gives her the effect of tight lining without a eyeliner, so she can wear this without any other makeup. For me, I prefer the Maybelline Colossal Mascara over this one.

Etude Dr. Fixer

For me, this thing is necessary, and when I say necessary, I mean this is HG, will buy this over again, and if it somehow becomes discontinued, I will fly over to the headquarters of Etude and beat the crap out of somebody. This is basically a mascara sealer. I have severely hooded eyelids, where the top portion of the eyelid touches my eyelashes. On top of that I have oily skin, so let me ask you a question. What happens when oily skin comes in contact with non waterproof mascara? A hot looking mess, it looks like I just finished watching the Lion King with the father dying over again on repeat after a eight hour day.

I don't like waterproof mascara because that tends to be bad for the lashes as well as it still not lasting because of the oils in my skin, but this product makes the mascara last and not smudge all over. I've even been caught in the rain and while my eyeliner smeared, my mascara did not. It's clear and doesn't do anything to volumizes or lengthen, just makes the resistant to any form of abuse. It doesn't dry out my lashes, nor does it have a horrible scent. The only downfall is it's inability to stay sanitary. After swiping this on my lashes with the wand, the wand goes back in the tube making the clear gloss turn murky and grey. What I now do is take a clean spoolie, just get a tiny bit of the stuff on the tip and swipe the spoolie over it. That way, I don't double dip and it keeps the product clean. I am on my second tube and have a backup of it, and will buy this on ebay again. It's about tweleve dollars, and more expensive than a tube of drugstore mascara, but if you have the same problems with mascara, you definitely need to pick this up.