The Great Mascara Hunt Project: Yves Saint Laurent's FauxCils
Review by CavewomanPhoto of YSL with Loulou de la Falaise & Betty Calroux from gettyimages
Graphic from Katie at Scentzilla
This review is dedicated to my product guru, ChattyKathy. She has sung the praises of Yves Saint Laurent FauxCils mascara for so long that I think I had an earworm from her voice! Kathy has never steered me wrong. When she says a product is great, she's right. Because of Kathy, I've found and loved the legendary Marais liquid and cream foundations, Paula Dorf cream blushes, and Shiseido Hydropowder in Whitelights eye shadow, just to name a few.
I caved on two tubes of FauxCils, basic black (of course) and also #3 which is a dark but bright ultramarine blue. I tested the mascara in the blue shade for this review. Inside the elegant gold tube, I discovered the longest, lushest, fattest mascara brush I had ever seen. FauxCils promises volume, and I set out to get some good blue fringe. The brush was easy to use despite its size, and soon enough I had nicely coated lashes with a slight lift and no clumping or spiking. FauxCils did not require coat after coat and stroke after stroke. The product coated well, the blue shade was noticeable but not weird or creepy or theatrical. I was able to build good lashes, not really thickened much, not really lengthened much, but I was very pleased with what I saw. My lashes were well-separated and even after the mascara was dry, my lashes did not stick together or look fake or unnatural. FauxCils did not volumize as much as I had hoped, but it did not cake or 'dot' my skin, and my lashes looked beautiful. What I liked best about FauxCils was that it did not take long to build visible lashes, and at the end of the day it was easy to remove with my Almay pads. I did notice a bit of flaking under my eyes at the end of a long day, but the flaking was minimal. FauxCils stayed on very well after a 16 hour day. I don't require that kind of longevity very often.
I bow to ChattyKathy for insisting that I try YSL FauxCils. I can't wait for her next product recommendation.
Product rating, 8.
Disclosure: This product was purchased by the reviwer, Cavewoman
Labels: Cavewoman Reviews, Mascara, Product Purchase, The Great Mascara Hunt Project
posted by Annieytown @ 8:19 AM
6 Inspired Comments
6 Inspired Comments:
Loving the mascara hunt. Want to beg you to please do some kind of wrap-up at the end and tell us: which is really the best? I am losing track among all the different blogs that are participating, and sadly, I'm still using Voluminous so I obviously need help.
Note on Faux Cils (and this also applies to Dior Show, my other mascara HG): For whatever reason, I have determined that the first two or three applications of the mascara do not volumize as much as subsequent applications. I think the formula needs to actually evaporate a wee bit to attain optimum consistency.
Has anyone tried l'extreme from Lancome?
P., I used this one and loved it, and may get it again in the eggplant color (#5) which is fab for hazel eyes. I could only wear it on allergy-free days, which I don't have often, because it isn't waterproof. But my problem was the scent--it is really strong, sometimes I could smell it all day! and it was uncannily reminiscent of Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Fraiche Passiflore, of all things. Is the scent much softer to you?
R, I am sure Annie will do a re-cap. I won't attempt 40 mascaras in 40 days, so there won't be as many things to recap as in our Project Primer!
T, I have found that to be true of many other mascaras too. When they dry up a bit they work better on me.
Anon, I have not tried that one yet.
F, I do detect a fruity smell to my YSL! That is so odd!
Ooh la love.
Looking at this photo of the hottie in the over the knee boots, I'm confused as to why we haven't exchange links yet and become blogging buddies.
Let's fix this, doll.
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