Before and after
Let’s go back to a time, not so long ago, when I had heard about about fibre mascara type things but didn’t really understand them. Until I started chatting to a lovely lady called Jennifer on Twitter, who offered to send me a Younique Fibre Mascara kit from the States, I had never actually tried this kind of product out.
Upon speaking to friends about it, I found it’s really popular among people who can’t seem to get the hang of false lashes. This would be why I never wandered into the fibre-sphere before. I am perfectly at ease with sticking things in and around my eye. Full lashes, individual lashes, whatever. I am the proud owner of ‘the knack’. However, because it takes an extra 10 minutes in the morning to actually think about putting these lashes on, waiting for glue to dry, and then actually doing it, I hardly ever actually do it. I need that extra 10 minutes to proof read my blog (and still I miss stuff). So 3D fibre lashes intrigued me.
After a small hiccup with the post, my gift pack from Get 3D Lash arrived. Jennifer had very kindly thrown in a eyelash comb and a lip gloss as well. The fibre mascaras are actually two tubes, beautifully presented in a case. Unfortunately, the case isn’t very well put together and stitching on the pieces that hold in the mascaras in broke in the first five minutes. Not to worry, they’re not integral to the process. Basically, if we’re going to break it down, one tube is full of sticky stuff, and the other full of furry stuff.
Transplanting Gel
Fibres
You can still use your favourite mascara for a first coat. In fact, it’s recommended. You then put on some ‘Transplanting Gel’ (that’s the technical name for ‘sticky stuff’), followed by the fibres. Then some more gel to seal in the long lashed goodness.
It does take a little bit of getting used to. These photos represent my second attempt. Every time I do it I get a bit better. On your first go you may end up with big, furry lashes looking like something that has just wandered off Sesame Street. Persevere. You’ll get there.
I’d been working on the right eye mostly in this photo
The real trick is to learn how to use the eyelash comb in conjunction with everything else. This stops the clumping, furry look from getting too extreme. It stops your lashes from growing branches.
What do you need to know? Well, it stays on. It doesn’t do anything weird that normal mascara wouldn’t prepare you for. As long as you follow the rules for normal mascara wearing, you will be fine (don’t scrub your eyes, don’t stand out in rain storms looking at the sky, etc).
It’s also not nasty to get off. You know how sometimes you get a really cheap mascara and it can almost be scratchy when you try to remove it? This does nothing unpleasant whatsoever. Upon removal I noticed no difference between remove fibre lashes and removing regular mascara. A bit of eye makeup remover on a cotton face pad and presto, back to my normal boring lashes.
Very highly recommended, lots of fun, and a good alternative to falsies if you can’t get the hang of them. I myself will continue to use a mixture of both, depending on the occasion, though I do have a feeling the fibre lashes will work their way into my every day look over the Christmas period.
Fully fibred
Side view