I recently ordered few makeup products from Jabong. They are offering amazing discounts right now so go ahead and place an order. Jabong really surprised me with their delivery this time. I ordered my package late evening on 30th October and it was delivered on 1st November morning!! Aaaaaaa!! Isn’t that insane!! I Love you guys for this. Keep up the good work!
So, while I was browsing the makeup section, my eyes fell on this little baby- a cute, fat, bright tube of mascara. I had never heard of this brand before. Since I wanted to try different mascara as I was not happy with my current one, I picked it up. Let’s see how it fared.
About the Brand: Miyo is a UK based cosmetic brand. You can find their products on Jabong.
Product claims: Get those big fat smokey look lashes! Extra volume for a truly glamorous look.
Price: Rs 580 for 10 ml. I got this on a discount where it cost me Rs 250. Yay!!
Packaging: I like the bright yellow color of the tube. It is eye catching and you can easily locate it in your makeup stash. The tube has a narrow mouth which really helps in controlling the amount of product on the brush. The packaging is definitely better than the Maybelline Hypercurl.
Brush: I absolutely love that brush. It is small and tapered at the ends. It is neither too dense nor too thin and the bristles are small and resemble the teeth of a comb. I adore how this brush spreads the mascara evenly and helps in separating the lashes. I also noticed that the brush wand is kind of flexible. So, when I apply mascara it bends a little as I curl my lashes. This really gives you better control over the way you want to apply the mascara. Thumbs up for that.
My view: The formula is thick but not very wet (If you know what I mean). It dries out pretty quickly and the best part is that the tapered mouth of the tube helps the brush in picking just the right amount of product. Furthermore, the consistency of the mascara is such that it doesn’t really get on my eyelids or on the under eye area. Honestly, I am someone who is really bad with mascara application. I end up with lots of product on my eye lids, on the corner of the eyes and even under the eyes when trying to coat the bottom lashes. But with Miyo Big Fat Smokey Lashes Mascara there is no such issue.
I usually apply just a single coat of mascara, but to check its efficiency I tried 2 coats and was really happy to see that it doesn’t clump at all. I think apart from having the right consistency, the brush shape really helps in avoiding the clumps and separating the lashes. This is a great everyday mascara. It lengthens and curls the lashes beautifully without clumping. It doesn’t really add drama to the lashes like the maybelline Collossal one does, but provides little volume. This mascara doesn't crumble at all. I have even slept with it (I know a bad bad habit, but I was dead tired)and woke up with the mascara intact and no fall off at all!! Kudos to this guy!! Also, I really love the fact that it doesn’t make my lashes look crisp and fried-you know some mascaras do that and make the lashes look really crisp. Maybelline hypercurl did that to me but this doesn’t. Although this isn't waterproof but it doesn't smudge and is pretty easy to remove. I never faced any issue while removing it, no falling lashes at all.
Final Verdict: I absolutely loved this one and would definitely recommend this to you girls. If you are looking for a good and affordable mascara then you should give this a try.
Rating: 4/5
Here are the pictures for your reference:
I am jealous of all those people who have thick, long, dark and voluminous lashes. I have few girl friends with envious lashes and even some guy friends with thick dark lashes. Then why not me??!! I have sparse and almost straight eye lashes which are hardly noticeable. So, it is obvious that I always look out for mascaras that can give me those fluttery lashes. So, recently when I finished off my Maybelline colossal mascara I thought of trying a new one and ended up buying Maybelline New York Volum’ Express The Hypercurl Mascara. Read on to see if it delivers what it claims.
Maybelline Says: Enjoy beautiful curled lashes with Maybelline New York Volum’ Express The Hypercurl Mascara.
Featuring a powerful curl-lock formula, this mascara gives you voluminous, curled eyelashes for up to 18 hours. Sweep on this mascara and add definition and drama to your eyes!
Here’s why you’ll love it:
• Has an exclusive curl-lock formula that gives you dramatically curled lashes
• Adds volume for expressiveness
• Keeps lashes curled and voluminous for up to 18 hours
• Comes in waterproof and washable variants
Price: Rs. 275
Packaging: It comes in standard Maybelline mascara packaging with a black glossy body and rose gold text. The top is as usual screw-open types. You can find the shade name at the bottom of the tube.
My view: The one I bought is in the shade “Very Black” and this is the washable variant.
The previous mascara that I was using was a water-proof one and Oh my God!! it is such a pain to remove a water proof mascara. I always ended up rubbing too hard and few of my eye lashes would always fall off in the process of removing the mascara. For someone who already has sparse eye lashes, seeing her lashes fall off is one BIG shock! For eye lashes, the rate at which they fall is always greater than the rate at which they grow. Do they even grow back ever?? Like seriously, do they??
So, I preferred buying the washable variant for the Maybelline New York Volum’ Express The Hypercurl Mascara. I like the packaging. It is pretty. The brush is little curved and the bristles are small and dense. The brush is however pretty sleek and it fails to curl my lashes.
As the name suggests Volum’ Express, Hypercurl..I was seriously expecting it to do miracles. But, it did NOT. All it does is darken your lashes and may be adds little bit of length. Thats it!! No volume, no curl. Nil. Zilch. Nada. I tried to make it work by applying the 2nd coat but that didn’t help either. Infact it clumped my lashes badly..very badly. No one likes clumped lashes. I don’t. Do you?
I am highly disappointed with this product. I had loved my colossal mascara but this one is a big failure.
This is good for everyday/office use when you just want to darken your lashes a little bit which is not very evident. They should have named it “Everyday Mascara” and then I would have definitely given it a big thumbs up but since it says hypercurl, volum’ express I expected it to do much more so it is a thumbs down from me.
Take a look at the photos below and decide yourself.
Let me know if any of you guys have used it and how you felt about it and if you are planning to buy a new mascara you can totally skip this.
Rating: 2.5/5
See from the sides. do you see any curl? I don't.
This is what I meant. So clumpy!! Ew!!
