Aka why the grass is not always greener on the other side.
The short answer: because it made me break out and I’m pretty sure it was behind my now infamous rash at the beginning of the year.
It’s funny because now as I look back on my journey with this mascara I see that it was not meant to be. At first the thought of spending £22 on a single mascara made me baulk, but then as I came around to the idea that £22 was nothing if it meant I would get the lashes of my dreams, I started seeing it as nothing (especially in relation to my then newish salary).
But then the unthinkable happened: I broke out. Perhaps because my skin is used to drugstore makeup, it didn’t take to this new formula. After the first day I tried it back in august, I noticed lots of tiny bumps on my face, akin to the rash I experienced earlier this year. However instead of taking that as a sign to stop using it, I simply shrugged and continued to use it – only pairing it with a Maybelline mascara to reduce the bumps. I would say this worked well for a few months until January came and my face exploded with what looked more like a disease than anything else.
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| if you look closely around my eye area and forehead, you can spot some bumps |
Do you want to know the funniest part of the whole ordeal? The mascara didn’t even get me the lashes of my dreams. I found that layering my Maybelline mascara helped me achieve what I had been looking for from the very beginning. I guess you could say that sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other £22 side, and that just because you have the extra income to splash, doesn’t mean you should.
alice
xo
