After finishing my DHC Lash Serum back in March -and I was pretty impressed by it too- I went ahead and bought the Canmake Lash Care Serum to try. I mean, it could be better, it could be worse; nobody knows unless you try it right?
Well, sad to say, to me it's an inferior product to the DHC Lash Serum. It may work better for other people, cos our lashes do differ, but for me it didn't work at all.
Here's the weird doe-foot applicator:
1st problem:
Canmake states that the soft doe-foot application makes application easier and safer (by not injuring your eye if you accidently jab the wand into your eyeball). But I don't feel it's so when I was using it. It's so much easier to apply serum to the lashes when it's a brush applicator rather than this lipgloss-look alike. Yes, it does feel safer but I haven't jabbed myself in the eye with any applicators yet and I can't seem to coat my lashes properly with this - I only seem to be rubbing my lash line with the gel essence.
2nd problem:
With an opaque container, no mention of any measurements and the doe-foot applicator, it seems like there's hardly any essence left after a few uses! I guess this is the packaging's fault.
With the DHC Serum, they state that it's 6.5 ml and the container is transparent, so you know exactly how much you're getting and how much your using. The brush applicator makes it able to use every drop to the last bit too. For the Canmake's, you don't know how much essence there is in there, you can't peep into the container and because of the spongey doe-foot applicator, I feel it absorbs more of the essence than my lashes do.
Comparing to DHC's, which I used religiously twice a day and it lasted me about 9 weeks, Canmake's only lasted me barely 7 weeks with once a day usage. I even forgot to apply it on some days, so it definitely isn't as much as DHC's.
3rd problem:
I would guess this is the most critical one, cause this lash essence does nothing for my lashes at all. I was pretty satisfied with the length and thickness DHC's serum gave me and I wasn't expecting much for this. If it could let my lashes grow a bit more, great! If it could maintain the lashes I have now, that's good enough. But I feel it not only didn't make my lashes grow, it didn't maintain them at all. I noticed my lashes falling out more often when I'm using Canmake's. It's really annoying, cause then all those beautiful long lashes that the DHC serum managed to coax out just went to waste. How vexing!
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Ha ha, so enough of rambling, let's know some of its facts:
Smell: It doesn't really smell like anything. :) Quite a neutral smell, as opposed to DHC's olive oil-like smell.
Texture: This has a 50% water, 50% jelly texture. It's like a thin gel, which becomes thicker (and eventually doesn't appear on the applicator anymore) as you use it. It's definitely less watery than DHC's lash serum, so it won't make you look like you've been crying if you put too much.
Applicator: Doe-foot. I dislike it, enough said. ):
Price: It's usually going for S$17-18, I think, but I got it at S$14+. At that price, it's slightly cheaper than DHC's but that doesn't justify the miserable amount inside. At the usual price, it's more expensive than the DHC's.
Place: I bought mine at John Little, which explains the discount, but you can find it at Watsons too.
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All in all, I really won't repurchase this. In fact, I've already bought another DHC Lash Serum, started using it and am loving it! Please do keep in mind that this is just my personal experience using this product. It may work differently on other people so if you want to try it, go ahead (and since it's not that pricey and stuff). But this review is just to give people a heads-up, you know, on what to expect and whatsnot. So I hope this review is useful to those looking for an eyelash serum. Thanks everyone for reading!
