Alright, so you wanna get a new mascara and you've got all these wonderfu--nah, strike that. You've got all these icky-looking, half-dried up testers so how are you going to test them to find out which one suits you? No way you're going to try them on your eyes right? (Though I know some people out there do). Unless you wanna risk getting conjunctivitis or something.
There's this guy, Petrilude, who does amazing makeup videos on YouTube and he has a video on exactly how to test the mascaras out. Shoudl really check out his drag queen makeup looks, they make me flabbergasted.
Here's his vid on mascara testing:
Well, I never knew my arm hair was of any good use at all but today, I finally appreciated having them around. I did my own mascara testing because I'm out on a hunt for a new mascara again. My MM Frameplus mascara is still working fine, but it's a pain in the ar*e to remove and I'm looking for a volumizing mascara.
It's gonna get visual and if blackened coils of arm hair freaks you out, please don't read further. :]
But if you're curious to know, please go ahead! :D
Ha ha, on my arm here, you can see 5 distinct patches of 'enhanced' arm hair. It's good that I've got so many hairs to swatch and so much arm space - haven't even used the other arm yet.
First up is Maybelline's Magnum. It was ok I guess, wasn't really impressed with it. I thought it was a bit clumpy.
The upper patch you see at the edge of my arm is Silkygirl's Double Intense mascara (the lower patch is the Magnum). Now this one impressed me a lot! It not only lengthened my arm hairs crazily well, it also coated each hair thickly with its formula so that the hairs look really thick and black. I was like "Wuoh..." when I was brushing this mascara on my arm.
I mean, look at how "qiu" and long my arm hair is! "Qiu" mean springy/curly in dialect, btw. :D
This patch is Silkygirl's Lash Prism mascara. It was ok I guess, better than the Magnum cos it didn't have any clumpy-ness. The Double Intense beat this hands down though.
This is MM's Lash Enamel Glamour Volume On. I was definitely not impressed with this. The stubby end of the wand meant that I lost control when I was applying it, which resulted in that giant smudge at the bottom. The lengthening and volumizing part was meh...
Last but not least is Maybelline's Hyper Curl mascara. It did nothing for my arm hair, though my friend claims it curls and volumizes her lashes perfectly. For me, it just left a lot of smudges.
I had lots of fun trying out the different mascaras and seeing what they would do to my arm hair and after this simple experiment, I felt like going out tomorrow to get Silkygirl's Double Intense mascara. I'm like super impressed by it. Anyone have tried it and have any thoughts to share?
And this was what happened after I got home and tried to wash my arm! All the mascara-ed hairs fell flat and stuck onto my skin. :D
I was super amused at how Silkygirl's Double Intense mascara reacted. See what I mean by thickly-coated arm hairs? As compared to the Magnum's flat and smudged hairs at the bottom, the Silkygirl's hairs became thick fat hair worms! Ha ha ha, I was staring and picking the hairs for a whole 5 mins!
Anyway, I hope my experiment was useful or entertaining to you all. Next time you go Watsons, do try this trick! Better than getting conjunctivitis, cheers!
EDIT: I realized the preview thingy in onsugar's Tracker featured my mascara-ed arm. So much for my warning =___=
