28 Jan Review & Giveaway: L’Oreal’s new Double Extend Illuminator Mascara
L’Oreal’s latest mascara to be added to the lash lengthening buffet table is its new Double Extend Illuminator. A lash lengther on one side with an illuminating, almost mace-like wand (remember Givenchy’s Phenom’ Eyes?) on the other side gives you stiletto length, sparkling lashes.
The premise is for “noticeably illuminated eyes.” The formulation harvests the power of pearls (pearls are also getting huge exposure in the spring makeup department this year). This is a light-reflecting mascara that highlights flecks of colors found in the eyes, and there are four different shades specifically designed to suit your eye color:
1) Black Copper (for Blue Eyes)
2) Black Bronze (for Green Hazel Eyes)
3) Black Quartz (for Brown Eyes)
4) Black Crystal (for all Eyes)
This is a two step process, with the first step being a lengthening mascara and the second step being the Illuminating Top Coat. There are pearl-infused tones in the top coat and the sphere-shaped brush allows these pearls just to be applied at the tip.
Our Review
I am a big fan of L’Oreal’s Double Extend mascara in general. It REALLY does extend your lashes and you end up with some serious length. That said, I felt the “Illuminator” quality in this mascara fell a tad short of my expectations. I wanted my lashes to be much more sparkly than the result, but I was enormously pleased at how thick and long my lashes became (note: this is not a volumizing mascara).
The mascaras retail in drugstores now for $10.95 each.
But seeing is believing, dear readers, and without resorting to Latisse, it’s pretty fabulous to walk around with such a lash length. So, with that in mind we’re giving away TWO new tubes of the Illuminator Mascara to two lucky readers.
Simply enter a comment below to tell us what ASPECT of your mascara you most love (bonus points for sharing this post with your friends on Facebook).
And rock that length and shine!
– Charu Suri
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Gina D
Posted at 15:20h, 29 Januaryi love that it wears all day no smudging
HEATHER P
Posted at 15:29h, 29 JanuaryI LOVE LOVE LOVE A MASCARA THAT DOESNT SMUDGE WITHOUT BEING WATERPROOF AND LENGTHENS MY LASHES WITHOUT THEM FALLING. IT IS TOUGH TO FIND ONE THAT DOES THAT WITHOUT CLUMPING
Patricia
Posted at 16:20h, 29 JanuaryI love a waterproof mascara, that doesn’t run. I’m a big fun of L’Oreal’s mascaras. Black Crystals has me curious. I also shared on Facebook. Thanks
fran
Posted at 17:08h, 29 January*SHARED ON FB & TWITTER*
I am a MASCARA JUNKIE! My mascara MUST color my lashes (darken them for a POP)lengthen, curl & volumize. I also like it when a mascara nourishes them so they don’t fall out.
PLEASE PICK ME 🙂 I have blue eyes & I NEVER EVER EVER WIN anything 🙁
I threw out my back shoveling out my elderly neighbors driveway so this mascara will help me feel better and look pretty when ppl come to see me at my bedside 🙂
Anji Rae
Posted at 17:37h, 29 JanuaryThe mascara I use right now doesn’t clump and it LENGTHENS my lashes so well (it’s E.L.F. studio). I really want to try this one though, and actually the fact that the shimmer “fell short” makes it more appealing to me because I would only want a hint of shimmer and not over the top.