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Bourjois Coup de Theatre Mascara |
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21/03/08 (223 review reads) |
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Advantages: Does exactly what it says it will do, readily available, easy to use
Disadvantages: None for me
There are a few things I refuse to leave the house without, mobile phone, keys, iPod and Mascara. Not being a huge fan of plastering myself in make-up I do have a few bits and pieces that I use every day. Touché Éclat to ensure that I am not mistaken for Uncle Fester on the bus to work, my bronzing pearls to add some colour to my pale complexion, my BeneFit eye bright pencil to give my eyes that wide awake look and finally my Mascara, the best thing about having long eye lashes is that you can use them to your advantage constantly and flutter them to generally get your own way - well it works for me.
When it comes to buying mascara, the market is awash with numerous different types of mascara which come in a plethora of colours. Some mascara's promise to extend your lashes; make them appear fuller and thicker and some promise not to make your eyelashes clumpy and fake. Now I have tried cheap mascara, medium priced mascara and over the top extortionate mascara thinking in this case you might actually get what you pay for and the one I settled on was Bourjois Coup de Theatre Mascara currently retails at £8.95 in Boots.
Bourjois Coup de Theatre Mascara promises that you get will the illusion of false eyelashes...without the fuss and it will do this in two simple steps. Looking at this mascara it is a double ended black and white tube, with one end being black and the other a pearly white colour. The white end representing Step one and the black end representing Step Two.
So with Step one within the tube which you twist to release the mascara brush which is shaped like any other, you will find a white cream similar in texture to mascara and what this cream does is attach itself to your eyelashes as you brush them from the bottom of the eye lashes right to the tip to make them visibly longer in length and the one thing you will notice is that your eyelashes do look much longer and there is no trace of the cream left behind. The brush is designed with smaller bristles than the brush at the other end of the tube but it does'nt make any difference to the effect that is created.
Once you have completed this stage and are happy with the outcome and the cream has dried slighty you can now move onto step two.
Taking hold of the black end of the tube you can start to apply the mascara. Once again you need to twist the mascara casing to open and use the brush. At a first glance there doesn't appear to be a lot of mascara cream on the brush and you ay be tempted to stick the brush back into he tube to add more, but I can promise you there is plenty already upon the brush to cover both sets of lashes on both eyes. Then by mimicking the actions you previously used to coat your lashes ensuring the brush is use right to the tip of the eye lashes you will notice that very quickly your eye lashes become coated and due to the tapered shape of the brush it is really easy to coat those eye lashes right in the corner of your eye.
You can add several layers of mascara if you want to build up the extra thick eye lash look that some people crave and whether you have added one coat or three coats there is no clumpy looking mess left clinging to your eye lashes.
For me this mascara is suitable for every occasion, as I have previously said it is very rare that I leave the house without wearing mascara and I don't always use the lengthening cream. This mascara works perfectly well on it's own but it doesn't really create the same effect which makes you look alert and your eyelashes much longer for fluttering them. It works even better if you own a good pair of eye lash curlers too.
I think for the £8.95 I paid for this product I got the ultimate bargain especially having tried and tested many others. With Bourjois Coup de Theatre Mascara you not only get what you have paid for but this mascara also gives you the results it has promised on the packaging. The last mascara to come to these results was made by Clinique and cost £15 and with that my lashes didn't look longer or feel longer. Bourjois Coup de Theatre mascara when applied lasts all day, I have never found the need to have to re-apply it half way through the day like I have done with a lot of other mascaras that I have tried and tested. If I have been at work all day and am going out in the evening then I might re-apply to add a little more wow factor to my eyes as I tend to wear that little more make-up especially around my eyes.
Mascara usually has a short shelf life of around 3 months before it begins to go dry and clumpy in the tube. Coup De Theatre however will last right until the tube is empty without clumping at all and it is as good using it for the very last time from the tube as the very first. So again it is worth paying that little bit extra.
When it comes to removing this mascara I have had no problems at all. To remove you can use water and it will come off your lashes or you can use make-up remover or whatever you would normally use to remove your make-up.
As someone who wears contact lenses or glasses when my eyes are tired, I need a mascara which is sensitive to that and Coup De Theatre has been especially tested under ophthalmologic control to ensure it is good to use on the eye lashes of people like me who wear both contact lenses and glasses without causing irritation or drying out the eye.
I would recommend this mascara to everyone who is looking for mascara that will not only lasts much longer than any others you are likely to try but because it is promises to lengthen your lashes and create the illusion of wearing ones which are false. This mascara is available in brown, blue and black currently and they all retail for the same price. This is the only mascara I intend to use from now on because I have finally found a product to give me the look I want.
Summary: A mascara that does what it promises
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