Beauty Sharing: Maybelline Volum' Express Mascara Review

Ola Aloha Mahalo!

Well today, yours truly will do a beauty tips post especially for my sweeties out there. Everyone close to me would guess that if I was stranded on an island and granted one vanity wish, I would opt to have a mascara at hand. Haha. Also, I love coating my lashes with many many many layers of the eyelash enhancer and I would try to get every single lash on my eyelid. Haha. I'm a bit OCD in that sense.

Above: Be ready. I'm gonna ramble on about this mascara.

Basically, I "mistakenly" bought this Maybelline Volum' Express Cat Eyes Mascara in Black (RM 34). I was a regular for Maybelline Magnum Mascara, but since I speculated that the Magnum was causing some eye irritation (hence the red veins in my eyeball: you'll notice later), I wanted to switch to something different. I grabbed the Volum' Express (VE) and was very disappointed by the shape of the wand. I wanted a full-on big fat brush, but this pathetic wand looks like a small little comb! It looks like it is meant for lower lashes or itsy bitsy baby lashes. Little did I know that I was about to be proved terribly wrong!*buzzer sound*

After trying it, I have to say that it is such a wonderful and inexpensive mascara that provides definition, separation and elongation of lashes with MINIMAL CLUMPING, compared to Magnum which is my (previous) favorite. Now I have to say I am in LOVE with VE!

Now let the pictures do the talking...

Before: Without VE. BTW if you wear colored contacts Please Please Please use some mascara. You'd look ill otherwise. *my pet peeves*

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After: VIOLA! Can you see how well-separated the lashes are? I guess the secret was in the wand shape, which combed my eyelash separately while coating them evenly.

Above: Aerial view of moi eyes. LEFT with VE, RIGHT without VE.

Above:With flash, so you can have a sharper look at these lashies. And my seemingly crossed eyes.

Above: Done! Now I am ready to go buy some fruits! (Haha pakai mascara tebal2 pegi beli buah kat Taipan). Anyway ignore my hair I will chop them off soon.

By the way, you'll notice that people will complement your lashes and give second glances to figure out if you're actually wearing falsies or not. I'm loving it and fully recommend that you give this a shot once your mascara is expired.

Anyway more pics:

Above: the fruits for freezing, ingredients for my smoothies; flowers I bought that really elevated my mood; clothes I shopped for because I was in dire need for some retail therapy. Haha. Anyway this place in Taipan has a fashion expert to mix and match stuff for you! The clothes are between RM10-50.

Health Note:

Yesterday:
Food intake: 1 shake only, Lunch Salmon Salad and the BreadButterPudding. Dinner: 8 course meal @ Work (demmit)
Exercise: None, unless we count the waking hours.

Today: 2 shakes, Lunch leftover Marinara and yogurt+muesli
Exercise: None, it was raining the moment I wore my running shoes. :((



Okay I shall end this post abruptly since I have so much work work work to do. I'm excited for tomorrow's Xmas dinner. I want to be a Santa Baby. Anyway I hope girls out there can benefit from this post. Let me know if you gave VE a try or if you have a favorite to share.


Toodly toodleloo peeps. Have a sweet dream!