For me, it was the L’Oreal voluminous mascara that I had so much hope for, but no matter how much I tried to love this product, it only made my lashes lumpy and disgusting. Instead, I really recommend their Lash Paradise mascara which has honestly been my favorite drugstore mascara so far. It’s lump free, rolls smoothly, keeps lashes curled all day, and overall gives them a natural yet dramatic touch.
NYX Epic Ink liners. When you first use the pen it applies beautifully, no issues whatsoever. But after a couple of months it starts to leak from the type like crazy every time you open it, so I would have to blot it on a tissue every time and stop midway during application because it would leak again, sometimes even messing up my eye makeup. I must’ve been through 3 or 4 of these pens thinking this was normal and that all pens did this. Then I tried the Stila one and WOW, I’ve had it for a loooong time and it has not had this issue at all. I think the money I spent replacing the NYX pens could’ve been spend on the Stila one, because this one pen has lasted me longer than probably 3 of those NYX ones.
Seriously, I would love to find a good drugstore dupe for the Stila one but they all seem to leak or dry up after just a couple of months, which isn’t really saving money to me.
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