The Product
A couple months ago, Revlon sent me some sets of their new false eyelashes to try and review. As a total newbie to false eyelashes, I was very curious. Asians do not typically have long, or thick eyelashes, so many of us wear falsies daily. My only previous experience with false lashes was when my mom spontaneously bought me a pair years ago from the drugstore. That brand of lashes shall remain nameless as they were horribly dramatic and not worth mentioning. Could Revlon do better?
The Guts
I received two sets from Revlon: a self-adhesive strip and a regular kind with adhesive glue. This post will cover my review of the normal set. For a review of the self-adhesive lashes, check back on Friday for special guest writer BW's review!
Price & Packaging
At under $5 a pair, it doesn't get much cheaper than this. The lashes come in a variety of thicknesses and lengths, but the pair I tried in this review was Intensifying. The packaging was straightforward, but one major lack in this product was the casing. False lashes can be reused a couple times if taken care of, but the current packaging doesn't allow for easy storage.
Effectiveness
Considering I've never used false lashes before, they were surprisingly easy to apply - one just needs a steady hand. The glue was easy to apply and let the lashes stick right away to my lash line. Simply pat down and wait a couple seconds to dry. Normally I have a pretty decent set of lashes - often people ask me if I'm wearing fakes already - so the effect with falsies was perhaps a 20% increase in volume? Length-wise I would estimate an increase of 10%. To test the full effect, I wore the lashes out to a dinner party to see if anyone would notice. Needless tosay the reaction was immediate, but not for the positive direction! Everyone asked why I was wearing false lashes, so I suppose the effect wasn't the most subtle. The biggest giveaways to my false lashes: an overly even length and spread of lash fibers. That being said, these lashes stayed on all night. They were so easy to wear that in fact, I even forgot they were on!
Ditch or Buy?
As much as I liked the extra fullness of the lashes, the too-perfect nature of the set detracted from the overall effect. If Revlon modified their lashes to have a more natural varying length, I think these would be much more successful, but until then I say Ditch.
Final Verdict: B
Be sure to check back on Friday's post for the second half of the Revlon False Eyelashes review!
17 comments:
I love the lashes but you are right, they are too perfect. I want something more natural.
Lol yeah, you already have such great lashes that the Revlon falsies might be overkill. ;-)
I don't think I have the most steady of hands and the lashes would end up irritating my eyes. For a more natural look, the Quo line (shopper's drug mart) isn't too bad. But you have great eyes anyways :)
I have to say this is an amazing review. I have heard many differentiating opinions regarding this particular product over the past few months; but yours was definitely the most influential!! :)
My sister just got Makeup Forever false eyelashes, and they were really nice!
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-Marz
Great job! it looks awesome
ouu i love false eyelash(coz i hav elike none :( ) I like quo :)
anyways THANKS for the comment; The offer to london fashion week seems too good to be true!! like; offered so much money for a not-professional model whose not that tall and it was sent from a personal e-mail address :S! don't want to be scammed! i'm waiting on geting back credentials:S!
hope to hear from you soon :)
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i've never tried Revlon lashes before but I think you are right, they look a bit too stiff.
thanks for the review!
They look nice on you, but I understand how you prefer a more natural look. Hopefully Revlon will come out with different variations.
You gotta do what the makeup artists due and trim the lashes to suit you.
I love false eye lashes. Think they're wicked!
I do agree they don't look very natural. I'm jealous that you have nice lashes even without the falsies!
i'm a fan of the lashes at blubird (i forget the brand). they're not overly dramatic, with a concentration at the outer edge. some really long lashes (like MAC) weigh my eyes down and aren't flattering for me.
I love false lashes and love them long and dramatic. I don't care if people knows they are fake well because they are fake... but they look good. =P
not sure if you've seen this but revlon makes different styles, including ones with varying length lashes and ones that are broken up in segments, so you can customize the look a little better. but i still think they look great on you!
they do look awesome on you though!
Cool! but I just wonder whether any guys using this or anything similar? :P
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