Boots 17 - Falsifeye Mascara and Gel Liner

I heard the other day that Boots had a mascara and giving a freebie away with it. Free is my favourite word so after a quick Google I found out it's this little beauty. It currently costs £6.49 and includes the Gel Liner as a free gift.

The claim it makes: Falsifeye your lashes from root to tip for a false lash look that lasts all day. The oversized brush builds corner to corner volume for a full set of oh faux fabulous lashes!

Firstly, I really like the packaging, a nice chunky tube and wand, in a nice bright pink colour (so nice and easy to spot in my mascara drawer). I prefer to have a squareish wand, I'm too clumsy so can hold them steadier. The wand itself is lovely and thick with loads of bristles, I personally find these are the best for giving volume, although tend to not be great at separating.


The formula is quite thick and does come out a fair bit onto the wand so you do have to wipe the end but does coat the lashes nicely . It has a smell that reminds me of when I used to open my Mum's old make up case when I was a little girl, that old make up smell, but isn't noticeable once it's on your lashes. I think this has the potential to be very clumpy, although wasn't too bad when I tried it.


I really quite like it. I'm a bit of an idiot and assume that all mascaras are black so just pick them up, this one is actually Brown Black, but it's still pretty dark. 1 coat isn't enough for me because I like mine to be really full, but would be good for a day look. 2 coats is just nice, I think any more and it would start to get clumpy. There was a bit of fall out but nothing too scary and wore pretty well during the day (and through the night because I was too lazy to take it off). Mind the blurry pictures, they looked ok till I uploaded them. It's hard to tell on these pictures because I've been cursed with those stupid eye lids and I've got my best bags goin' on under my eyes, but they are very thick and look really lush in real life.

Before

Left Eye: 2 coats Right Eye: 1 coat

I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to buy it, I think I'll stay loyal to my Maybelline Falsies for now, but I will be using it again.


As for the freebie, the gel liner, I've never used a gel liner before so I might not be the best to review this because I've never used a gel liner before and wouldn't know a good one if it slapped me in the face and called me Judy! However....This one isn't too bad for a freebie.

The packaging again is very sweet, I'm a sucker for nice packaging. The brush was a bit pants, too soft to give any decent direction and too small, but it's a free brush so never expect much of them. The pigmentation of the liner itself  was very good, nice and black and despite the brush it went on well without tugging at my lids, I managed to put it on and I'm a complete muppet at applying liner.

I put some on the back of my hand and left for a minute before wiping to test the smear factor and uh oh....

Maybe I might be best leaving it longer next time.