Damn Charlotte! Back at it with the Full Fat Lashes

Welcome back to the blog! Today's article is kind of a target audience article as it is the first one inaugurating the Beauty Section I have recently added to my blog (among others). And for this first article, I thought about reviewing a product I have been using for a while now and which has come across as my holygrail of mascara. Now I can be very picky when it comes to make up (Sephora reps know about this...) so when I say it is the holygrail of mascara it is not an understatement.

Throwback to an impromptu study abroad summer 2014 in London (somewhat prepared but mostly decided on a whim). I had been following few beauty bloggers from the UK and one of them seemed to be obsessed with Charlotte Tilbury. So of course, on my bucket list of things to do upon arriving to London was to figure out what the hype about that brand was by trying one or a few products. So one day after class, I walked from my campus (on New Cavendish St) to the John Lewis store located on Oxford Street. Of course that day I wasn't sure I would find a Charlotte Tilbury counter but I was hoping at least to find somebody that could point me in the right direction. So I walked in and surprise! I saw a Charlotte Tilbury counter. I started looking around, trying to wrap my mind around the multitude of products on display and at the same time, convincing myself that I didn't need to buy everything because a) I didn't need to buy everything and b) I couldn't afford it.

A lady then approached me and asked me if I need help finding something. Obviously I didn't because hello?! I knew nothing about the brand back then. So instead of treating me like an idiot and rolling her eyes to the point of hurting her own self (like most people at makeup counters do here in the US...), she smiled and courteously started introducing me to the brand and the best sellers. She offered to makeup my eyes in order for me to try some of the products and that's when I was introduced for the first time to Charlotte Tilbury Full Fat Lashes mascara. When I saw my eyes and the way my lashes looked after only ONE coat I knew I had found the one. My lashes had never looked so full and luscious in all the years I had been using mascara. It was ridiculous!

The mascara comes into a beautiful night crimson glossy box, with the name of the product and the brand name written in gold. It looks fancy (which it should considering th fact that CT is a Luxury brand). You get 8 mL of product that claims the ability to :

• provide some amount of curling to the lashes via the 5-grooved brush deposits the optimal line of mascara along the lash line, pushing your lashes up and out.
• separate your lashes thanks to a brush designed with fine-tipped bristles that catch every lash, no matter how short or fine, coating them in black brilliance.
• give you lashes volume thanks to the glossy black formula of the mascara that creates full-on, voluptuous, outrageous lashes that don’t drop onto your cheeks.
• lengthen you lashes as the maximum bristle count covers every lash to the very tip, to create the perfect flutter.
• give you dramatic lashes: the 5-STAR brush creates a 3-dimensional flutter. Good bye spider lash and hello feather lash – lashes are finely separated, creating that “false lash” multi-layer effect.

Now one thing you have to know is that I have always had curly and short eyelashes, not much of them but this mascara helped me make the best out of them. It doesn't do much in terms of curl and drama. I would say it is gives more of a natural look with more defined eyes as it separates and lengthens the eyelashes thus making your eyes more open. I have tested it, loved it and worn it for 2 years now. This mascara  retails for $29 on Charlotte Tilbury's website as well as on Nordstrom for the same price.

Two things that are worth keeping in mind before buying this product are a) it is a bit on the pricy side for a mascara and b) it is NOT waterproof so it might smudge BUT! to my opinion it is a great mascara overall and a great addition to a makeup bag.

If you have tried it let me know what you think about it :)

Until next time...
xo