My new personal makeup gadget this week is Lancôme Ôscillation Mascara. It’s an item that has been getting a lot of buzz, so I decided to splurge on myself.
This mascara has been called revolutionary because of the brush. Jean-Louis Gueret, the creator of mascara brushes for Lancôme decided to try something different after watching makeup artist applying mascara in a zigzag pattern. He came up with a flexible polymer based mascara brush that vibrates at 7,000 micro oscillations per second. The formula conceived with ultra-fine particles specifically for the product, which also extends, curls, shapes and makes lashes seem thicker. To get started with this battery powered wand you have to press lightly on the outer tube which turns on a 3 centimeter motor.
My first thoughts… I can only use this item on myself because of sanitary reasons. I do like the outcome, you just have to take your time. It took me 3 coats to get a nice coat. I also have to get used to the brush being a little thinner. I don’t know if I would buy this mascara every month for myself. Let me try it out for a full week and I’ll see if it becomes my favorite.
It comes in three colors Black, Gunmetal & Metallic Brown $34.00
Watch the application video below.
There is a hidden gem located in “The Big Easy”. Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis. Brandy may not be a native New Orleanian, but this tough skinned east coaster has always loved makeup. She flirted with makeup, hair, and fashion as a young girl and this was something that kept her occupied being an only child. Because her parents are from Honduras she felt that they didn’t understand her hunger for beauty and fashion She watched old classic Hollywood movies and read fashion magazines (with Vogue being her favorite) and what she loved was seeing women looking beautiful, polished, perfectly combed hair, lots of lashes with red lip stick, and lots of gorgeous gaudy jewelry. Many days Brandy would go to the thrift stores and then walk to Mood Designer Fabrics go home, lock herself in her room to redesign the items she purchase. She would take all of her ideas and sketch figures and faces. Her favorite looks made it to her walls. Her walls were covered in collages of drawings, tear sheets, and articles not knowing that she was creating a personal look book.
