187 Brush - First Impressions, and review of L'oreal Collagene Mascara

Ok, so I used my 187 brush for the first time today, to see if it in any way lived up to the hype. I'm normally a mineral foundation girl, I use bare minerals and everyday minerals for basic daytime look. I only have a couple of liquid foundations - MAC's mineralize satinfinish and clinique supermoisture. The reason that I went off them on a daily basis was cos I felt like they were too heavy and like my face couldn't 'breathe' if you know what I mean...

But lets just say that this brush might just help me fall in love with my liquids all over again. You need hardly any product for one thing, so the brush helps you get more value for money from the foundations. Because you use less, the foundation feels less heavy too, obviously. And it does indeed give the foundation that lovely 'airbrushed' look...

Like I said though, I've heard other reviews of the 109 brush, which is apparently even better (Gasp! How can such a thing be possible lol). Hoping to do a comparison of the two in the future, when I get my hot little hands on one in the new year... Anyone else have this brush? Is it as good as they say?

Also wanted to do a quick review of the L'oreal volume collagene mascara. I bought this as part of my quest to find a cheaper alternative to YSL Effet Faux Cils mascara, which I luuurrrve, but sadly didn't have the funds for at the moment. So when I first opened this, I have to say I was impressed. Nice big brush, and the mascara looked lovely on too. Unfortunately, after about a week of use I found that it had gone really thick and gloopy. Any attempt to use more than one coat resulted in horrible spider leg eye lashes. So NOT a good look!

So the search for the perfect lower priced mascara continues.... Currently testing Max Factor, Masterpiece Max... Will review when I've tested thoroughly. If that one doesn't work out, planning to test 2000 calorie after that - an oldie but a goodie!

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