{"id":8777,"date":"2016-06-04T15:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T11:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/?p=8777"},"modified":"2016-06-04T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T13:32:09","slug":"charlotte-tilbury-legendary-lashes-mascara-my-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/2016\/06\/04\/charlotte-tilbury-legendary-lashes-mascara-my-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara, my review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The definition of Legendary:\u00a0remarkable enough to be famous, very well known. Well, it looks like Charlotte Tilbury really wants to\u00a0<b class=\"b3\">mak<\/b><b class=\"b4\">e <\/b><b class=\"b5\">a mark o<\/b><b class=\"b4\">n <\/b><b class=\"b3\">ever<\/b><b class=\"b2\">y<\/b><b class=\"b3\">one<\/b><b class=\"b4\">&#8216;s <\/b><b class=\"b5\">minds with her new mascara, the\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottetilbury.com\/uk\/new-legendary-lashes-mascara\" target=\"_blank\">Legendary Lashes<\/a>&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>And obviously, like with every Charlotte Tilbury new release, all the\u00a0international beauty blogosphere is literally swooning, describing this mascara as a <strong>miracle product<\/strong> for your lashes. Even the Queen\u00a0Kim Kardashian herself claims that she\u00a0stopped wearing false eyelashes because she uses the\u00a0Legendary Lashes mascara instead. You can hardly do better in terms of a good advertising campaign for a beauty product, clearly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But hey, you know me now. <strong>Always skeptical<\/strong>. And especially when the entire world agrees on a product, I take great delight in\u00a0looking very closely at the\u00a0product to make sure\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0good for real. I&#8217;ve always had a very sharp critical mind, what can I say!<br \/>\nHowever, if the product is good, it&#8217;s good. I have no problem recognizing it! I&#8217;m not perfect, but I&#8217;m not really stubborn (except when I&#8217;m right, of course :P). And\u00a0I love a good\u00a0miracle\u00a0product!<\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0when the Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara was released, the <strong>buzz<\/strong> started. All beauty bloggers talked about it, they adored it, or absolutely wanted to try it&#8230; In short, a very successful advertising campaign,\u00a0as it often is with Charlotte Tilbury.<br \/>\nIn fact, I challenge you to look at her YouTube channel without wanting to buy everything, full of\u00a0&#8220;Amaaazing! Goooorgeous! Extraordinary! Woooow!&#8221;. I assure you, she really is the makeup hypnotiser wizard! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AbbwLnJTTy0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I really wanted to put this mascara to the test so I ordered it a few weeks ago. Charlotte Tilbury promises nothing less than a <strong>volume multiplied by 13<\/strong> with 3 coats of this mascara and a real <strong>transformation<\/strong> of your\u00a0eyelashes. Let&#8217;s discover if this\u00a0Legendary Lashes mascara is really legendary! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-smile\" title=\":)\">smile<\/span> <\/p>\n<h3>Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara, presentation:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_sun.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9736\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_sun.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>What the brands says about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8220;The longer, thicker and more lush the lashes, the more flattering the look, says Charlotte Tilbury. Developed for the most dramatic effect, this mascara is enhanced with lengthening and conditioning ingredients to extend, hold and separate. The multi-bristle brush ensures an even, clump-free finish. The fine-tipped bristles catch even the smallest lashes.<br \/>\nClassic Glossy Black shade. <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080; line-height: 1.5;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Charlotte Tilbury claims\u00a0a <strong>very flexible formula<\/strong> on the eyelashes, which allows to layer 2 to 3 coats easily without clumpiness. Indeed, the brand recommends\u00a0applying three coats to get <strong>13 times more volume<\/strong> than the initial volume of your lashes.<\/p>\n<p>The brand describes also a\u00a0<strong>long-lasting formula<\/strong>, a <strong>lengthening effect<\/strong> and also a <strong>strengthening action<\/strong> on the eyelashes, through some key ingredients in the formula:<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>marine glycogen<\/strong>, to help the eyelashes to growth faster,<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>tamanu oil<\/strong> which\u00a0regenerates and nourish the eyelashes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this mascara, the innovation is clearly in the formula with an exclusive mix of waxes which gives a\u00a0<strong>flexible and elastic texture<\/strong> on the eyelashes, and allows you to layer the coats without being clumpy.<br \/>\nBut of course, the brush is also important. This is a <strong>classic<\/strong>, rather than a<strong> large brush<\/strong>, with <strong>different lengths of bristles<\/strong> in order to catch all the eyelashes, including the short\u00a0and fine ones.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_brush_zoom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9727\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_brush_zoom.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Charlotte Tilbury&#8217;s Legendary Lashes mascara,\u00a0my test and thoughts:<\/h3>\n<p>A legendary mascara? Well, I&#8217;m not so sure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Formula:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The formula is <strong>creamy<\/strong>, not very liquid and quite\u00a0easy to apply. It covers the\u00a0lashes without being clumpy. As announced, it remains quite flexible and you can layer it\u00a0easily. It doesn&#8217;t flake\u00a0during the day.<br \/>\nHowever, it&#8217;s not a waterproof formula and it <strong>smudges A LOT<\/strong> on me. After 1-2 hours, I have black all\u00a0around the eye. Great&#8230; <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-uneasy\" title=\":\/\">uneasy<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Application\/ Brush:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u00a0a <strong>classic &#8220;natural&#8221; bristles brush<\/strong>, rather <strong>large<\/strong> but you\u00a0can still manage to apply your mascara\u00a0without making a\u00a0mess. It has sets of different\u00a0bristle sizes to catch all the lashes, including the shorter ones.<br \/>\nI found it quite\u00a0<strong>easy to use<\/strong>.<br \/>\nFor more volume, I do the <strong>zigzag\u00a0technique<\/strong> when I apply my mascara\u00a0(I swing my brush during application) and this technique allows me to\u00a0really cover all the surface of the lashes very well, even from the roots of the lashes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Lashes separation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a volumizing mascara, I find that it wasn&#8217;t clumpy at all\u00a0and <strong>it really helps to separate the lashes<\/strong>. This is probably thanks to the &#8220;elastic&#8221; formula. <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_Clarins_Double_Fix_mascara.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9728\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_Clarins_Double_Fix_mascara.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara, Clarins Double Fix mascara\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8211;\u00a0Lengthening\u00a0effect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, while the brand speaks mostly of a volumizing effect, I found that on me, this mascara is mostly<strong> lengthening<\/strong> my lashes. Knowing that my eyelashes are already quite\u00a0long, with this mascara, they touch my upper eyelid (probably explains why I end up with black all over it, I guess -_-)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Curling effect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a waterproof formula and the curl <strong>doesn&#8217;t hold<\/strong> as much as\u00a0a long-lasting or waterproof mascara.\u00a0Such a shame&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Volumizing effect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I wasn&#8217;t impressed with\u00a0its volumizing effect. (And just to be precise, I apply 3 layers of the Legendary Lashes mascara, and I do\u00a0zigzags as advised by Charlotte Tilbury.)<br \/>\nYes, you get a little bit more volume on your lashes, but <strong>nothing crazy<\/strong>. Clearly, it&#8217;s not as impressive as my fave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chanel.com\/en_GB\/fragrance-beauty\/makeup\/p\/eyes\/mascara\/le-volume-de-chanel-waterproof-mascara-p194210.html?sku=0194210\" target=\"_blank\">Le Volume de CHANEL Waterproof<\/a>.\u00a0For now, nothing is better than the CHANEL mascara for volumizing my eyelashes&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_Clarins_Double_Fix_mascara_MAC_eyelash_curler.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9730\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_Clarins_Double_Fix_mascara_MAC_eyelash_curler.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara, Clarins Double Fix mascara, MAC eyelash curler\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Color:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An amazing <strong>very intense black<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Lasting Power:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clearly its major weakness. The Legendary Lashes <strong>smudges like crazy\u00a0<\/strong>and very quickly, I have some mascara traces all\u00a0around my eyes. And honestly, it&#8217;s so <strong>frustrating<\/strong>!\u00a0With the arrival of the\u00a0super hot and humid Dubai weather, it\u00a0will probably last\u00a0on my eyelids less than 5 minutes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The only way I found to keep it in place, is to use a <strong>waterproof top coat\u00a0mascara<\/strong>. Someone recommend it to me\u00a0on Twitter and it&#8217;s a pretty good product. It has\u00a0significantly improved the lasting power of my smudgy Legendary Lashes\u00a0mascara, although I still have some slight black traces\u00a0at the end of the day.<br \/>\nThis is the <a href=\"https:\/\/int.clarins.com\/en\/double-fix--mascara\/C050301024.html\" target=\"_blank\">Double Fix &#8216;Mascara by Clarins<\/a>, which I must admit it, is quite handy. I apply it after my Legendary Lashes mascara, it&#8217;s transparent and it doesn&#8217;t really change the texture of my eyelashes. I can barely\u00a0feel it but it allows my makeup to stay in place much longer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Value for money:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>$32<\/strong>\u00a0for a mascara, so smudgy\u00a0that I was forced to buy a waterproof top coat mascara (around $20) to apply on top, and which is not very volumizing when it&#8217;s supposed to be, I think we can all agree on the fact\u00a0that it&#8217;s <strong>not really good value for money<\/strong>, clearly&#8230; <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-uneasy\" title=\":\/\">uneasy<\/span> <\/p>\n<h3>And on my lashes?<\/h3>\n<p>As usual, I first used my eyelash curler, I applied 3 coats of the <strong>Legendary Lashes mascara<\/strong> and I add the waterproof top-coat mascara by Clarins on top. I only use the Legendary Lashes mascara on my top lashes, not on my bottom lashes (mine are too long and looks weird if I apply this type of mascara\u00a0to the bottom lashes).<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Front view\u00a0(before and after):<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"portrait-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_makeup_look_first_step_zoom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9733\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_makeup_look_first_step_zoom.jpg\" alt=\"No mascara\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_makeup_look_zoom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9734\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_makeup_look_zoom.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Closed eyes and\u00a0profile\u00a0view:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"portrait-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_eyes_closed_makeup_look.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9731\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_eyes_closed_makeup_look.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_side_makeup_look.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9735\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_side_makeup_look.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8211; The entire look:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_makeup_look.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9732\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Charlotte_Tilbury_Legendary_Lashes_mascara_makeup_look.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For those of you who&#8217;re wondering, it&#8217;s the very pretty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anastasiabeverlyhills.com\/makeup\/lips\/liquid-lipstick.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crush liquid lipstick by Anastasia Beverly Hills<\/a> on my lips! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<h3>In summary:<\/h3>\n<p>[wprs-pros][wprs-cons]<\/p>\n<p>As you probably understood, I&#8217;m <strong>not convinced<\/strong> by the Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara.<br \/>\nEven if\u00a0I like the fact that it&#8217;s not clumpy and the separation it gives to my lashes, I&#8217;m really not blown away by its volumizing effect and its smudginess is a big no-no\u00a0for me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Charlotte Tilbury\u00a0Legendary\u00a0Lashes mascara is available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/fr\/fr\/product\/767517\" target=\"_blank\">Net-A-Porter<\/a>\u00a0for $32\u00a0and also on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottetilbury.com\/uk\/new-legendary-lashes-mascara\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Tilbury website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5>And you, have you tried the\u00a0Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes mascara?\u00a0Do you like it?<\/h5>\n<p>Photo credit: bonniegarner.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of Legendary: remarkable enough to be famous, very well known. Well, it looks like Charlotte Tilbury really wants to make a mark on everyone&#8217;s minds with her new mascara, the Legendary Lashes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And obviously, like with every Charlotte Tilbury new release, all the international beauty blogosphere is literally swooning, describing this mascara as a miracle product for your lashes. Even the Queen Kim Kardashian herself claims that she stopped wearing false eyelashes because she uses the Legendary Lashes mascara instead. You can hardly do better in terms of a good advertising campaign for a beauty product, clearly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"wide-image-layout","iawp_total_views":25,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,255],"tags":[826,1716,421,1717,1718,441,1719,719,811,453,667,983,523],"class_list":["post-8777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-beauty","category-makeup","tag-charlotte-tilbury","tag-charlotte-tilbury-legendary-lashes-mascara","tag-clarins","tag-double-fix-mascara","tag-false-lashes","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-legendary-lashes","tag-length","tag-makeup-2","tag-mascara","tag-review","tag-test","tag-volume","entry","override"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}