We totally wish we could afford Latisse, the the eyelash wonder drug that gives you longer, darker, fuller lashes. Since we can't, plus we're a little chicken when it comes to vanity medical procedures, we headed down to Walgreen's to pick up L'Oreal Paris Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara, which claims to make your lashes 80% longer. For the bargain price of $7.99 (vs. $120/month for Latisse) we figured we couldn't lose. We were wrong. Double Extend Beauty Tubes sounds really cool and scientific with a two part process. First you apply this thick white base that is suppose to nourish your lashes. Then you apply the lengthening top coat (we picked "blackest black, because what other color would you pick?) which makes the "tubes" that make your lashes longer.
L'Oreal claims that this stuff won't clump or flake, but that was not our experience. After we finished applying all of those coats, our lashes looked like dessicated spider legs. Sure, they were sort of longer, but they were also absolutely encrusted with makeup.
It wasn't even a tragi-glamour, Liza kind of too much, either. It just looked cruddy. But we might have gone back for a second try if the experience of removing the Beauty Tubes wasn't so weird and yucky.
As the package promises, the double formula mascara washes off with soap and water...well, it liquifies with soap and water, turning into this bizarre, stringy substance that is a cross between eyelash glue and latex paint. And it gets everywhere! It took forever to clean up!
So we decided to just toss the tube of Tubes and go back to Dior Show Black Out, at least until we get the nerve, and cash, to get Latisse.