Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus Mascara Review

Say hello to my latest impulse buy.

Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus. The third generation of this ever famous line. Use the coil side to frame your eyes for an eyeliner effect. Jet black fiber helps to lengthen your lashes dramatically. Gosh, I actually remembered part of the description. Why can’t I do so in exams? -_-

The two-faced mascara wand:

• Number 1 is a coil-shaped side for you to coat your lashes with the mascara formula to ‘frame eyes’ and give off an eyeliner-like effect.
• Number 2 is for you to comb the formula smoothly to coat each lashes to lengthen and separate them.

 It has jet black fibers that dramatically lengthens all your lashes, 50% more than their famous Lash Gorgeous Wing mascara. Citation needed?

Here is my eye without no makeup whatsoever. I know I virtually have no bottom eyelashes at all. *Sigh* I curled my lashes with RMK’s Eyelash Curler. Nice huh? They were stick straight before curling.

After applying 1 layer of MJ mascara…

I like it pretty much for three reasons:

• It stayed put no matter how much sebum or tears you produce. No smudge, no flaking. And not a pain to remove with any oil-based makeup remover, eg. Loreal Gentle Eye Makeup Remover. Fasio has exactly the same characteristics but was a mighty pain to remove. (Fasio FAILS. It’s like using permanent marker on your skin and lashes!) Olive oil doesn’t remove this properly, to my disappointment.
• It holds the curls forever, never drooping even after you have a teary-eyed session. If you have stick-straight lashes like moi, you’ll bound to love this characteristic.
• Lengthens. But I’m not fussed about this, because I have learned that the only true length that I can get for monolid / stick-straight lashes is from the use of falsies. 
• Frames the eyes due to it’s jet black formula. But for me, the ‘eyeliner’ effect might be due to the staining on the eyelids when applying the mascara LOL.
• The fibers are very lightweight and do not weigh down lashes at all nor cause any flaking.  

 

Two coats of mascara here plus eyeliner. W00t the lashes are indeed separated individually!!!!!1

Here is the side view of how lengthening it is. Monolid eyes tend to have fatty (read: heavier) eyelids so it’s important to find a mascara that holds curls else your eyelids will only weigh your lashes down.

Tips to remember during application:

• When I was patting on the mascara formula using the coil side, the fiber always gets into my eyes. So have a Q-tip ready for this.
• It is best to have a spoolie ready when you’re applying this as it’s easy to coat on too much formula, causing clumps. 
• Wipe off excess formula with a tissue before applying as this tends to be pretty wet. 
• The formula needs to ‘warm up’ to activate the fiber for easier application. How do you do this? Grasp the bottle in your hand, open it up and stir gently for a few minutes. 

My verdict?

A great mascara engineered truly for Asian people. I have met with lots of fantastic mascara formulations. The formula is great, but either (1) the wand sucks, (2) does not retain curls well, (3) not suitable for Malaysian climate. But this delivered what it promised to do. Knowing that Majolica Majorca is a sister company of Shiseido, ever famous for their concentration of the Asian market, you can be sure that they deliver things that are suitable for us Asian ladies.

Pros: Waterproof, sebumproof, holds curls superbly.
Neutral: Lengthens pretty decently but doesn’t impress me like falsies do.
Cons: Compared to other brands of mascara like Estee Lauder, Dior, Anna Sui, etc, this mascara needs a wee bit of tugging to remove even with an oil-based remover. Virtually impossible to remove with yummy olive oil.

Bf is right. Woman’s money is the easiest to cheat. Blame it on the packaging. Not pink but definitely girly with a twist. Retailed for RM39.90 at Watsons for their introduction promotion which has already ended. Normal price is RM53.90. This sells out terribly fast, so you ladies better have your battle gears ready! 🙂

 

I am going to SINGAPORE. :D See my makeup stash for the trip.

I’ve sorta finished packing all my vanity.

My skin care:

L-R: Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base, Shiseido Pureness Deep Cleansing Foam, Shiseido Pureness Moisturizer, Shu Uemura cleansing oil disguised as Shiseido, and finally, Simple toner disguised as Shiseido. Wtf? XD

My eye makeup:

In no particular order, Prorance eyeshadow in P17, Anna Sui eye color, Clinique Color Surge Eyeshadow in Strawberry Fudge, Pure Luxe Kaleidoscope collection, Bobbi Brown lipstick and Estee Lauder lipgloss. W00t.

And which one of you should I bring? *ponders*

L-R: Estee Lauder, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Diorshow, Lancome, Kate mascara base

Ah yes, I’m all done packing. 😀

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I haven’t freaking packed my clothes! Wtfness… I have officially become a makeup-holic. Makeup first clothes later. -_- From the above pictures, can you tell? I’m a cheapstake, all also using sample size. XD

Ha ha, no lah. Gotta be wise when you spend money on makeup. Mascaras can’t last, why buy a full sized one when you can fish for GWP sizes? That way, you get more variety, innit? 😀 Eyeshadows? Prorance cheap, Clinique is sample size, Pure Luxe cost RM9 nia, Anna Sui, Estee Lauder lip gloss and Bobbi Brown lipstick I steal from my sister-in-law. Cost her a bomb, cost me nothing. XD She never uses them anyway; I can’t stand seeing them lying around waiting to expire. So they’re sorta mine now. 😛

Will update during the trip when possible due to the awesomeness of ze’ Asus Eeepc. Departing 23rd December. Have a very Merry Christmas dear readers. 🙂

Officially my first travel trip with the boyfriend. Can’t you tell, the chaborkia is super excited about the trip. 😀 I miss mommy, though. No one beats her for the best shopping mate award. ;_;

My Cosmetic Warehouse Sales Makeup Haul!!!!! :D

My mom has always refrained me from participating in overwhelmingly crowded warehouse sales or unbelievable bargains done by so-called ‘branded’ shops. I finally know why. My mom, is a woman of dignity. Buy what you can afford, she says, why hog the place looking for cheap branded stuff treated like trash? Good old branded items thrown out to the hungry flock like worthless rubbish, I grimace at the thought of that. >.<

Yet, at the same time, I was glad that my girl friend invited me to go to the warehouse sale located at Wisma UOA today. I think I’ve found a winner mascara people! 😀 And bear in mind, it’s UOA, not UOB. We made a detour to OSK/UOB Building just because of that damned alphabet. -_- But the crowd is just too overwhelming. I guess this will be the last time you’ll find me hogging these places. -_-

And, not to mention the dirty sides of warehouse sales. You see lots of uncivilized people opening up the tubes, squeezing them on their filthy hands, stuffing their noses into the item to smell, sticking their fingers in to test the cream, and so on. Gross, isn’t it? Why buy stuff that has been repeatedly raped probed by people?

Argh, I know I’m slapping my own mouth because I was one of the people picking on unwanted trash.

Anyway, here’s my haul.

I got:

– Diorshow Blackout
– Exceptionnel de Chanel
– Clinique blusher in Precious Posy (a lovely pink shade with golden shimmers)
– Clinique eyeshadow in Strawberry Fudge (light pink shade with shimmers and brown as a highlight color)

Lancome Maquicake UV Perfect Forever is FAIL because I think I’ve gotten the old batch who has easily breaking / cracking issues, as per my research here (see post #320) . FYI, if you’re one of those unlucky people who got the older batch, you can approach your nearest Lancome counter to get an exchange.

When I brought it home, I expect compact powders to have strong staying powder and not crumble all over the place. The thing is, I was taking a sling bag and there wasn’t impact. HOW LAH CAN A COMPACT POWDER CRACK just because of my walking beat?!!!!!!! I am not a god damn elephant leh! I don’t stampede, I walk! *Screams*

METROJAYA, you suck actually. Yes, these cosmetic warehouse sales are usually organized by MJ. Why are you selling all these GWP (Gift with Purchases) when they’re supposed to be given out to customers who spent so much money on you? I really dunno the source of these items, honestly. Curiosity got the better of me and I ignored my mother’s wisdom and went to this sort of sale. BUT I’m still glad I did because I think I found a winning mascara without costing a bomb. Ooooh, twice I mentioned liao wor. 😉

Now the question is, WHICH is the winning mascara? Stay tuned people! 🙂