So, I'm a Bourjois addict, yes I admit it, and admiting it is the first step, but in my defense I have to say I was young... and they had very attractive packaging... and affordable prices!
The first make-up item I have used was probably a brown mascara, and it was brown because my mother didn't let me wear black at the time, I was pretty young, you see, and mummy didn't want her little girl looking tarty.
Funny enough mascara still remains as the essential make-up item for me. I can not live without it, it absolutley transforms a plain sheet of white paper (let it be my face in the mornings) into a spark of life. That and a good blusher and I don't need anything else!
The Bourjois brand has always been pioneer with formulas, brushes, design and colour. I still remember buying their "Coup de Théâtre!" and being amazed by how long my eyelashes were and thinking I couldn't look any better!
So having said all this, I'm going to do a recap on the Bourjois Mascaras I've owned up until now:
1. Coup de Théâtre!
2. Coup de Théâtre! 2 in 1
3. Yes To Volume No To Clumps
4. Pum Up The Volume
5. Talons Aiguilles
6. Maxi Frange
7. Easy Waterproof
8. Volume Clubbing Ultra black
9. Liner Effect Waterproof
10. 1001 Lashes
11. Volume Glamour
12. Volume Glamour Waterproof
13. Volume Glamour Ultra Black
14. Volume Glamour Ultra Care
15. Volume Glamour Ultra Curl
16. Elastic Mascara
After making this list I feel a little ashamed... I didn't know I had wasted so much money on mascaras alone, and all from the same brand! Oh well, its my only vice! The fact is there is not one Bourjois mascara that I don't know about or have tried on! Some of them, already discontinued, but I still have 8 of them in use (all at different stages of gankiness).
Let me write down the ones I definetly wouldn't recommend first:
-Maxi Frange: It has been the only mascara I have thrown away after using it twice, and I literally mean twice, the first time I tried it I didn't like it but I gave it a second chance and still didn't like it, so that was it. The voluminising formula was more of a thickening formula that clumped up my eyelashes making a total mess.
-Pump Up The Volume: I didn't like the brush because it clumped up my lashes. Overall, I didn't find it did anything special and my eyes looked nicer without mascara... so that was an indicator of disaster!
-Easy Waterproof: It wasn't that easy to remove with a normal make-up remover, but the main issue was the formula, it chipped after a couple of hours and I had mascara flakes all over the face.
I think these 3 are discontinued, mind me saying I will not miss them.
For the rest I have a good deal of things to say about them, so, I will do a review on them later on with all their good and not-so-good points!
