Baking & Beauty Department: My Eyes Are Totally Manga!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! Today I am reviewing a newer product that I was really on the fence with for a few weeks, L'Oreal's Voluminous Miss Manga mascara!

Here is the reason I was so hesitant to even try this product:

The commercial is SO annoying!! It drives me absolutely nuts whenever it comes on the TV (which seems to be quite often.. or maybe I'm just super sensitive to it and feel like its on ALL the time?)!! I don't know why exactly, but there is something about it that I just cannot take! Haha! Am I alone in this? Does anyone else find it to be as nerve grating as I do?

Anyway, enough about the commercial! ;) I swore for weeks that I wouldn't purchase it in an attempt to keep my sanity... But... I cracked! After watching a few reviews that some of my favorite beauty bloggers posted on their YouTube channels, I must admit (as much as it pained me) I was intrigued! So many people were loving it! I was only a little surprised considering I am a fan of most of the mascaras that are in the L'Oreal Voluminous mascara line. I purchased mine a few nights ago at my local Bed, Bath & Beyond for about $7.99, but I have seen it pretty much every where lately (CVS, Target, Walmart, Ulta).

The next morning I decided to finally see if this mascara was all it was cracked up to be! My first impression was that the mascara wand seemed smaller and thinner than I was expecting, but I curled my lashes and went to work! I loved, loved, loved the formula of this mascara! I think it is a bit of a wetter formula, but not super thinned out and it was not messy or hard to work with. I think my lashes got pretty great length and separation out of it! I did both my top and bottom lashes (two coats of top, one on bottom) and was really happy with the results! I love that the point on the end of the mascara wand allowed me to really get the product on to the tiny lashes in my inner corner! I can totally see the "Doll like effect" that they are using to market this product!

My only complaint would be the 360 degree "joint" that is in the middle of the mascara wand. I do find that it makes the wand a little bit harder to control and harder to get super close to my lash line. I would much prefer a wand that offered more stiffness! Other than kind of complicating the process, I don't find that the "joint" did anything to help or make the application process easier or effortless.

At this point, I've been using the mascara for the past few days and have really come to enjoy it very much! I do see this being a product that I keep in my daily routine/ rotation for a while! I've even recommended it a few times already! Let me know if you have tried this product or decided to give it a shot and make sure to share your thoughts on it in the comment section! :) If you would like to see a great video review of the product please check out the link below to one of my favorite beauty guru's recent videos!