The below mentioned product, Hard Candy Lash Ink - 4 day Lash Stain, was purchased by me for my personal use. I am not being monetarily paid for this review. I will give my honest opinion and thoughts regarding said product.
According to the Hard Candy website, Lask Ink - 4 day lash stain is
Mascara that won’t quit until you do. Flatter your flutter for 4 days straight! Hard Candy four day lash stain defies the elements. Paint Lash Ink on and don’t reapply for up to 4 days. Shower, go in the pool, cry, rub your eyes, or get rained on – your lashes will stay flawless no matter the circumstances! Perfect for a weekend away or partying all night long.
The first issue I had with the Lash Ink was that it came with no instructions. At all. Even el-cheapo mascara comes with some basic instructions - like don't poke your eye out. There was nothing at all with this product. I assumed that it was lash INK, not really mascara, so I was surprised when I tried to apply it. The first thing I noted was that this was more like a horribly thin ink/mascara substance that came with a short/hard bristle application wand. The wand does not evenly coat the eyelashes, nor to my surprise, separate them at all.
Second, and even worse than the wand, is that the product dries super fast. So fast that before I even realised it, I couldn't do a second coat. Which is problematic because I did the bottom half of my top lashes, and when I went to apply the ink to the top half of my lashes, thinking again that it was an ink and I would need to stain both sides of my lashes, the product caused my lashes to stick together like glue. I tried to comb through them quickly with an eyelash comb but the product was dry.
And I was cranky.
Next I attemted to wash the splashes of color off my eyelid and under my eye, becuase it is a very thin substances that tends to spray when it is applied. Let me tell you, when they say this product lasts four days, they're not kidding. I had the hardest time washing it off my skin and had to ultimatly use some baby oil.
Now I was even more cranky because oil and my skin, they're not friends.
I realized that the product did not wash off my lashes at all. Which meant I had to do my other eye, so I didn't look like an idiot.
I attempted at first to just use regular mascara on my other eye but that did not work because a) my mascara does not clump my eyelashes together; and b) my left eye looked great, while my right eye looked seriously wrong. When I tried to apply mascara on the eye with the lash ink, that turned into Epic Failure part deux.
Finally, I ended up washing my face in an effort to start over, and surprisingly, the mascara washed off. But not the ink, and even worse? Washing it made my lashes slightly more clumped together. So I had to quickly comb through them as best I could to get some separation.
I have used it three times now, and I've gotten a technique down so it is at least wearable and I don't feel like I'm wasting my money (I paid $7.00 US). But. I don't have particularly full or thick or long eye lashes. So while the Lash Ink did add some color to my lashes, it still fails to make them look like I don't need mascara on if I'm going somewhere other than grocery shopping. They were still thin and short. They were just thin, short and black.
So, all in all, I would not buy this product again. Don't get me wrong, there is an upside:
- I don't need to put makeup on all weekend if I don't want too AND I can answer the door without scaring the neighbor kids.
- There was no smudging on my pillow or under my eye when I wake up.
- This would be great for swimming, funerals or camping/boating trips.
- I have severe allergies and there was no running or smudging with the constant itching/scratching I was doing.
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