A non- reccomnendation

I recently came across a product that I thought was pretty rubbish, and it gave me the idea to do a little series on my blog where I tell you about products that I DON’T recommend. So as and when I come across disappointing products, I shall post about it. This is not to bash any companies at all, it is about giving my opinion on products that I feel were disappointing and a waste of my money. Hopefully this will help people to decide on better products and save money for themselves. Obviously everyone's needs and tastes are different, so what does or doesn't work for me, may be fantastic for you. This is just my honest opinion. 

The first product in this non- recommendation series is the fairly new Volume Colourist mascara by Rimmel. Now I normally like Rimmel’s mascaras, and I think that they are an amazing drugstore/ affordable brand, so when I was looking for a new mascara and saw this one, I was excited to try it. Especially because it had a couple of pound off the price in store!

I got the shade 'Extreme Black' as I like my eyelashes to stand out. The first time I tried it I was very un-impressed. I felt like I could hardly see anything on my lashes. However, I gave it a few more tries, because sometimes I do feel like you have to use a mascara a little before you can see the full potential. 

Unfortunately, it didn’t get any better. This mascara gave me no length or volume and it looked as though I had no mascara on!! As you can see in the (very bad) before and after picture below, there really isn’t much difference. Mascara on the left, none on the right. I also have to apologise for the bad quality but I forgot to take this picture, so I just quickly took one with mascara on one eye- and no other make up!

 Below is a picture of the Rimmel (bottom) compared to a Maybelline mascara (top), which I use daily at the moment. Obviously it is never going to look great swatched on paper, but you can see that the colour pay off compared to my Maybelline mascara is pretty bad, especially considering the fact that the Maybelline one has been open for a while now and should probably be in the bin! (lol- I know I'm not the only ones that does this!) 

If you are looking for a mascara that looks really natural for school or work, then this may be good for you, however if like me, you want volume and length, I do not recommend this mascara.

I hope you find this helpful if you are in the search for a new mascara.

Thanks for reading!

Love, Jojo

xo