High End Hump Day: Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Edition

Woot Woot! Welcome to another edition of High End Hump Day. Again, I'm not talking about Dior or Guerlain or anything here. I'm talking about things that are expensive for my minimum-wage part-time working student self.

Today I'm going to be telling you about Too Faced's Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System (whew, mouthful!) This is a two part system that's supposed to make your lashes look like falsies.

Picture from Sephora

That is a picture of the system. The left gold tube is the mascara and the right white tube are the fibers that's supposed to be the extensions.

What you do is use the mascara, then apply the fibers over it while it's still wet, then use another coat of mascara to make the fibers black and look like your natural lashes. So how'd it work for me? 

Wait, where are my lashes? 

Yes, so these are my puny little baby lashes, sans curl and product. I started off using the eyelash curler I got in my September (October?) Glossybox. Whichever box it was, it was the best eyelash curler I ever used. I then applied the black mascara, and immediately used the fiber extensions, then switched back to the mascara to finish it off. After that I moved on to the other eye. It's just easier for me to do it that way. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE??!!! I know that's what you're all thinking. 

What up lashes?

I realized after applying my eyeliner that I probably wouldn't get a great open-eye lash picture. My bad. But you can really tell the difference in the closed eye comparison. There's a definitely learning curve with this system. The first time I tried it, I got the fibers in my eye and hated everything for the rest of the day. To be honest, I'm still figuring out the best way to use this, but I've used it enough times to give you an educated opinion on it. 

I was expecting miracles. I hadn't really read a ton of reviews, so I built it up in my mind all by my little self. It definitely makes my eyelashes look much fuller, but it didn't add as much length as I was hoping. It's $35 and I definitely won't be buying it again. It takes a lot longer to apply than normal mascara and doesn't really have a huge impact. I think I mentioned before that I long for length more than volume, so this just missed the mark for me. I think if you have more patience than me (probably everybody does) and want volume, this might be something you're interested in. 

So I know there's people reading this - follow me! Leave me some comments. Show me you're out there and interested. And of course, I'm always open to suggestions. I might not be able to do anything about it, but I'd love to hear them! :) 

xx