Well picking up my weekly shop at Asda I noticed a tiny stand advertising a duo of mascara
and eye primer for less than £4, I recall reading about George make-up on various blogs
but couldn't for the life of my recall if such posts suggested the products were poor or otherwise.
My local Asda doesn't actually sell cosmetics other than Girls Aloud false eyelashes
so the novelty of being able to purchase something some what cosmetic
was too much for me to pass up haha!
Looking at the products you can clearly see that the packaging has been heavily influenced
by leading cosmetic brands on the high street - the mascara packaging and name
reminds me very much of Maybelline's Falsies Mascara it even shares the spoon style mascara wand!
The primer is some what generic looking and I guess is most reminiscent of a L'Oreal product
in terms of packaging, sleek, white and pearlescent.
I opened the mascara and the first thing I noticed was the strong smell,
it is reminiscent of old lady style perfume...y'know their Sunday best to impress the church?
The scent is far to strong for anyone with sensitive eyes like myself to put anywhere near their eyelashes,
I know for a fact a highly perfumed product that close to my eye is only going to result in lots of tears.
I did however swatch it on paper and the formula appears to be thick and fairly dry in consistency
that is a strong black shade, the brush is sturdy and a good size.
This could be a great mascara but I just didn't fancy the painful eye problems in the process.
The Eye Primer promises to be a smoothing base, covers, hold eye make-up in place
and minimise eye creasing to boot.
The product itself is a light orange based beige that is heavy on the silicon
so much so that applying it and getting the product to sink in is a bit of a nightmare.
I blended and blended with no avail all the primer did was present me with little flakes of silicon
that on the skin looks like flaky dead skin, not a look I am really going for!
I do want to point out that I had a similar problem in the past with a spoiled eye cream shadow
in the past which makes me wonder if perhaps this is a dud too?
I tested this out on my hand and awoke the next day with a tiny little red rash where it had been
so I guess I am going to have to be really careful with silicon products from now on!
Good job I didn't apply this to my eye area eh?
Have you tried this duo or any other George at Asda Cosmetics?
How did your experience fair?
Shame that the products weren't up to scratch- cos the duo seemed such a good price, I'm yet to find a reasonably priced eye primer!
ReplyDeleteJen@www.pret-a-style.com
Both Elf and MUA do reasonable primers for a really good price :)
DeleteYou should send your review to ASDA. They need to up their game on this one.
ReplyDeleteAli
Good idea :)
DeleteMy ASDA has Collection 2000, Rimmel, NYC and George stands plus more, each with plenty of products! The George nail varnishes are good :-)
ReplyDeleteAh you lucky thing :)
DeleteOh dear! Not good at all.x
ReplyDeleteI agree :(
DeleteThat's a shame, I was hoping these would be really good, but alas you get what you pay for i guess
ReplyDeletehttp://theredoneblog.blogspot.com/
Yep I guess thats the luck of the draw!
Deletespotted this at asda aswell! the name GEORGE on the packet immediately put me off! thankyou for the review.. now i defo wont be buying this!
ReplyDeleteMost welcome anything to help you all :)
DeleteAck! What would they be thinking perfuming a mascara?
ReplyDeleteoh dear not good. sorry George but i won't be buying. xx
ReplyDeletehttp://dandelionsandkisses.blogspot.com/
I laughed when I seen you had write (Heart) SG I thought to myself its mustn't be great if you are prepared to waste that much :) xxx loved the pic tho xx thank god you didn't put it on your eye area! xxx I would have put it straight on without thinking! I don't particularly like the packaging it looks very cheap xxx thank you for a great post xxx
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I've got the eye primer and didn't have any complaints! It held my eyeshadow in place and I didn't get any flakiness. I thought for a product at such a low price it was really good. Shame your skin didn't agree with it! You should try their nail polishes, they're really good for such low cost! x
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Why the hell would you perfume a mascara? haha stupid idea haha
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