REVIEW: L'Oreal Paris Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara

L'Oreal introduces new Double Extend Beauty Tubes Technology, a revolutionary lash extension effect mascara the provides up to 80% longer-looking, nourished lashes.

Step 1 - Nourish & Protect
Step 2 - Tubes extend lashes
Step 3 - Remove with just water

Tube Benefits:

• Clump-free length
• Smudge-proof
• Flake-proof
• Longwearing hold
• Ophthalmologist and allergy tested
• Suitable on sensitive eyes & for contact lens wearers
  

Oh my goodness - I am soooo excited about this mascara that I couldn't wait until the new year to tell you about it! I received this probably a couple of months ago and put it aside since I already have a favorite mascara.

I was a completely hooked Mirenesse Secret Weapon devotee and occasionally I'd use my Blinc Mascara - both are mascaras that form tubes around your lashes and boast fantastic results. But enough about them, I want to tell you about my new mascara love, and it's, are you ready for this, drugstore brand! Try not to let your jaw hit the floor as you ghasp on that one.

Well, it goes like this, when my eye caught the package last week (casually thrown under my desk on top of boxes of other things I'm ashamed to admit), I saw the mascara was a tubing formulation in the shade Blackest Black. It intrigued me, as these things do, and I decided to give it a try.

Yowza! This stuff is F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C! It gives all the same results my higher priced tube-yielding mascaras give: no clumps, no smudging, flake-proof, length, easy to apply, and doesn't come off until you wash it off (with water)! However, L'Oreal's Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara is BETTER! It lengthens better, produces more volume, curls my lashes better, and has even stronger staying power.

The product comes in a double-ended wand. It's a two-step process to apply. You simply coat your lashes with the conditioning formula (a white color), then apply a coat of the tubing mascara (black color) over it. You can apply additional coats if desired, but one is enough to prove the product delivers on its claims.

Ladies, if you're in the market to try something fabulous in mascara OR you already know you like the tube formulations, you have got to get this. At $10.95 - $14 (depending on where you buy it), it's a steal compared to the other tubing mascaras. You can even print off a coupon for $1.00 off courtesy of L'Oreal - click here (then click on Cosmetics from the home page, coupon offer at bottom of page). It truly compares to department store and high end mascaras, and in my opinion significantly exceeds with results.

L'Oreal Paris' Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara is available in drugstores nationwide, or you may purchase it online for $10.95 at Drugstore.com.

p.s. - Drugstore.com also has a L'Oreal special offer going on now. Buy one L'Oreal product, get a second L'Oreal product at 50% off! (offer ends 2/9/09)