L'Oreal Double Extend Eye Illuminator

I've always tended to depend on mascara-I never felt my lashes were long enough and my eyes seemed to disappear into my face without it.  It's been my "can't live without" make-up item for years.  Thanks to Latisse, it's now become more of a fun thing to try.  I've gone from needing multiple coats of the most volumising mascara possible to trying lots of different ones and actually enjoying the results.  I like the L'Oreal double extend mascara with the lash serum-

so I was excited to see a Double Extend Eye Illuminator in Shopper's Drug Mart the other day.   It claims to lengthen and illuminate and comes in 4 shades for different coloured eyes-one for blue, brown, green/hazel and one for all colours.  I decided to try the green/hazel which has black mascara on one side and a shimmery gold highlighter on the other.

The mascara goes on easily enough.  It's more of a defining one with a little bit of lengthening.  It isn't particularly volumising but didn't clump.  You really don't get much in the tube though.  The glittery top coat goes on top.  It's not particularly obvious but does give a little sheen in the right lighting.  Don't think there was an appreciable difference in how illuminated my eyes were!  It could be nice to use for nights out I think.  The packet says that you can just put the shimmer on the tips for everyday use or from root to tip for "intense drama".

Here are my results.  I did the left eye-it's the one with the better lashes.  Right eye is still catching up!

You can see the shimmer best on the last one without the flash.

There's a good review here on the Musings of a Muse blot.

The official site is here and you can get a $2 coupon.  Wish I'd looked before buying!

And for completion, this is the TV advert-which I saw for the first time as I was typing this up.  Typical!

Latisse 2 months on!

So it's about 2 months since I first started using Latisse.  It's not a huge hassle to use-just a couple of minutes every night after washing my face and it has become part of my nightly routine.  I'm definitely seeing results.  I'm certainly not at the stage where I would say I don't need mascara, but I'm much prouder of my lashes when I have my make-up on and I'm also finding that I don't need as many coats-a touch does a lot more now.

My left eye looks good-lashes are uniform and have grown longer.  My right eye is going through what I can only describe as an awkward teenager phase.  Some lashes are long, some are short, some are pointing out, some are really curly.  I think there's always been a disparity between the two eyes-the right sometimes seemed to have a gap-but the Latisse has emphasised this.  It wasn't unexpected really.  The information booklet warns that lashes may grow at different rates or in different directions.  Hopefully this will even out as more lashes are caught at the right phase of growth-there are a few stumpy ones on that side.

Side effects?  At the moment none.  My eyes did feel a bit dry initially but that was probably emphasised by the change in weather and drop in humidity.  My eyes weren't used to the dry Canadian air and the forced air heating!  Haven't noticed any pigmentation on my lids or my irises.

I'm managing to squeeze more than a month out of the bottle too which makes it better value!  I'm getting to the end though now so will be trotting back to Dr Torgerson's office soon for another fix (and maybe some filler)

Updated photos...

I've used the same mascara again (Clinique High Impact curling) for continuity.  Camera is different though-eventually found a battery charger for my real one.  My right/unruly eye is to the left as you look at it.
Here were my "pre" pictures:

What do you think?

6 weeks on-Latisse

Quick post updating on my Latisse experience.  It's been 6 weeks now and I'm definitely noticing changes. I'm still bothered by the possibility of iris colour change.  It doesn't seem like it's something overly likely with Latisse but I do still think it's a possibility.  That said, I imagine it might be a difficult product to give up.  I've always had short, sparse lashes (thanks, Mum) but they're growing now for the first time ever!  Not all are the same length-there are some long, some around the normal length.  My right lashes aren't as long as my left and some of the ones at the outer edge of my right eye are strangely curly.
I keep thinking I must be imagining it and it's really only properly obvious when I'm wearing mascara.  My sister confirmed that they looked longer though and I've actually had the annoying "tipping my glasses" experience!
Updated photos:

I'm keeping a careful eye on my eye colour...especially things like that brown patch on my left eye (right of the picture) which has always been there.  Mascara is Clinique high impact curling again.

Before:

It's slow!   They say results tend to take off at 8 weeks so I'll update again.

Next post: 6 weeks after Botox!

Latisse is a maybe today!

I popped back into Dr Torgerson's office today.  Still not sure if I had enough of a response to my Botox treatment so I emailed the office and they brought me in today.  Very glad of the day off to do things like this!
Everyone was really nice.  Coffee (yum) and a brief wait before seeing Dr T.   He was lovely.  I felt like a bit of an idiot for wasting his time but he was good about it.  He said the result was good but we may as well kill it totally and gave me another few units.  Painless and quick.

While I was there I was watching a little monitor in the treatment room which was scrolling  through adverts for Botox, Juvederm and Latisse.  He told me they had Latisse.  I had to let him know I was one of his first buyers!  He reckons best results will be after 6-8 weeks.

Later I was in the Bay at the Lancome counter looking at mascaras and debating the different types.  The assistant reckoned I didn't really need a lengthening one since my eyelashes are long.  Nobody has ever said that before!

Here's the picture of me in mascara now.  Brows are crazy-am letting them grow in a bit before going for professional shaping.  Also using Latisse on the edges to try to even the brow.   We'll see!

Mascara is Clinique high impact  curling-gives good curl!  "Tube" type (quick description of tubing mascaras.  Warning!  Page plays stupid adverts and difficult to find the stop button