Well my TSV arrived and it's going back
The wipes are effective at removing the mascara which transferred to my cheek (more on this later) but they are highly perfumed which I dislike and this is unnecessary in an eye product.
The skinny brush is fine, I prefer a thinner brush and 2 coats gave adequate coverage but nothing special. I prefer the Laura Geller one from the last TSV and the Mally Impact Mascara, the usual Mally one, New CID...I could go one to the DHS brands but you know what I mean, it's not the best thing ever.
The Black Magic mascara was rubbish on my lashes. I tried applying 2 coats as I would normally and the skinny brush eye looked far better. I couldn't get a curling effect at all so added a 3rd coat and still nothing, in fact the coating was very thin indeed. So then I took it off and reapplied using the plastic guard (it looks like a plectrum but smaller) and really pushed up the lashes and held them with the brush for a second or two with each stroke. Without the guard the upper lid would get smudged with mascara. The guard thingy is fiddly to hold esp on the right eye if you're right handed. Still disappointing curl and very little coating of colour.
I tried the plectrum thingy to apply the skinny mascara to my lower lashes. I don't normally wear mascara on my lower lashes because they touch my cheek/under eye skin, I often dye them. The guard did allow me to apply the skinny mascara to the lower lashes but as soon as I removed the guard the wet mascara transferred to my skin and I know I'd never have the patience to keep the guard in place until the lashes dry. The wipe did take the mascara off my skin easily enough.
The shadow stick isn't on a par with the Mally shadow sticks. The colour is ok and, if you don't need much blending time it dries almost instantly. The Mally shadow sticks allow more blending time for application in the creaseline whereas the Eyeko one is less forgiving; I'd use it more like a softer smokey eye liner along the lashes if I were keeping the set.
Brow gel? Yep it's a brow gel but I need my brows building up so brow gel on its own isn't enough. The Doll10 brow product and brush work best for me and it just doesn't need a brow gel on top.
Black liner. It is what it is! as Honey BooBoo's mum would say. I need another black liquid liner like a whole in the head. The Mally gun-shaped one is easier to apply but there are hundreds of comparable liner pens on the high street.
I appreciate make up is a very subjective thing but several of these items perform less well than products I already have so I wouldn't recommend it.
