- How long do you think your eyelashes are, huh?
- Not long at all.
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So today we're trying Amazon's top rated mascaras
for length.
I'm super excited, and so is she.
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- I have super short Asian lashes.
They're super sparse ones, two millimeters long,
and they never keep a curl.
- I've had a complicated relationship with my lashes.
I don't know what to do with them,
'cause I feel like they're short.
- Mine are also non-existent.
Wearing mascara doesn't even help,
so I don't even bother with it.
- Mascara makes my eyelashes feel sticky.
Like, getting glued a little bit shut
every time I blink.
- When one falls off, I'm like,
"No!" - "No!"
- One of ten eyelashes!
- My problem, when I wear mascara, too, is
I always get smudgies over here.
- Especially on the outer half of the lid.
- Because I have, like, a monolid,
they're getting partially covered
by my eyelid as well.
They've just never been a source of pride.
It would be nice if they were a little longer, I guess.
- I would like length, I would like thickness,
with them looking full, I would like them not to smudge,
I would like it to last,
but I also want it to not take forever to take off my face.
We don't settle.
- I hate when people ask me if I'm tired.
'Cause I am all the time,
but like, they would open up the eyes more,
and people would think I look more awake and less dead.
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- Doesn't it kind of remind you of Benefit?
- I was gonna say, it reminds me of candy I ate growing up.
(boing)
- I really like this whole laboratory situation going on.
She's, like, trying to concoct the perfect mascara.
- "Featuring a curved wand for volume beyond reality."
- Oh, you can even scan here for a tutorial.
- Nobody scans QR codes.
- There is a woman of Caucasian descent on the packaging,
so you know already it's not gonna work for us.
But we'll see.
- The box doesn't maybe look like
I would've bought it on Amazon,
but the container does.
- I'm always kinda dubious about these curved wands, though,
because I don't know if it's the best way
to deposit mascara product on your eyelashes.
- Oh, it's chunky. I don't like it.
- It's already clumping.
Some of my lashes just automatically stick to each other.
- You know what? They look pretty thick, though.
- Thicc, with two c's.
- Now there's more on the lids.
- It is kinda clumpy.
- Dude, it looks great.
- Okay, Michelle approves, and I don't?
- This is one of the top-rated mascaras on Amazon?
That is very disappointing.
- They still look very thin.
They look like they had a full meal,
but I want them really, really fat.
- I feel like now I have what they call "spider lashes".
- Yeah, it's like a tarantula.
- I wouldn't wear this out,
it doesn't make me feel confident.
- So it was called Mad Lash, and I'm mad.
- They really brushed your eyelashes up,
but I don't think it did that for mine.
Mine are still like, "uh!"
That's how mine grow, they just grow straight down.
- Stubborn like she is.
- That's real.
There's like no fucking difference.
This is why I don't fucking wear mascara.
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- It's just jam-packed with fancy words
that get my hopes up.
Drama, luxe, conditioning, fiber gel mascara,
plus perfect base.
- There's no parabens, phthalates,
fragrance, or synthetic thighs.
Dyes. (laughs) Synthetic dyes.
- Ginseng root extract.
That's so cool.
- Every single beauty product I've bought
that's imported from Japan,
it gets the job done!
- Ooh, ooh.
- Wait, what?
- I don't love this because
when you put your fingerprints on the product,
you see the smudges.
I just have lots of things going on in my life.
Like, I always have clammy hands,
and my fingerprints are now all over this product.
- So if you commit a crime, and you're also wearing mascara,
don't use this one.
- Feels like a $30 mascara.
(wand suctioning)
- Mm, I like the sound it just made.
- Ew, no. (slurps)
- Ooh, it's so fat. - Yes!
Fat with promise!
The fatter the brush, the fatter my lashes?
(crickets)
- This is not a comfortable thing to hold in your hand.
There's a reason they don't make
pens and pencils fucking boxy as hell.
- It's less white than most primers.
Sorry, is it weird that I'm just
gawking at you while you do this?
I love watching people do their makeup.
- Oh wow, this one actually looks pretty good.
- Yeah, it's definitely less clumpy.
- I like that they're not clumping,
but honestly, the result isn't as dramatic
as I thought it would be.
I don't think that's the best primer, in my opinion.
This one glues fewer of your lashes together.
Okay, wait, I can see more of a difference
with the second coat.
It's the ginseng.
- This one is much less clumpy.
Like, it looks surprisingly nice.
- They look really long.
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- Coquette Chronicles.
This sounds like the next 50 Shades.
- First of all, there's like, four fonts they're using.
They're not a very coordinated team.
- I'm looking at this ingredient list,
and the first ingredient is collagen.
The other two, I think, were just water.
- That's what I'm all about.
Gimme all that collagen. (laughing)
- The wand looks pretty standard, too,
like nothing fancy.
It looks pretty drugstore-y.
But again, maybe it's a hidden gem.
- I like how it glided just right out of the tube.
The other one, you had to kinda tug at it a little bit.
- It seems pretty smooth.
- I like it. - It's got a nice consistency.
(squeaking)
- I don't know if it's just, like,
the bristles are kinda sparse,
but it just feels like it's not
picking up that much product.
- I'm just getting it more on my face
than I am on my actual eyelashes. (laughing)
- Really bad brush.
This brush hurts. I wanna stop putting on mascara.
- This one is actually the least chunky/clumpy.
- I still can't get these outer ones.
Story of my life!
- It feels sticky.
Top lashes touching the bottom ones,
and it's just like (sticking noises).
- From this angle, it looks like
it's clumping less for sure,
but giving you the length of the first mascara.
- This is like something you buy
from the discount bin at your drug store.
- I don't feel like a flirty girl!
- There is one good thing about having sparse eyelashes.
Asians just don't have that much body hair.
It's like Ali Wong said about Asian men,
we're like dolphins, you know?
We're just soft all over.
- The Eve by Eve's is my favorite, yes.
It went on the most smoothly.
- It just seemed like it was actually
lengthening without clumping.
I really think if I tried it with a different primer,
I could create a new product.
- I think the primer did help me somewhat.
- I like the third one in the purple packaging,
the Ooh La La Flirty Girl,
because that was least clumpy for me.
- I was surprised the fact that they weren't brands
that we all knew.
- Amazon, I feel like, has so many miracle products,
and I was hoping for something that doesn't clump,
lengthens like crazy, but I guess that's what
eyelash extensions are for.
- I don't feel like they're any
different from other mascaras I've tried
in terms of people who are of Asian descent,
and I guess there hasn't really been a cosmetic line
that caters to that audience.
- Who cares? Asians have such great features.
Just do what you can, make your own beauty standards.
- For other people with monolids,
just do you, live your best life.
- Whether you wanna put on tons of layers of mascara
or just wear them natural, it's totally up to you.
- So find your confidence in whatever way
you feel like you can.
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