I was not blessed with gorgeous, full, long eyelashes. My husband has longer, thicker and fuller lashes than I do. Why is life so unfair?!? Seriously. When I want “lashes” and I don’t want to have to wear false lashes (because let’s be honest, I don’t want to wear them daily nor am I amazing at the application) I have to find a mascara that really does quite a job with my eyelashes. I need volume, separation, length and I need one that won’t irritate my sensitive eyes or end up giving me raccoon eyes. I have tested so many mascaras, but I’m always on the never-ending search for my holy grail product. Recently in a gift-with-purchase from YSL, I ended up scoring a deluxe sized tester of the YSL Babydoll Mascara and I fell in love. I picked up a full-sized tube of it when I was at Sephora recently and I’ve been using it since.
YSL Babydoll Mascara
My Lashes Before:
Barely there, pretty much non-existent and sparse in certain locations. My lashes are also very light in color and I need a mascara that’s basically jet black to give my eyes some life. If you wonder why mascara is so important to a makeup look, just take al look at my before and after. The mascara really opens up my eyes and makes them pop!
My Lashes After:
Hello, lashes! This gives me a great amount of definition, lift and just some oomph to my lashes. It’s a great formula that doesn’t make me feel like I have spider-like lashes, but instead separates nicely and gives my lashes some much-needed life. In the picture, I didn’t do my lower lashes. I don’t always, but when I do, I have no issues with this giving me “raccoon” eyes and the brush is a nice size for the application. I should also note that I did not curl my lashes in the picture below. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. HA!
PROS and CONS
PROS:
-Gives my lashes separation, volume and it doesn’t wear off (no raccoon eyes)
-I love the formula of this mascara. it’s a bit more on the dry side and not a super wet formula
-Gorgeous packaging (if you’re into that sort of thing and I am!)
-Doesn’t clump on me
-Brush is a Duo-sized brush and not too big for my “not really there” lashes
CONS:
-Price is high, but it’s actually worth it (PRO and CON) $30
If I had to rate this mascara out 1-10, I would rate this a solid 10! It has seriously wowed me and that’s hard to do when it comes to a mascara. Sure $30.00 is a bit high, but it’s YSL and to be honest, I love this mascara so much, I don’t mind dropping $30.00 on it. When it works, it just works!
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I haven’t tried BabyDoll, but I have the YSL Effet Faux Cils Mascara, and I liked it a lot when I first got it. After a few weeks, the formula seemed to thicken and clump a bit so I’m not reaching for it as much as when I first got it. For that much $, the formula shouldn’t change. But the packaging! And it does give a great look.
Ooh I want to try this, you got great results! I didn’t realize you were in ATL we aren’t that far apart from each other 🙂
I’ve heard great things about this mascara! I have light eyelashes too, which is a pain. My lashes are long, but straight, so I can’t go without a curler!
I basically have the same lashes. Light, basically invisible with no mascara.. I have found a few mascaras over the years that work wonders for me though! I haven’t tried this one, but I do like the YSL Faux Cils mascara!
Years ago (around 2005) YSL had a perfume called Baby Doll and I went through like 4 bottles of it before it was discontinued. The name of this alone would make me buy it, for nostalgic reasons lol. I don’t need much convincing to buy YSL products, because they’re all amazing, but I’m so putting this on my wish list – the formula sounds great!
Your before and afters are awesome! It’s amazing what mascara can do, it’s one thing I always put on before going out
Doesn’t it suck? I swear males have way better.. sexy, longer lashes than we do!!! lol I mean.. I look at my son and I’m just like, “he obviously got his dad’s lashes.. so jelly!!!” lol 🙂 I love the packaging of this mascara!!! It’s soooo adorable! PS – great before/after pictures!!!! I’m obviously going crazy with the exclamation points tonight. xoxo
haha omg yes why do men always have such gorgeous long lashes?! I’ve always heard such great things about this, but I honestly don’t think anything can top Benefit Roller Lash for me!
I love the before & after pictures. It looks lovely – and I’m totally a sucker for good packaging!
Ugh I feel you on the lack of natural lashes, girlfriend. But this YSL looks great on you!!! Have you ever tried the Younique 3D fibre lashes??
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