Eyes Speak Louder

Hav­ing round­ed up all my favourite prod­ucts, I present to OVER­DUE’s read­ers the ulti­mate guide to dress up your eyes.

Words Lil­ly Delmage

How can we ele­vate our favourite fash­ion sta­ples, you may ask? It’s time to acces­sorise with your eyes, and these are all my, tried and test­ed, prod­ucts guar­an­teed to make oth­ers take a sec­ond take.

Uklash Eye­lash Serum

Labelled by my lash-tech as hav­ing eye­lash­es, “in the worst con­di­tion she had ever seen in [her] whole career”, this kick-start­ed my eye­lash growth journey.

Eye­lash serums are no new­com­er to the beau­ty indus­try and have cre­at­ed quite the impact. Impres­sive ‘before and after’ pho­tos of using the prod­ucts have left beau­ty fanat­ics bod­ing the ques­tion – do they real­ly work? Well, I’m here as proof to show they do.

I took a chance on the Uklash Eye­lash Serum, and I have nev­er been hap­pi­er I did. The process is incred­i­bly sim­ple. After tak­ing off make­up with an oil-free remover, just glide the appli­ca­tor along each lash line once, as if apply­ing an eye­lin­er. Repeat this once dai­ly, for a total of 12 weeks. 

In my expe­ri­ence, after four weeks I start­ed see­ing a con­sid­er­able dif­fer­ence, notic­ing a fuller and dark­er appear­ance. At around six weeks the length became more vis­i­ble, and when used in addi­tion to my mas­cara (keep read­ing for that one), I start­ed receiv­ing com­pli­ments on my eye­lash­es. After the twelve-week mark, my nat­ur­al lash­es are now unrecog­nis­able, and I often get com­ments ask­ing if they are false.

L’Oréal Paris Tele­scop­ic Mascara

An oldie, but a good­ie. Promis­ing, “a length­en­ing false lash effect”, this mas­cara lives up to the claim and is def­i­nite­ly a wor­thy con­tender if look­ing for a quick­er solu­tion to long lash­es. Though, I have found the mas­cara is also build­able, so if you are look­ing for a length­en­ing and volu­miz­ing prod­uct, this is a two in one. Because who has room in their bag for mul­ti­ple mascaras?

If you are any­thing like me, and fear return­ing from a cel­e­bra­tion with black, mas­cara cir­cles under my eyes, I can assure you this for­mu­la does not budge. So, you can par­ty with con­fi­dence all night long. The water-proof ver­sion is also a con­tender if you are pre­dis­posed to a tear or two after a prosecco.

Natasha Denona Mini Glam Palette 4G 

There is noth­ing I love more than a mul­ti-func­tion­al beau­ty prod­uct, and with this prod­uct there’s no need to jug­gle mul­ti­ple prod­ucts. Just use these two tricks:

• Eye­shad­ow as eyeliner

Swap­ping out your jet-black, pen eye­lin­er for a sul­try brown eye­shad­ow sub­sti­tute is the way to go this win­ter. Just take any angled eye­lin­er brush, dip gen­er­ous­ly into the eye­shad­ow shade of your choice and glide along your lash line to carve out your desired wing – as you would a reg­u­lar eye­lin­er. This method offers a smok­i­er fin­ish, as opposed to the harsh­er look of eye­lin­er. The shade ‘Anjo’ is my go-to for a more glam look as I love the metal­lic fin­ish, but I also often opt for seed for a more nat­ur­al effect. 

• Set­ting spray to inten­si­fy the metallics

This palette does metallics, and does metallics well. Offer­ing three neu­tral, metal­lic shades guar­an­teed to com­pli­ment your favourite out­fits, there will be no needs to reach for bulky palettes. To get the best pig­ment pay-off, spray the shade with a set­ting spray to inten­si­fy the colour fur­ther, and apply using your fin­ger. Thank me later!

PIXI Beau­ty Beau­tif­EYE Eye Patch­es Serum

My top-tip to save tired eyes are using these patch­es to “ener­gise and awak­en” the skin under your eyes. I am no stranger to dark cir­cles peer­ing through con­ceal­er, and thanks to added liquorice, Gin­seng and Vit­a­min C, this serum helps to lift the dark­ness. It is best to save the smok­i­ness for your lash line…