Younique Moonstruck 3D Fiber Lashes Mascara Review

At my place of volunteering, I was offered to be sold 3D mascara by Younique. My seller and at least one other person here wore it, and their lashes always looked awesome. If someone who's selling a product regularly uses it themselves and the results are great, I thought it was worth a try. So I got one before I had to bid them adieu, which was $30.

It comes in this sturdy packaging, similar to an eyeglass case.

The two wands - top: transplanting gel, bottom: fibers.

The application process has a few simple steps:

After curling my lashes, and applying my regular waterproof mascara, I start using the 3D mascara. This isn't necessary in some cases, but I find it gives me better results.

Step 1: Swipe on the transplanting gel just like regular mascara, from root to tip, top and bottom lashes. Without giving it much time to dry, move onto the next step.

Step 2: Quickly apply the fibers, swiping this wand just like mascara. Remove any clumps.

Step 3: Apply the transplanting gel once more, and you're done!

Left: curled lashes with nothing on them. Right: after my normal 2-mascara routine.

After applying the 3D mascara on top of my regular mascara. Taken right after curling and application so you can see the length difference. My lashes always tend to droop down, so they look milder after a bit for me.

You can see for yourself from the pictures that this adds a good deal of length, and quite easily, too. This works soo well for my bottom lashes, which don't seem to very affected by any amount of regular mascara. On my quest to making my lashes look more visible, I'm very happy that I was introduced to this and the effect these has on my lashes.

Tiny bits of fibers tend to stray off onto my undereye area throughout the day, but nothing too noticable. The mascara is just as easy to remove as it was prior with my other mascaras, using makeup wipes.

Pretty easy to use, remove, and it works on my stubborn lashes. This mascara rocks!

Mascara Getting on Your Eyelids: Tip!

We've all heard of mascara guards/shields and the business card trick, and if you haven't, it's where you use a business card, keeping it against your eyelid, behind your lashes, to keep the mascara from getting on your eyelids during application, saving your precious previously-applied eyeshadow. I hate doing makeup over again after accidentally wiping a bit of it off =.=' And using a card to protect my makeup, I feel that I am able to more thoroughly coat my lashes because I'm not scared that the brush will touch my eyelid!

This is the alternative I use! It's handy if you don't have access to business cards, or feel bad about taking others' cards only to use them for your makeup, haha!

All you need are some scissors and some regular 3x5 index cards. They are so inexpensive and can be bought anywhere, even dollar stores! 

I like to divide one index card into fourths. I fold the index card length and width wise, and make fold marks on the edges to know where the half-points are. The snip away!

 

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Then keep them next to your mascara to keep your eyelids clean. If you want you can even cut them even more to shape them to match the shape of your eyelid so you don't have shift the card as you apply the mascara in sections.

Just hold it flat against your eyelid starting from your lashline, and apply your mascara away! You can also use them for your bottom lashes.

All on the little card, none on the lids! 

Remember to use all the edges.

Cutting index cards like this is also great when you need to study - originally I did this because I always ran out of flash cards (the woes of being a college student). No need to waste the whole index card if you're only going to write a word or a short phrase on them!

San

Mascara For Monolids

Having monolids, I have given up hope on having visible lashes time after time. My lashes are quite straight and any curl I try has always just been pushed down by my lids. Heavy false lashes seemed to be the only thing that could make me look like I had any lashes at all.

But!!! After much trial and error and research, I've now been able to hold a curl in my stubborn lashes! Someone on Soompi had an explanation of this kind of technique, and these are the products and variations I use to make it work for me! Take that lashes!

You'll need:

- full eyelash curler

- partial eyelash curler

- dry formula mascara

- volumizing mascara

It's double the products I thought I would originally need, but it gets the job done!
Important: Make sure the mascaras you use are waterproof and not too wet, this will all help keep your curl.


Step 1: Curl lashes with a full eyelash curler.

For this step, I think any normal eyelash curler you have would work. Personally, I've used a Lacross one and the Revlon Extra Curl Lash Curler (the red and black one). Important: always when curling (with either full or partial curlers), squeeze the eyelash curler multiple times in succession!!! No need to do the squeeze and hold for a while method with this technique. If your lashes are anything as stubborn as mine, they probably won't look all too impressive at this stage still.




Step 2: Curl lashes with a partial eyelash curler.

The full eyelash curler never does the whole trick for me. I need to really curl each section with one of these babies to get an actual curl! I got mine from Daiso. It's a bit more like bending the lashes to an upright position where they are actually visible. I curl from the outside corner of the lash, going inwards. Now once your lashes are nice and curled in the position you want them to stay...

They might look something like this at this point!

Step 3: Apply a dry mascara.
Use whatever mascara you have that you feel has the driest formula that helps hold a curl (make sure it hasn't been past 6 months when you first used it of course!). I use the Maybelline Define A Lash Lengthening mascara in the waterproof version. Coat your lashes a couple times. You want your lashes to still be relatively dry. Important: Do not put too much! Otherwise, your lashes would just get heavy and fall.




Step 4: Curl lashes with a full eyelash curler, again.
Curl your lashes with the dry mascara with your full eyelash curler. Your eyelash curlers will get mascara residue on them, so using this method you'll need to clean them regularly (hand soap and warm water works great).

Step 5: Apply a volumizing mascara.
My favorite to use is the Maybelline Falsies in the waterproof version. Coat your lashes, but again, don't ever clump it on.








And viola! Your lashes should have a curl that generally stays in place, just stay away from humidity and crying as that tends to undo all of your hardwork, haha. If you want you can once again curl with the full curler and add one more light coat of the second mascara, just to make sure.

Ta-dah! Curled lashes at last!

Did this work for you? Do you have other ways to keep a curl in place? Let me know!

San

P.S. I just got back from walking in the snow to and from a friend's house and my lashes are still visible! Hope y'all stay warm if it's cold where you live and happy holidays!