Review: Oriflame The One Eyes Wide Open Mascara

If there's a product I'll never say no to it when someone asks me to test it and write an opinion about it that’s mascara. Although I figured it out during my blogging years that the cheapest mascaras usually work the best for me, I’m always eager to test new ones and to compare them with those that work amazing for me. Few weeks ago I received Oriflame Eyes Wide Open mascara in my letter box. I was really excited to test it, because it is mascara that should curl the lashes and this effect should also last for some time. Since I’m usually all about volume when it comes to mascaras, I was really curious if I’m going to like it or not. 

The mascara comes in a dark pink packaging with a silver writing on it, and it has a very interesting brush that is wider at the bottom and narrower on the top. The brush is shaped the way it is so that’s easier to reach eyelashes in inner part of the eye. At the beginning I had few problems with application, because I wasn’t used to this shape of a brush, but when I got used to it, the application became easy and quick. The formula of the mascara was quite wet at first few usages and layering wasn’t as easy as it is now when mascara became drier. But I still wipe off the excess product before using the mascara on eyes, so that I don’t get a clumpy look.

I had a really interesting relationship with this mascara since I got it. At first I liked it, because it really wow-ed me when I first tried it – it curled my lashes amazingly and it really gave an open look to the eyes. Then I started to compare it with Essence Lash Princess mascara and I didn’t like it as much anymore, because I really started to miss the volume. But with time I started to reach more and more after it and use it with almost every look I did. I was wearing it alone when I was doing a natural look or a look without black eyeliner, but when I did wear black eyeliner I usually combined it with Max Factor Masterpiece Glamour Extensions. This mascara gives a nice volume to the lashes, but it doesn’t curl them or make them longer as Oriflame mascara does, so these two were quite a good combination for my lashes. At the beginning both were quite wet (I started to use them both at approximately same time), so eyelashes dropped down sooner as they do now when both mascaras are drier. 

Eyes Wide Open mascara comes in two shades – Black Plum and Plum. I got the shade Black, which is really nice black mascara. It separates the lashes, curls them and makes them longer. Of course I have to apply it shitty right when I was swatching it, so I decided to add another photo with a full eye makeup on to show you better how it looks when I apply it nicely. Unfortunately mascara doesn’t give much volume to the lashes. 

Ingredients: AQUA, STEARIC ACID, HYDROGENATED OLIVE OIL CETYL ESTERS, ORYZA SATIVA CERA, GLUCAMINE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, COPERNICIA CERIFERA CERA, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED CERA, ACACIA SENEGAL GUM, PVP, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER, SILICA, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, CERA ALBA, SYNTHETIC WAX, SHOREA ROBUSTA RESIN, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, DIMETHICONE, RHUS VERNICIFLUA PEEL CERA, HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, METHYLPARABEN, DISODIUM EDTA, HYDROGENATED OLIVE OIL MYRISTYL ESTERS, LECITHIN, CETEARETH-20, PANTHENOL, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PROPYLPARABEN, PHENOXYETHANOL, BHT, PEG-12 DIMETHICONE, ETHYLPARABEN, CI 77499, CI 77007, CI 77491

Oriflame Eyes Wide Open mascara contains 8 g of product and it costs 11,90 €. I’m usually all about volumizing mascaras, but from some unknown reason I really like this mascara and I use it often. It does what it promises – it opens up the eye look. Otherwise it doesn’t cause any irritation, no panda eyes and it’s easy to remove with micellar water. But because it doesn’t give me any volume I probably wouldn’t repurchase it. I’d rather choose other Oriflame mascaras – as I’ve heard from other bloggers 5in1 Wonder Lash mascara is pretty great.

Have you tried any Oriflame mascara? Which one would you recommend me? Thank you for reading!

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Če obstaja izdelek, ki mu nikoli ne bi rekla ne, ko mi ga nekdo ponudi v testiranje, je to maskara. V nekaj letih preizkušanja različnih maskar sem ugotovila, da za moje trepalnice najboljše delujejo maskare najcenejših znamk, kot je Essence. Njihove maskare mi ponujajo točno to, kar iščem – volumen. Moje trepalnice so drugače precej ravne, ne ravno goste, se pa lahko pohvalim z zadovoljivo dolžino. Pred nekaj tedni sem v poštni nabiralnik prejela Oriflame maskaro Eyes Wide Open, ki obljublja privihanost trepalnic že z enim potegom. Glede na to, da maskara ne obljublja izjemnega volumna, sem bila zelo radovedna, kako mi bo všeč.

V temno roza pakiranju s srebrnim napisom se skriva prav zanimiva krtačka, ki ima širši spodnji del, zgornjega pa ožjega. Oblika krtačke je namenjena prav temu, da priviha trepalnice in omogoči odprt pogled oči, saj ožji zgornji del omogoča, da notranje trepalnice lažje dosežemo. Ob prvi uporabi sem imela kar malce težav pri rokovanju z njo, mogoče, ker nisem navajena na takšno obliko, sem se pa navadila in sčasoma je postal nanos maskare neproblematičen. Na začetku je bila maskara dokaj mokra in slojenje ni bilo tako preprosto kot sedaj, ko je že bolj suha, vendar pa moram kljub temu pred uporabo še vedno obrisati odvečen izdelek s krtačke za lepši izgled.

Moj odnos z Eyes Wide Open maskaro je prav zanimiv. Ob prvi preizkušnji sem bila čisto wow zaradi efekta, ki ga je pustila na mojih očeh, ker je res lepo privihala trepalnice in odprla pogled. Potem mi nekaj časa ni bila všeč, ker sem jo primerjala z Essence Lash Princess maskaro in začela pogrešati volumen pri njej, sčasoma pa sem začela po njej posegati vse pogosteje in mi je spet prirasla k srcu. Po njej sem začela posegati predvsem, ko sem nosila preproste makeupe brez črtala za oči, saj maskara čudovito priviha trepalnice in jih loči, moje že tako dolge trepalnice pa še dodatno podaljša. Dejansko lahko trdim, da maskara res odpre pogled. Sicer res pogrešam volumen, ampak to pomanjkljivost po navadi rešim tako, da jo kombiniram s katero drugo maskaro, npr. Max Factor Masterpiece Glamour Extensions, ki sem jo začela testirati približno istočasno kot Oriflame maskaro in ki mi ponuja ravno to, kar slednji manjka – volumen, vendar po drugi strani Max Factor maskara ponuja le to, saj ne podaljša in ne priviha trepalnic tako dobro kot Eyes Wide Open maskara. Sicer sta bili ob začetnih uporabah obe maskari kar mokri (Max Factorjeva še celo bolj kot Oriflamova) in sta trepalnice malce obtežili, da niso obdržale lepe privihanosti, vendar ta problem čez čas, ko sta se obe posušili, ni bil več prisoten in tudi plastenje (nanos več slojev) ni težavno.

Eyes Wide Open maskara obstaja v dveh odtenkih Black Plum in Black, sama pa sem prejela odtenek Black. Maskara ima res super črno formulo, saj moje že tako temne trepalnice naredi popolnoma črne, istočasno se pa ne drobi in ne povzroča t. i. panda eyes. Preprosta je tudi za odstranjevanje, saj jo po navadi hitro in brez drgnjenja odstranim z micelarno vodo.

Seveda jaz nanos maskare zafrknem ravno takrat, ko delam swatche, zato prilagam še eno fotko z makeupom, kjer sem jo lepše nanesla in kjer se vidi, da res lepo loči trepalnice. Vidi se tudi, da maskara ne da dosti volumna.

Eyes Wide Open maskara vsebuje 8 ml in stane 11,90 €, vendar pa imajo pri Oriflamu pogosto kakšne akcije in zna biti cena tudi nižja. Zame maskara sicer ni popolna, ker res pogrešam volumen, mi je pa všeč, da podaljša trepalnice in jih loči, v kombinaciji z drugimi maskarami pa dosežem takšen izgled trepalnic, kot si ga želim. Maskara se mi zdi primerna predvsem za dekleta, ki si želijo podaljšanosti in privihanosti, če pa iščete volumen, pa boste razočarane, ker v tem primeru maskara res ni za vas. Sama bi bila precej razočarana nad njo, če mi iz nekega neznanega razloga ne bi prirasla k srcu in je ne bi tako pogosto uporabljala. Je pa glede na to, da mi da zelo malo volumna, verjetno ne bi ponovno kupila, bi raje vzela njihovo 5in1 Wonder Lash, ki je po mnenju nekaterih blogerk odlična.

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