LiLash Review With Pics!

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LiLash is an eyelash growth stimulating serum applied once daily, containing the fairly-controversial prostaglandin derivative ingredient (as in Latisse) originally used for prescription-only glaucoma medication. Yep, it's a bit nuts to be sticking this on or around your eyes, but people do worse.

I have been using this for 6 weeks now. The website says to use LiLash once daily for 8-12 weeks then twice weekly for 'maintenance'. I will do a follow-up review in 2 weeks and then again in 6 weeks, using it once daily until then. I feel like I should be able to have seen some change after 6 weeks of consistent use, though. And I do, but it may just be wishful thinking, so lets compare the photos, shall we?

Before I had been using GlyMed eyelash treatment (which is prostaglandin-free) for about 3 months, so my lashes were already in good shape, but I want Bambi-proportions.

Before

After 6 Weeks Use

There's certainly some growth and length, but so far not a huge success. Hopefully by week 8/12 I'll have even better results! Even with mascara they're still quite puny, though they look long in the photos due to the angle. Let me know your experiences with lash growth serums!

'Champagne' books

'Champagne' books, as I refer to them, are all fizz and glamorous image with little substance, leaving you a little little-headed and with a slightly lowered IQ; but they are very enjoyable and easy to polish off in a short amount of time.

• La Vie Parisienne by Janelle McCulloch: while I class this is a champagne book as it is an easy, girly read about the style, food and romance of Paris, it is actually very well-written, funny and charming. You don't learn much from it but you won't regret reading it. You'll also want to eat macaroons and buy new lingerie.
  
  
• How to be Adored by Caroline Cox: basically the representative of champagne books. Tips on releasing your inner Old Hollywood glamour puss through the art of dressing well and seducing. Almost completely useless but really fun to read in a bubble bath while wearing a satin shower cap and a face mask.
  
  
• Rules for Saying Goodbye by Katherine Taylor. More substance than the above as it is a fully-fledged fictional novel with some substance, however it's frequent references to designer clothes, hotels, boarding schools, sex, love and drugs makes me put it in the champagne category. It is a really good book though, enjoyable and easy to read, but at times a bit sad and serious.

Best Beauty and Style Sites + Upcoming Reviews!

My fave beauty blogs and sites! A lot of these you have probably heard of or even visit, but I love to spread the love and it's great to have a list of inspiration sources  ;)

Celina from By Celina: obviously this is NOT ME, I effing wish I was this effortlessly radiant!!

• Into The Gloss literally the most inspiring beauty site, in a nutshell it shares the beauty routines of those who know what they're on about - fashion and media professionals, models, actors and bloggers. You also get insights into their lives and careers.
• The Formula: if the above site is Regina, this is Gretchen (still cool but definitely the second-rate, less-cute version) but you know, its based on something good so I still like it.
• Makeup.Com: I actually discovered this one very recently and have spent most of my morning today reading almost every article. Every section is really cute, with entries such as 'Global Beauty', where they present a bunch of products inspired by an exotic location, and 'Pinterest of the Week', where they present the week's best beauty-related Pinterest link.
• By Celina this is a personal blog with lifestyle insights, beauty tutorials and fashion inspo posts. It's also one of those blogs written by someone so impossibly chic that reading about their life makes you eventually begin to hate your own Target-filled wardrobe and lack of jet-setting, but it's a great read all the same. I like to follow a visit to these kind of blogs with a comforting ice-cream binge and a spell of online window shopping (where you obsessively browse online stores and pretend to debate which items to buy, before closing the window because obviously you can't actually afford any of them). 
• Katie's Beauty Blog: a blog I've been reading for probably around 2 years. Posts with product reviews, often with photos and cosmetic colour swatches, and updates on her life. I like this one as the blogger is realistic and accessible; she seems down-to-earth and very normal, and like me struggles with troublesome skin at times. A blog that doesn't make you feel inadequate after reading, hallelujah!
• Primped: another one of the sites I obsessively check on a daily basis. Less of an inspiration source and more of a functional product and beauty-info compendium, it typically features generic brands (think products found in Priceline and Myer), meaning you can actually afford the products they recommend and endorse. One for those whose weekly income is not quadruple or even triple-digit. Sign up for the Primped Newsletter for updates on their beauty blogger entries.
• Ahoy Deer is an adorable blog (the name alone!) that is not updated as frequently as my embarassingly-empty schedule would prefer, however the blogger is gorgeous and often writes about very cute products (e.g. Tigi bedhead haircare, Soap and Glory body products and Kit polish swatches) that again are actually affordable. 

UPCOMING REVIEWS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR: 
In the next week I will post an update on my LiLash usage with comparison photos, as well as a review of Perricone M.D. Face Finishing Moisturizer AND the perfect nude polish for under $5!