Every night, as a habit, I would scroll through my Instagram feed before going to sleep. Let's just say that makeup photos are my kind of porn. Lol. I love looking at flat lays and seeing what other Filipinas are using. That's how I found out about Get Lei'd cosmetics.
Get Lei'd cosmetics is an indie Filipino brand. Let it not be said that I don't support local brands. I do not support those brands that are mass produced with harmful ingredients such as lead and parabens. Get Lei'd cosmetics, however, claims to use mineral or organic ingredients.
Get Lei'd currently has two makeup products: the Get Lei'd 3D Fiber Mascara and the Get Lei'd Brow Powder x Gel Liner Set. One of my friends had asked me if I'd tried fiber mascaras, and I have once, it was a Physician's Formula one, and, sadly, I did not have a good reaction to that product. I had a mild eye irritation. However, since the Get Lei'd fiber mascara uses green tea fibers, I decided to give it a try.
So I purchased both their products while they were on a promotional price. (God, I am a sucker for sales!) I bought the mascara for Php 860 and the brow set for Php 460. I'm not sure how much they cost now, or if they still have free shipping, please do make sure to check out their online store; their IG username is @getleidmakeup. And let me just say, their packaging is the bomb.com! The products were nestled in cute hard boxes so they didn't get damaged during shipping. I even made the brow set box my container for my eye brushes.
Let's discuss the first product, which is the Get Lei'd 3D Fiber Mascara. It' a product that comes in a set of two: the Setting Mascara and Green Tea Fiber. Nestled along in their box, is a card containing instructions on how to apply them. Well, basically, the first and last thing you should use is the Setting Mascara which makes the fibers, which you use in between coats, stick and seals them in. And, word of advice: when applying the fibers, begin at the middle of your lashes not at the roots. You don't want the fibers getting into your eyeballs.
Naked lashes yikes~!
One coat (Setting mascara, green tea fiber then setting mascara again to seal in the fibers.)
Two coats.
Three coats.
This product ain't for everyday. It takes too much time to apply and you need to do one eye at a time. Well, at least I take a lot of time, because with the way my eyes are shaped, I tend to leave mascara marks around my eye, each and every damn time. And I mean all the damn time. So I have to be careful not to get it all over the place.
I curled my eyelashes before application of this product, unfortunately, the mascara can't hold the curls. This is supposed to be a waterproof formula though. I guess it's because the fibers hold down the lashes with their weight? I'm not sure what the science behind it is, but that's one of the most important things I look for in a mascara because I wear eye glasses. I hate it when my lashes hit my lenses, it's distracting.
Regardless of all that, this product is impressive. I mean, holy cow, can you see the difference?! From sparse to full volume and length in three coats. It doesn't look all clumpy and spidery either (you know, when your eyelashes look like spider legs when you apply too much mascara.)
If you're the type who can't deal with falsies (I CAN'T! My toddler would just likely rip them off.), this product is for you. Just remember not to use this product with eye glasses, but with contact lenses, go right ahead, knock yourselves out.
Sorry for holding out, but I'm still currently trying to weigh my feelings about the second product, the brow set. I'll keep y'all guys posted once I've had a good opinion about it. (Aaaaaaaanndddd, I fuckin hate reading long articles lol.)
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