I am a bit of mascara whore at the moment, using one for a week, getting bored the discarding it for something else.
My newest mascara lust is Bobbi Brown Lash Glamour Lengthening Mascara (which I will do a full review for later). I saw this on a You Tube video and ended up slapping down £17.50 for a tube of this at my local BB counter.
Obviously, my first thought was how similar it looks to Eyeko’s Long & Luscious Lashes mascara!
Packaging
Both come in similar tubes – I love the tube idea, means you can control the amount to apply. Both are decently packaged, no winner here.
Quantities - you get slightly more with the Bobbi Brown:
0. 3oz in the Bobbi Brown
0.28 oz in the Eyeko
The Brush!
Very important is the mascara brush. Both of these brushes have a spiral style comb,with wide gaps that tends to put quite a lot of product on the lashes. This is ok….if you have the kind of lashes that can take it and if you have a brilliant formula!
The Eyeko brush is thinner than the Bobbi Brown one. The BB is a bit more bristly than the Eyeko but I found the Eyeko easier to use because it’s that bit smaller.
Color wise, the BB mascara is called “smoke” which implies it’s a dark grey – but it is black. Eyeko’s is black. Side by side they look pretty much the same, both are quite dark and give a decent colour:
Formula is very important of course. Both of these mascara focus on ‘length’ as opposed to volume. Both do lengthen, but one does a much better job in my opinion.
I found that both of these formulas (when new) are a little on the wet side.
I’ve used a photograph of Eyeko from when I first got the bottle (to make it fair as the Bobbi Brown is brand new). So the angles aren’t perfect for side by side comparison, but I hope it is of some use.
2 coats of each mascara:
EYEKO:
Eyeko adds a lot of length, it is quite dramatic and nice to use. It also does a good job of holding and emphasising curl which is great for something that is quite a wet formula. I found that the Eyeko starts to go clumpy after about a month.
Bobbi Brown:
Hmmm. Bobbi Brown’s formula I found, was heavier and clumpier than Eyeko’s. It added more volume but not enough length. It also weighed down my lashes a lot so there is not way it will hold curl.
I just found the brush quite big and cumbersome – hence I kept getting it on my eyelids.
Verdict:
I am all for posh make up, but in this case, paying more didn’t get me better results – prices: £8 for Eyeko* and £17.50 for Bobbi Brown.
*£8 isn’t really that cheap, I’ve noticed that even drugstore/highstreet mascara’s cost a fortune these days!
I suspected there would be little difference between the two products, there is actually quite a big difference and I would say the Eyeko is far better for creating a clump free lengthening effect.
Eyeko wins! You can buy Eyeko here but it’s currently out of stock.
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great review
I really want to try the eyeko one!heard quite a few good things about it!
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Hi Zoe
Yes! The eyeko is very good
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Haha! The Bobbi Brown does nothing to warrant £17.50. I’ve tried the Eyeko one years ago, I think when the brand launched. It didn’t do much for me, but looks really good on you! Formula change maybe.
Also, it’s a little odd that two brands have such similar wands/packaging?
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Hi H
I wonder if they come from the same factory – fair enough if the tubes are the same, but the brushes too!?
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Hey great review.
I am always on the look out for that perfect mascara, I hate to think about the amount of money spent and mascara wasted looking for ‘the one’ I must be a marketers dream, as with every new ad for longer, thicker luscious lashes I am straight out there buying the mascara. And still I am on the search!
I to have tried Bobby Brown’s mascara and was really impressed initially but then after a couple of wears like your picture it became clumpy.
I have never tried any Eyeko products, funnily enough I was only checking out their website this week. I will definitely be popping back to their website and buying this mascara when it’s back in stock!
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Hi H
I haven’t found the perfect mascara yet – I’ve found some great ones but they were too hard to remove!
Eyeko mascara is good. I would purchase one for sure but since I am a mascara junkie…I think I might spend a lifetime looking!
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LOL eyeko beating BB! OMG! Glad to love this day! HAHHHAHA
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LOL eyeko beating BB! OMG! Glad to live this day! HAHHHAHA
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Hi Mary
Yeah! BB’s was average at best
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It’s good to see proof that high end products doesn’t mean it’s better than the more affordable ones!
And yes, I have also noticed that prices for drugstore brands are shooting…I mean some if you calculate by amount of product might cost even more than MAC or other well know brands! :S I find it strange and baffling…
On to my question, have you tried the L’Oreal Extra Volume Collagen? I just want another opinion on it since I found it helped me discovered the lashes I never saw on my eyes haha
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Hi Paige
One mascara I haven’ttried is Extra Volume Collagen! I dunno, mascara’s that are quite THICK tend to weigh my lashes down unless I have had a lash perm. I am totally jealous if you can use a thick, volume mascara that suits your lashes!
Yeah I was shocked. I bought a L’oreal mascara to review, it was £10.99!!!!!! WHAT?!
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btw, noticed that the link for “Eyeko here” leads you back to this entry, just in case you didn’t intend for it to be that way
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Thanks have corrected!
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