Kiss Me, Heroine Mascara (Volume & Curl, Long & Curl), Mascara Remover Reviews

While I was interning in China in 2010, I bought Kiss Me Heroine mascaras in Volume & Curl and Long & Curl, as well as their brand of mascara remover. I had heard that these mascaras were the best in volumizing, and that V&C and L&C worked really well together, so I had to get both. As a whim, I also got the mascara remover, which turned out to be a lifesaver.

The final result with both Volume & Curl and Long & Curl

Click through for picture comparisons and reviews.

These mascaras are serious. They have serious length, volume, and curl. Even though one is called Volume & Curl, and the other Long & Curl, they both lengthen really well and volumize too. Volume & Curl is only slightly better at volumizing. Also--they hold curl amazingly well! At the end of the day, my eyelashes looked exactly the same as when I first applied them.

 But, because they hold so well, the mascara was incredibly difficult to get off. They simply will not budge, even under make-up remover. You have to use their brand of mascara remover to remove! And even then, I have to copiously put on the mascara remover, wait 10 minutes, wipe it off, and then put more mascara remover on because not all of the mascara was removed. These mascaras mean serious business! But if you don't feel like shelling out ~$18 for the remover, Vaseline will work, although a lot messier.

The packaging is pretty plain, but the fonts/roses on the tube are cute.

Long & Curl has a slightly curved wand, and it's great for combing quickly through your lashes.

Volume & Curl has a fatter wand, and it deposits more mascara/fibers on your lashes. I prefer the Long & Curl wand because it's much easier to apply.

The mascara remover is just a wand with grooves in it that helps deposit the oils in the mascara remover onto your eyelashes. It's really easy to just coat your lashes with this applicator.

Here's what the mascaras looked like on my eyelashes:

On the left, I first put on Kiss Me Heroine Volume & Curl. On the right, I first put on Long & Curl. If you click the picture and view it in a higher resolution, you can sort of tell that the left eyelashes are a little thicker, but they are both really lengthened and defined.

For the second layer, I put L& on the left, which had V& on first. On the right, I put V&C on, with L&C as the first layer. I thought there would be difference, but not really. There is a slight difference with putting V&C on first (left), but I actually preferred the look of the right eyelashes better.

In this picture, you can see that my eyelashes were significantly lengthened and volumized.

In this picture, I'm wearing the mascaras in the earlier photos.

These mascaras are incredibly effective and all, but with how tough it is to remove it, I prefer to stick with L'Oreal Voluminous. Also, I think a little flake of the mascara got into my eye, and it was red for two days :( I'm sure eye make-up in eye = bad, but I've never had any problems with other mascaras before, and this mascara is like....tough as nails. Just a warning!