Review: 17 Peep Show Mascara

17 recently launched a new mascara. If you missed my review of their previous mascara launch, Falsifeye, you can find it here.

The mascara comes housed in a cute pink tube complete with lace detailing, a nod to the name "Peep Show" I guess. I picked it up in Black but it is also available in Black-Brown.

This mascara has a traditional wand and claims to lengthen lashes from root to tip with it's fibre rich formula. Can you see it says "with lengthening fibres" on the tube photo above? Can you see the fibres on the up close and personal wand shot below?

The mascara is nice and black, not one of those nasty dark grey kind of blacks but actual black black. The wand isn't so large that I run the risk of poking my eye out but it's also not so small I spend a good part of my morning just applying my mascara. The formula isn't overly wet or goopy and I like that the wand has a "locking" mechanism when you twist it shut. That little feature makes me think that this mascara won't dry out as quickly as some other brands, not entirely sure why I think that.

Sadly, though, I do not like this mascara. The little fibres in it tend to flake off as the formula dries on my lashes so not only do I end up with flaky bits in my eyes but also all over my face. Also it tends to smudge onto my lower lashline giving me that highly desirable "panda eye" look. Not!

Now the good thing about this mascara is that it comes with a free eyeshadow palette ;) So for your £5.29 you get a mascara that I'm not particularly fond of but an eyeshadow palette I adore =o

The Peep Show Smokey Eye Palette contains four large square eyeshadows, roughly the size of Shu Uemura single square pans. In the top row you have a cool toned brown with shimmer and a matte grey. In the bottom row you have a shimmery ballerina pink and a shimmery warm golden brown.

Natural Light

Each of the shadows are super smooth, soft and blend really easily. I've worn them all in different combinations and didn't have any trouble with creasing or fading throughout the day. Please note I did use my trusty Too Faced Shadow Insurance underneath though.

Even though the mascara wasn't really my thing, the eyeshadow palette was totally worth the money to me. Have you ever gotten a product and found the free gift you got with it to be better than the product you actually paid for?