Waterproof eye makeup - friend or foe?

Evening everyone! Next week I'm heading off for a lifeguarding course which runs 8-5 Monday- Saturday and I'll be in the pool about 4 hours a day - it's making me tired just thinking about it! Anyway, I'll be meeting a whole load of new people there, which is already making me pretty nervous - but what makes me even more nervous is the thought that I might not be able to wear make up at all - if it's going to dribble down my face as soon as I touch water, then there's just no point.

So I went on the hunt for some waterproof eye makeup - now that my skin's clearing up, I don't mind so much about leaving off foundation, and it seems to stay in place better than eye makeup anyway! I bought the Maybelline 'Colossal Volum' Express Waterproof mascara' for £7.19 and my friend lent me the BADgal waterproof eyeliner from Benefit - which I have to admit, I was so excited to try out!

Anyway, I wanted to test them out a bit before I went off to the pool, in case they majorly let me down! So I devised a little test which consisted of basically splashing a load of water onto my eyes, then dunking my face in water, and then moving my head around in a sink of water to see if it would budge. I did one eye in my usual makeup (Rimmel Scandalous mascara and L'Oreal carbon gloss super liner) and one eye in waterproof to see the difference. I did both eyes identically, with mascara and eye liner on the top (I don't use any products on my bottom lashes or waterline)


This is the waterproof makeup eye, and I have to admit, I'm very impressed! The mascara has stayed completely on, though my lashes have clumped - though I guess that's to expect with water! The eyeliner I put on my upper lid has also stayed completely put, with not even any speckles of liner moving from my eye.






In comparison, this is the eye with my usual makeup on - you can see that the eyeliner on top has almost completely disintegrated, and one of the two products has moved to below my eyes, causing shadows of back. My mascara has come off a lot more than the waterproof mascara, and it has again clumped quite badly. There is also speckles of products all around the inside corner of my eye and under it.





In my opinion, the waterproof make up did far better, so I think I'll feel a lot more confident about wearing it to the pool next week!

Liv xo