VOV Eye Max Extreme Volume Mascara and Sharp & Fine Liner value packs

Man I really can't resist any special offers/gift packs from VOV.
VOV is quite generous with giving freebies out and their products are so affordable you can really score nice deals.


My most recent steal from VOV are their Eye Max Extreme Volume Mascara and Eye Max Sharp & Fine Liner.

-Eye Max Extreme Volume Mascara Special Gift set:


I can't help but the tube looks so similar to Maybelline. It's a rather fat silver tube and comes with a regular brush applicator.
The mascara is quite good, giving nice volume and a bit of length and most importantly it doesn't weigh down my carefully curled lashes. It doesn't give super drama lashes (like e.g. Etude House's Oh M'Eye Lash) but works great for a nice defined lash look. The name of the mascara ("extreme volume") suggested it would be a super dramatic mascara though.


My lashes feel soft to the touch and the mascara removes easily with normal eye makeup remover and/or cleansing oil.


The Special Gift Set comes with a free eyelash curler. I have another VOV curler which works perfectly with my eye shape so I suppose this one will be good, too =D

-Eye Max Sharp & Fine Liner:


This is the typical super slim liquid eyeliner pencil many Asian brands seem to produce now. It's similar to Jadilla J, Castledew, Kate Supersharp and other similar liners. I am really happy with it as it performs perfectly.


The liner comes with a free travel-sized bottle of eye makeup remover.


The 2 packs came as a combo offer for 10800 Won (a bit over US$8) which is a real steal in my opinion.
I purchased from seller skinbb on Gmarket (item 122299628)

Other choices available are the Eye Max Curl & Long Mascara and the Simple & Easy Liner (it's a bit wider than the other liner). The sets can be mixed and matches as you wish.

Cathy Cat The Flying Mascara (Special Kit)

As I probably mentioned 100000000000000000000 times before I love sets & kits as they often offer great value for money and even better if a product comes with free items that are actually nice and useful.


One of my most recent acquisitions is The Flying Mascara from Cathy Cat I purchased from Gmarket for 11700 Won (around US$10). That is a good price for a mascara in my opinion (you will hardly get decent mascara for around €7 here!).
To my absolute delight the mascara came in a cute box packaged together with a free sample-sized eye makeup remover and an eyelash curler. Now this makes the US$10 a real deal!


First more about The Flying Mascara... this comes in a long rather fat tube with a cute angel wing print.
The brush looks very strange as it´s cut in something like a wavy coil shape so it looks like a brush with bumps (sorry, don´t know how to explain better, please refer to pics). I was a bit sceptical but the brush works great and distributes the mascara liquid very evenly.
The formula is quite lengthening, more than volumizing in my opinion (even though the name suggests that it should give volume). It´s a good mascara and can add quite some drama to my lashes.


I removed the mascara with the included Apple Tree Eye & Lip Remover which easily solved the mascara with a few swipes. It´s a milky white liquid in a cute little bottle. However the remover stings in my eyes and caused my vision to be blurred which is something I really dislike. Good that it´s only a 25ml sample tube anyway and it was worth trying.

The included free eyelash curler on the other hand is absolutely fantastic for my eye shape! It´s a bit more rounded than other curlers I use so it grabs all lashes. I didn´t pinch my eyelids and the curl in my lashes was really holding up well. It didn´t crimp my lashes at all and just made them look gorgeous!


I would say the US$10 were well spent as the curler and mascara cost me about U$5/each which is a real deal!

I got a bunch of more Cathy Cat stuff including their new Glitz Quilt Shadow in 03 which is new for Fall 2008 (and a very pretty neutral quint!)

This kit is also available with The Flying Mascara Curling.