CIRCLE LENS REVIEW: GEO Nudy Gray

Hello hello! I am back with a new circle lens review - the promised one for GEO Nudy gray! :D
Here's a photo of other lenses I already reviewed: GEO Angel Blue (click for the review!) and GEO Wing Honey. Now it's time for the lens on top, GEO Nudy series in color gray!

I ordered those lenses almost 1 year ago from Honey Color, paid with my own money of course, so here are my honest opinions. A pair or Nudy Grays cost me 19,90$ and it came with prescription and a free lens case (regular clear type). Stock photo (they look different in every stock photo, I swear! they look completely different on me! :P hate photoshopped or unclear stock photos.... ) and more photos from another online store (which I never used btw):

The lens diameter is 14mm, but as you can see in the top photo, the color comes all the way to the border of the lens and the enlargement is rather big! However, there is no black rim (only a gray delicate rim), so the enlargement, though big, is still very natural!!! Also the lenses blend soooo well with light eye color!! Definitely one of the best blending lens for bright eyes with big enlargement effect!!! They also show up well on dark eyes as far as I can tell from onilne photos, on light eyes the marbled glass effect is not so strong, but they still look super gorgeous! <3333

Daylight by the window, no makeup, no flash. One eye in, one out.

Daylight, no makeup, with flash. One eye in, one out.

Both lenses in! Inside (artificial light), makeup and flash! As you can see even with flash my natural eye color is pretty much completely covered and the color change is more obvious with flash.... ahah, I kinda love this photo! (*_*)

Another characteristic point of GEO Nudy series is a big halo effect - if you look up or sideways, it will look like this. (Photo with flash). Some people don't like it, but I don't mind it, I must say I even like it a lot! <3

Now get ready for zoom photos! 

This is no makeup and during daytime in front of a window - so brighter light than usually during the day in different places. It still blends well in such bright natural light IMO! Also you can see how big the enlargement is and the halo effect too.

With flash, no makeup. The "hole" in the middle is smaller than in Geo Angel series or Geo Wing series and the blending is much much better for bright eyes!

With makeup in super bright daylight - by the window in winter. The eye becomes more reflective and looks like a marble, super cute & "dolly" effect!

And during daytime standing a couple steps inside the room, this is the most natural light imo, not looking up at the sky, but in a room lightened partially by daylight, partially by artificial light (lamp. In this natural light, the lens completely blends with my natural eye color....

So to sum it up: 

What I love about them? They come with prescription, blend with light eyes really well! Halo effect! Great enlargement! Super dolly and cute marble effect! Naturally change eye color! Comfort level is the best of all lenses I ever owned! 
What I hate about them? I only have one pair that I'm supposed to throw away in 2 months top (used it almost a year now, boohoo). I want more colors and also want to try the GEO Super Nudy series like whoa! <333
Overall, I LOVE them!!!! 10/10


I will leave you with some FOTD photos! Taken today in the morning at work, lol, I am wearing a warm blouse to work because it is snowing all the time and it was -10c degrees in the morning, and -18c degrees yesterday! Haa~ So cold! But I love it! Anyways!

Directly in front of a window, snowy winter morning 8 am, no flash of course.

Just before leaving for work and seeing a friend before that, it was still dark, so photo with flash!

And during daytime in daylight with flash again.

You can see more close up photos in this Helena Rubinstein mascara review.

Overall, those are my favorite circle lenses so far and I really do recommend them for people with green, gray and blue eyes! This is a circle lens design that looks great on both dark and light eyes, the blending inside the design is also perfect... cannot praise them enough. In my personal opinion, GREAT LENS!

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Helena Rubinstein Lash Queen Feline Extravaganza mascara - review and photo presentation

Hello girls!  How`s life? I`m looking for something to occupy me, because apart from work I am at home sleeping, which is no fun really. Any sudgestions? I was thinking yoga classes maybe, I love yoga~ 

But, I thought I will do a review of this mascara I got recently. It is Helena Rubinstein Lash Queen Feline Extravaganza mascara in the black packaging, meaning it is NOT waterproof. See how it works!

 

Bare eye looking straight and from above - as you can see, the lashes are there and are rather long, but they are soooo thin and light, they are hard to notice without mascara. They are more visible in real life than those washed out photos actually xD But you can see you I like to use mascara and why I want it to make my lashes thick! (I feel like lenght is already there).

 
Now those are top lashes with ONE layer of HR  Lash Queen Feline Extravaganza mascara on. As you can see, there is a big difference in color and thickness! I look like I have lashes finally! xD View from the front and looking up - as you can see there are no clumps and the brush, even thought it feels big to me, separates lashes well. ^^* When I add more layers, some clumps appear, but not many and they are easy to brush out with the macara brush. Works really well.

Bottom lashes done.

Like I said before, the brush is a bit big, I almost always make some mess, but take it off with a cotton swab and it comes off easily. Besides usually I have some eyeshadow and\or eyeliner and even if I make some mess it is really easy to remove or just blend into the dark eyeshadow surrounding my lashes. ^^v (<-cheat!)

comparison, top lashes on right eye done, one layer of mascara, no curling, (lol, looks so freaky... my natural lashes are nice, but super thin and light colored!!)

comparison, right eye top and bottom lashes, one layer of mascara

both eyes done, one layer of mascara only

So, to sum it up with a small review, I really really like this mascara! 

PROs: it gives really great volume, blackness and makes lashes look longer too / overall great volumising mascara / I love the packaging meow / the brush although big, works really well / never had a problem with it smudging or falling of.

CONs: kind of expensive / is not waterproof (but there is also waterproof version I just got the regular one lol) / big brush can be a con too for some people.

My thoughts: I think this will work perfectly for people who have medium/long lashes and need volume and oompf! effect. As you can see, just one layer of mascara can make such a big difference! But if you have very short lashes or short and thick lashes, it won`t make them look much longer, just thicker... I am not sure if there are fibers in it, but it won`t lengthen your lashes like some other mascaras (fiber wig or those crazy chinese mascaras). This works wonders for volume though!! Other than than, the packaging is love! The price differs depending on where you buy it, but it is in the 20-30$ range (in Poland at least). One layer looks much better than any Maybelline, etc. drugstore brand mascara I ever used, even better than L`oreal Telescopic, which is my drugstore favourite. ^^ 

Oh, and because I`m a dork I made a mistake in naming the pictures, this mascara is of course Helena Rubinstein Lash Queen Feline Extravaganza. (not another brand). Overall, I really like it and will definitely think about repurchasing it, maybe in the waterproof version this time. I hope my review helped!

Take care! <3