More to Bathing Than Simply Getting Clean
Just in time for the holidays, Crabtree & Evelyn has joined the aromatherapy bandwagon. The soap-and-suds chain, which offers a fairly traditional line of products, has added four products--an aromatherapy incense set, bath salts, bath oils and candles. This promised Age of Aquarius has turned into the Age of Get Out of My Way, I’m Taking a Bath.
The newest mascaras promise curl, color and length. While we love the idea of dispensing with irksome eyelash curlers, we wondered whether the latest products actually deliver. To find out, we put three to the lash test.
Maybelline’s Wonder Curl Mascara
Suggested retail: $5.75 for 0.16 fluid ounce.
Colors: Very black, brownish black or chestnut brown.
Curl: The arched brush helped application and offered a realistic, natural curl.
Results: A winner for daytime.
L’Oreal’s Le Grand Curl
Suggested retail: $7.25 for 0.16 fluid ounce.
Colors: Black, black-brown or true brown.
Curl: Thick, clumpy and theatrical.
Results: The most difficult to apply and least appealing on lashes.
Lanco^me’s Extencils
Suggested retail: $18 for 0.3 fluid ounce.
Colors: Black, brown or navy.
Curl: Dramatic.
Results: This provided the greatest curl, longest lashes and sexiest overall look. Great for evening.
