Glam By Manicare Magnetising Eyeliner & Lash System Review

I was so thrilled to be picked for this Glam by Manicare magnetic eyeliner and lash system trial and so wanted to love the products but they were a miss for me.

The eyeliner does give a professional looking result but lifted easily when pressing down the eyelashes and it seems like a lot is needed so I can't see it lasting 50 applications as stated.

The eyelashes I received called Willow were Natural and rather beautiful but they wouldn't stay down in the corners of my eyes.

Overall a cool concept but very expensive compared to regular lashes and didn't work well personally for me so I wouldn't recommend them.

I wanted to love this so badly, and part of me still holds hope that I will work out how to use these properly but I just find them way too fiddly to be completely honest.

Pros: the liner is a very nice formula that glides on really easily, and it is super opaque. The brush head on the liner is really nice to work with and gives a super precise line or even wing if that's your jam. It wears really well and I found it was also pretty easy to remove. The lashes themselves are very pretty ( I was gifted the Khloe pair) they give a nice amount of volume without heaviness on the lids.

Cons: I found I needed a fair amount of liner on my lids in order for the lashes to adhere which works for a night out but its a bit much esp for days when I wanted my lashes to look a little more "natural" When I stuck the lashes on they initially stuck on really securely for maybe 5 minutes then they wiggled their way loose. I tried soooooo many times and on different occasions with no success and on the last attempt actually lost one of the magnets off the lashes. I don't know how you are supposed to trim these lashes as the magnets are right at the edge so there is no overhang to trim off, and they are quite a long lash so they wouldn't fit everyone eyes so short of chopping them in half I'm not sure how to get around this.

Overall I have mixed thoughts on this system, I like the lashes and I like the liner but just not together. The lashes are pretty but I need to stick them on with glue not the liner, and the liner is beautiful but I don't find the "stick" magnetic factor strong enough for the lashes so I'm a bit torn on this one. Sorry team glamlash but the magnetic system is just not for me.

I was very excited to be selected to trial the Glam by Manicure Magnetising Eyeliner and Lash System as I was keen to try something way out of my comfort zone. I am a stay at home and my usual routine is a swipe of BB cream, dash of mascara and a quick slick of lip balm!

The system comes packaged in small black boxes- one for the eyeliner, and one for the lashes. The lashes are labelled left and right which is helpful.

I am going to cut to the chase- these were SO fiddly to put on. I gave myself half an hour and really needed every minute to get them on properly. So definitely did not meet the easy to apply claim! I found you needed a lot of the liner, in quick a thick line to ensure there was enough product for the lashes to clip to. I really liked the look of the full lashes - they looked super glam and lush, but I just couldn’t get them to sit straight for long, one end would just keep popping off! I wore the lashes for a full hour to see how well they would last. Within half an hour they were hanging off ! I enjoyed trialling this system as it was a lot of fun but I would be annoyed if I had paid for them as they were so hard to apply and then didn’t stay in place.

I was super stoked to be selected to trial this system. I admit, I've never used false lashes before and also tend to stay away from liquid eyeliner as I'm very much a novice, but I was determined to give this system a go.

Firstly, the packaging. Both components come in black cardboard packaging with instructions on the back. The eyeliner has a gold lid, which definitely speaks to the glam side of things. The lashes themselves are in flimsy plastic packaging, but do have a resusable clear plastic cover. They are also handily marked Left or Right.

The cardboard packaging suggests that the lashes be sized up against your eyes so you can trim them if they are too long, but this will be extremely difficult as you are liable to trim off the magnets at the end. Luckily, this wasn't an issue for me.

The eyeliner is surprisingly easy to apply as it has a very fine tip and it is super pigmented. The formula seems quite watery, as bubbles appear on the applicator as you pull it out of the bottle, but I didn’t experience any dripping. The liner has to be applied in a relatively thick line and allowed to dry for 60 seconds. Then it should be a simple click and go for the lashes. Unfortunately, not so simple. I found it was especially hard getting them to stick on the inner eye, so that I would be applying more eyeliner to try and get the adhesion. I found the middle magnet was the most reliable, and the two outer magnets would often pop off and wouldn’t be stuck back down except with the application of more liner. Often they would also pull the liner off, creating gaps.

Once they were on, they did look good. I got the Willow version and found that they were darker than my own lashes so didn’t bother with mascara. As long as you have applied them near your natural lash line, the magnets aren’t very noticeable. They are also very easy to remove.

Overall, I was disappointed in this system. It’s a really cool idea, and I like that the lashes are reusable, but there needs to be some refining. A stronger formula, or a magnet line on the lashes themselves perhaps.

i cant remember how i got these lashes, possibly from a vault but more likely out of a bbbe? anyway. it was my first time trying false MAGNET lashes and i was soooo excited! i tried it on my hand first, and i was like, well, how hard can it be?

ha. hahahaha. well. the liner went on nicely and it was actually the easiest applying liner ive ever tried. but then.. came the lashes.

unfortunately because of where the magnets were placed, i couldnt get a decent fit. so i probably had small beady eyes. but anyway. the magnet was either rammed right up into the corner of my eye, which was super uncomfortable, or it was halfway up to say heeeyyy to my eyebrow. there was no in between to make these lashes better.

cutting them wouldve been a disaster, as then they wouldnt stick down in either corner and i'd look like even more of a freak. ive since given them all a good sanitze and gifted them on to someone who can (and does!) appreciate them more than i.

never again.

The eyeliner is magnetised which is to hold the lashes in place. Unfortunately with many attempts this product was unsuccessful for me. I applied a thick line of eyeliner twice allowing each coat to dry thoroughly. I looked up the Internet for tips as I really wanted this to work. They would pop back up after a while with movement. The concept is great and I feel that this would have been a success for me with more magnets on the lashes.

I was so excited to try these magnetising lashes. The concept was unique and as I don't wear fake lashes regularly, it seemed like an easy way to glam up a look with little effort.

However, this was a huge let down.

The packaging was the first problem. The lashes were stuck down with these small sticky dots. When I pulled the lashes off, it left sticky residue on the lashes, which just smeared around when I tried to rub them off. They're still slightly sticky, which means dust sticks to them.

The eyeliner was fine - I applied as per normal. The eyeliner brush was super thin and the consistency was dark, so no apparent issues there.

The instructions said to let it dry for 60 seconds, but I could still feel that the eyeliner was tacky, so I left it on for a few more minutes. Upon application, the lashes stuck well, but the outer edges lifted up!

I tried again with thicker eyeliner to help the edges, and left the eyeliner to dry while I repotted a plant outside in the sun. When I tried again, the end of the lashes still lifted up, and when I pulled the lashes off, the magnets pulled off the eyeliner too.

For the purposes of magnetic lashes, it would've been great to be able to reapply during the day or if they had shifted. If I wore them out, it was likely I would have to take them off during the day and walk around with patchy eyeliner.

The magnets on the end of the lashes are also at an angle so when I apply them, the lashes point slightly downwards. Looking straight at my face, the lashes don't make any difference. I feel like this, along with the sticky dots, was a huge oversight.

I was excited to be able to get these products in the BR Vault. I haven’t had a liquid eyeliner in a while as it isn’t my everyday look so then end up going off. Also I haven’t been a big user of fake lashes so the whole idea just really excited me.

The packaging is pretty boring. The liquid eyeliner is pretty standard with a black bottom half and a silver lid. I do like that it is wide enough to stand upright which means that the brush won’t go dry when you use the product a lot. The fake eyelashes are in the standard plastic packaging (is there any company that has less single use plastic for this type of product?). I found that the sticky bits to keep the lashes on the plastic were quite strong and actually ended up moving the lashes around a lot when you try take them off. But I understand the need to be sticky to put the lashes back in there for multiple uses. Also - weird point - I’m not a usual lash user but is there a reason they have a left and right one? Why couldn’t I just use them on either eye? Even after using them - is it in case you have different sized eyes after trimming?

The eyeliner itself- so the product itself seems quite nice. A floppy brush, easy to use. Has a fine brush tip so nice to get right into the inner corner. Very very black which is nice. I like the glossy black look that it gives. I found it took a week while to dry down which might be because of the magnetising factors in it.

The lashes themselves - I received the natural 64. Willow lashes which is great because that is the look I would probably go after. I really like the lashes themselves, it is a very pretty natural wispy look. Now the first step is to try on the lashes to check the fit and trim if needed without cutting off the magnets. BUT the magnets are at the very outer edge of the lashes so how are you supposed to trim them without cutting the magnets off? I don’t get it. Luckily they JUST fit my eyes. To be fair I could probably do with trimming them a wee bit to get the perfect fit - but I don’t understand how you could know your eyes were too small for them before purchasing. They click on really easily however I did find that you couldn’t take them off without the eyeliner being damaged - but that isn’t a big deal. Also I find them really big in the middle part of the eye so it looks a bit strange to have long lashes near my nose. I don’t find them particularly strongly attached as the middle ones keep coming undone.

Overall this is fun to try but just doesn’t work for me. I don’t get the need to have the same look every time. That you need to use thick liquid eyeliner to use the lashes... why would you want a single look product like that. Don’t get it, won’t be keeping it.

Found them hard to use. Just would not stay in place they felt uncomfortable and I didn't leave the house in them because I knew they would pop off at any moment. My eyes didn't like the liner either.