Week 6 Update: Fysiko Lash Growth Serum

So back near the end of May, I started using Fysiko eyelash growing serum thanks to being chosen by Influenster as a reviewer. 

I received a free tube of the product ($139 value. Woohoo!) and I agreed to do four blog reviews on the product in return (which sounded like a pretty sweet deal to me).

After using the serum for one week, I blogged about my initial thoughts in full here...  

Week One. 

To recap my initial thoughts - I loved the easy application of the product (swipe on your lid like you were putting on eyeliner), I was noticing a subtle side effect of having my eyelids darken, I experienced no pain or discomfort from using the product, and after one week I was noticing some new hairs growing in. 

So I have now been using the product for six weeks and I am actually incredibly impressed by the results so far. My eyelashes are sooooo much longer. I literally trimmed a few hairs right after I took the photos below because they were just too long. I haven't noticed a lot of new lashes growing in quite yet, but my eyelashes do look a little bit thicker.

My eyeliner line is still darkened as a side effect but I don't mind it all. It makes it look like I have just a tiny bit of eyeliner on. 

I am getting a few stray hairs growing in a few millimeters above my eyelash line, which I am going to pluck out because they look weird.

On their website they say that the all natural serum makes lashes fuller and longer in 6-8 weeks. And that you can double length and thickness of eyelashes in 8-16 weeks. Since I just hit the six week mark, I apparently am entering into the doubling of length and thickness stage. 

I don't know if I can take any more growth with these darn things. They are so long! I actually have been using my husband's comb to declump them after I put on my mascara (I seem to have lost my eyelash comb).

If you look closely at the photo you will notice that the mascara that is pictured has a 'lash growing complex' in it. I only used this mascara today as I didn't want to intermix the two during my 16 week trial period. I have about five mascaras and all of them are making my eyelashes look like tarantula legs right now. I was hoping that this one would be the miracle mascara, but it wasn't.

So enough talking....how about some photos?!?!

Doubles length and thickness of eyelashes in 8-16 weeks. - See more at: http://fysikolashes.com/#sthash.cHLxy6nY.dpuf

Doubles length and thickness of eyelashes in 8-16 weeks. - See more at: http://fysikolashes.com/#sthash.cHLxy6nY.dpuf

 

I feel like you can see the length growth really well in the photo with my eyes closed and the one with mascara. 

I have to say, after taking such close up photos of my face, I am going to be implementing a new skin care regime. 

Wrinkles, blackheads and dark spots...oh my!

~ With Love, Ashlee ~ 

PS...If the look of this post is all crazy, I apologize. Blogger is having a mind of its own today.

"I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes."

Eyelashes - Fysiko Lash Growth Serum

When I was in sixth grade at a Girl Scout sleep-away camp, I was cornered by a seventh grade girl and accused of stealing and using her mascara. 

My lashes looked luscious and full and she didn't believe that I hadn't secretly swiped her make-up until I agreed to allow her to grab and pull my lashes in hopes of trying to take off the 'mascara' I had on.

This is me with my cousins when I was in the 6th grade. I am the one with a boy haircut and wearing overalls. Needless to say...looking very feminine and girly wasn't too much my thing when I was that age. 

As my mom likes to say, I have the hair of ten people. It's thick, dark and I shed like crazy.

(I have bought so many gallons of Drano in my life thanks to my hair clogging up every drain in the house).

I have been noticing lately that my lashes have been falling out when I take off my make-up at the end of the day. I don't wear make-up that often and I try to be really gentle when I do take it off, but I seem to always lose a lash or two. 

My lashes aren't quite as full as they used to be and I don't want to put on fake eyelashes (I tried once for a Snooki Halloween costume and despite my attempt looking better then hers usually do, it was such a hassle). 

I was overjoyed when I got selected by Influenster to try out the new Fysiko eyelash growing serum. 

It's all-natural and doesn't have the side effect of possible blindness (like Latisse) so I agreed to try it for 16 weeks and report back on my findings. 

I have been using it everyday for one week so far. You apply it only once a day (like liquid eyeliner) and they recommend using it at night before you go to bed, but you can use it in the morning (you just need to wait 15 minutes before applying any other eye make-up). 

One of the possible side-effects is possible eyelid darkening, which I have noticed so far. It's very slight and just looks like I still have a little bit of eyeliner on, so I don't mind it. They say that if you cease using it, the darkness will clear up in a few days, so I am not too worried about it being permanent. 

I have already noticed a few hairs starting to grow in. I think these are due to the eyelash serum because they are sprouting on my eyelid, not at the very tip of my eyelid where all the rest of my eyelashes are. They are incredibly close to the eyelash line though, so don't think I have random hairs sprouting up all over my eyelids. These hairs are where I apply the eyelash serum (eyeliner area), so no one but me will ever notice that they are barely out of place. 

I guess except all of you now.

Read more about the reviews of Fysiko here.

Here are my awkward 'before' photos and I will be showing you my progress each month for the next four months. 

Please do your best to ignore my slightly cross-eyed photo.

"I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes."

~ With Love, Ashlee ~

UPDATE: I just read this blog post to my husband and after I finished reading it, he leaned forward, rubbed my chin and asked if I applied any there. He then giggled to himself looking pleased.