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I’ve always been skeptical about gimmicky beauty products, and while I never really thought that lash growth serums necessarily fell under this branch, I was equally as unconvinced by their promises of fuller, more voluminous lashes as I was with $5 facial massagers on Amazon alleging to get rid of my double chin. That was until one of my now best friends told me she swore off mascara just a month after using her trusted eyelash serum the first day we met. Frankly, I thought she’d just gotten a natural-looking pair of lash extensions before my colleague and I begged her to tell us her secret, so as soon as I got home I ordered GrandeLASH MD Lash Enhancing Serum on Amazon to see if it help beef up my lashes too.
I’ll admit that I was genetically blessed with long lashes (my mom’s lashes were apparently the subject of a lot of envy during her high school days), but sans mascara, mine were nothing to swoon over. Just three weeks into using my GrandeLASH MD Eyelash serum, I noticed my lashes appeared darker and less sparse (not bad, I thought), but my friends were downright astonished by their growth—especially when I did wear mascara. Given the impressive results, I also started to use the magic elixir on my sparse brows, which, thanks to coming of age in the early aughts, were plucked down to the size and shape of sperm-like tadpoles—obviously, my biggest beauty regret of all time.
Fast forward to six weeks later and I had the most luscious lashes I’d ever had and my brows were the fullest I’d seen them since 2003. As you can imagine, I was nothing short of thrilled—especially about my brows, since I’d come to terms with the possibility that they’d never grow back.
Of course, given my line of work, it comes with the territory to try a slew of new beauty products on the regular, so since my initial success with GrandeLASH (which is still my holy grail) I’ve also tried several others (over 20, to be exact) that have yielded equally as impressive results—and some that well, let’s just say underperformed. If you’re considering getting lash extensions but are reluctant about making a commitment to the pricey and high-maintenance service (the upkeep requires bi-monthly visits for most people, at a minimum), consider giving these eyelash (they also double as brow serums, too FYI) enhancing serums a try first.
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