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Wearing mascara is a necessary evil. With a few tips, applying mascara will transform your stubby eyelashes to long, lush beauties, just like the rest of you.
If you weren't blessed with long dark lashes, you probably rely on your mascara as much as some people do their glasses. All the shadow and lipstick in the world won't make you look awake until you apply mascara.
It is also one of the weirdest makeup products because it's sort of like brushing on tar. I'm still waiting for the day when a cosmetic company figures out how to make lash paint that doesn't look and feel like dried glue. As you can tell, I'm one of the girls who has pale stubby lashes and has to deal with mascara on a daily basis. It's a love-hate relationship.
I've found a few tricks over the years to make applying mascara a more tolerable experience:
- Use a lash curler first. It'll make the process a lot faster, and you won't have to use as much.
- Avoid colored mascara unless you're going for a techno look.
- Blot the end of the wand on a tissue (not the tube) to clean off excess. This helps keep clumps off your lashes.
- Apply to the upper lashes of one eye from base to end repeatedly, building on the ends, until you've got the right look. Then recoat the wand and switch to the other eye. Do the bottom lashes last holding your wand in a vertical position.
- Use waterproof if there's any chance of a shower, swim or tearful moment in your immediate future. Nothing worse than raccoon eyes.
- Remove every night (and I mean every night) with a proper makeup remover.
That's about it. Of course, you'll have to try every mascara made before you find one you like. When you do, please tell me.
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Comments
Aug 16, 2006 6:31 PM
Trevy Thomas :
<p></p>Some of them dry out after 10 days, others flake all
over your face, and then there's the worst offenders: little pieces of
lash-like stuff that fall into your eyeball. Yuck! Have you found a
mascara that works well? Please tell us what it is.
Sep 13, 2006 7:39 PM
Healthy Livin :
Have you tried Artistry Definitive Lash Mascara? It's extremely moist and
long lasting. It doesn't flake or wad up like you mentioned. It's hard to
find. The only place that I know of online to find it is:
http://healthylivin.wwdb.biz/Choices/Beauty.aspx?P=6
It's a
little pricey but totally worth the price. Check it out and let me know
what you think..
Sep 25, 2006 11:32 AM
Trevy Thomas :
Nope, I have never heard of that. There is nothing like a personal
recommendation for beauty products though, so I'm definitely trying it.
Thanks for sharing! I'll let you know how it goes.
May 3, 2008 9:04 AM
Guest :
I like Mary Kay coz it doesnt hurt my eye with those eeky flakey black
stuff that fall off; but I really love Maybelline's faced-out Lash
Lengthener, that looks all natural, not thick and gluey. But they faced
that one out :( I don't know why. It's that mascara where they had Zhang
Ziyi as their model.
May 10, 2008 9:47 AM
Guest :
I Like Maybelling The Green One THats £5.99 Really Cheap And Good Quality
Sep 12, 2008 5:21 PM
Guest :
hmm if ur looking for one for an amazing price.. try wet n wild's plumping
mascara, it doesnt clump cuz the formulas very wet, but it still gives u
that wide-eye appearence (just add more than 1 coat)
Mar 12, 2009 12:42 PM
Guest :
the best mascara is bad gal lash by benefit. is amazing. looks like you
have fake eyelashes if you do it good enough. i love it. and it lasts
agess. x
Oct 31, 2009 3:26 PM
Guest :
I am definately a lancome fan when it comes to mascara. I use virtuose on
the top and loreal featherlash on the bottom. But I really do think it
depends on how well you do it and not the mascara that matters. My cousin
uses like something from walgreens and her eyelashes are insannne.
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