It's all about great lashes.

1. Replace your mascara every 3 months-old mascara doesn’t go on smoothly, making your lahes dry, short and clumpy looking. If you are on a budget, try to find a great drustore brand. L’Oreal, Cover Girl and even good old fashioned Maybelline Great Lash will do the trick.
2. Get a hand mirror, and when you apply your mascara, hold the mirror down and look into it. This will allow you to see the root all the way to tips of your eyelahses, making it the best way to apply it to the whole entire lash. This gets the best length possible. Don’t look straight into a mirror because you can’t see your entire lash line, and then you just tend to put it on the ends. Maximize length=look down into a mirror, got it? This is my very best technique. Try it because it really works.
3. “Wiggle and Pull” through -- Do exactly this: wiggle the brush back and forth to make your lashes grab the most mascara possible, it’s great for volume and lenth. Do this at least 10 times per eye. Seriously. One or two swipes is not going to hack it.
4. Go Slow -- take the most time out of any of your makeup applying your mascara. Great lashes make the biggest differnece in your face, even if you have nothing else on but lipgloss. You will look awake and refreshed with mascara. It’s like American Express for me, I never leave home without it!

What’s with all the different types of mascara, aren’t they all the same?

When buying mascara you really need to know what kind of lashes you want to have. If you like them natural with just a touch of color, then try a lash tint. Do you want volume because your lashes are sparse or thin? Then you need a volume building mascara. Do you have a lot of lashes and just want extra definition and length? Get a lenghthing mascara. Then there is the kind of mascara that gives you everything. These lashes are for people that want drama! Length, fullness, and definition -- here are my recommendations for every budget:

Lash Tint - Neutrogena Clean Lash Tint ($7)

Volume - Maybelline Volum’ Express ($6) or Prescriptives False Lashes Mascara ($19)

Length - Cover Girl Lash Exact ($7) or Lancôme Definicils ($23)

Everything, Bring it on! - L’Oreal Lash Architect ($8) or Lancôme Fatale Mascara ($23) (Warning! The products listed in this category are not kidding around. They are for serious mascara connoisseurs only. Wear at your own risk…you might get some extra attention!)

Black or brown mascara?

In my humble opinion, you should go with black mascara, always black. I don’t understand brown mascara. It’s just unnecessary. The point of mascara is to make your eyes stand out. Black does the trick in the best possible way. Here’s a little quick trivia for you that might come up in a Trivial Pursuit game at some point. The first mascara was invented by Eugene Rimmel in the 19th century. The word “rimmel” still means mascara in French and Italian. Early mascara was made from coal dust mixed with petroleum jelly; probably not very good for your eyes. It came in a cake form that a chemist made for his sister Mabel…which eventually became the company Maybelline. Don’t you just love makeup history class? The modern form of it didn’t get introduced until 1957 by the great beauty pioneer Helena Rubinstein. I don’t think any of the early inventors of mascara would have come up with a brown version. So in honor of them, go with black.

I have a wedding coming up and it’s black tie. I want to look extra-special. How difficult is it to use false lashes?

There are two different styles of false lashes you can try, the ones that come in a strip and single, individual false lashes. The individual false lashes are great for adding just a touch of natural, subtle drama to your lashes. They look very pretty on the outer edge of the upper eyelid. Plus you can fill in spots where you might have spaces between your own lashes. And it's much easier to attach just a few singles instead of a whole strip of lashes. Just dab a little eyelash glue on the tip of the single false lash and hold it on your lash line while it adheres. Do not put the glue directly on your lash line. The single false lash pieces are a fun alternative to add pizzazz to your look! Get ready to bat those eyes! source


Mask for lashes

• mix sea-buck thorn and almond butter. Apply mask on tightly closed eyes to the eyelashes. Apply for 10 minutes, then remove with a cotton pad.
• Cut 0,5 tablespoon of aloe leaf , boil it 10 minutes in 0.1 liter of water. After cooling to filter. Every evening, gently lubricate eyelash brush of mascara.

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