The Do's and Don'ts of Mascara.
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Mascara.
Unless I have my eyelashes tinted regularly or I wear eyelash extensions I feel naked, in the worst way. I remember my mother saying she felt like a “bald eagle” without her mascara; I have no idea what that is but I know how she feels. Recently I got caught short without my eye candy and I felt very underdressed. I bought the best replacement I could; it was then I realised there are mascaras and there are mascaras.

I figured out quite quickly it is better to go without than persevere with a bad product.

Everything else might fall by the wayside but dark lashes make all the difference and nothing helps open and brighten the eyes more than a coating or two of good dark mascara. There is an unfriendly flip side; there is nothing less attractive than badly applied mascara.
Applying and wearing mascara well is as much about what you don’t do as what you do.

The Do’s and The Don’ts
Don’t pump the wand in and out of the tube.
This pushes air inside the tube and makes the product, dry and flaky. Instead, twist the wand back and forth in a circular motion and coat with the correct amount.

Before applying gently remove any excess on the wand with a soft tissue.
This avoids clumpy lashes, the application will be so much more even and the waste minuscule.

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