Key Questions about Mascara – Check how to Choose the Best One
Mascara is a magical beauty product. Without full makeup, mascara itself lets you stun and amaze others: your face looks radiant and rested, your eyes get the glow. What should you know about mascaras? How to choose the best one? When to throw out a mascara? Can it regenerate or destroy your lashes? You’re going to find the answers to these and many other questions in the following article. Read on!
1. How to choose the right mascara for your lashes and buy the best product?
That’s the most burning question haunting women. There is one question popping non stop on blogs and in drugstores: which mascara do you recommend?
It turns out that a fine-quality mascara should meet a few conditions. Here are the top ones:
- pick a mascara which has a good brush, preferably silicone, not too large, well-shaped (narrowed tip). The bristles shouldn’t be sparsely arranged – if they are, the mascara is going to clump. A proper brush is half way to success. The best brushes give splendid separation and enhancement.
2. How to remove mascara using natural home remedies?
Obviously, water is not enough to precisely remove mascara but if you’ve run out of removers, use plain yogurt, warm milk or natural oil (jojoba, argan, coconut, Shea). Simply apply a bit of the chosen product to lashes and eyelids, press a cotton pad gently to skin, wait a moment and rub the mascara off. Repeat until the pad is clean.
3. Why mascara smudges?
You bought a fine-quality mascara and you’re surprised to discover that it smudges and doesn’t last long? It might be the ingredients to be blamed. Too many oils and greasy consistency mean that the molecules of the mascara don’t cling to lashes as they should, therefore, the product is likely to flow down. However, we are often guilty by not paying attention while applying facial skin products such as oils, moisturisers or serums – the mascara mixes with the ‘strange’ slick formula so its durability is poorer. Also, the sebum may do a lot of harm (especially among people having oily skin). Apart from smudging, your mascara can flake off, get on eyelids or fall on cheeks.
4. When to replace a mascara?
The answer is obvious: you throw mascara away when it’s old… How do you know it’s too old to use? Most of all, it loses water so it’s simply drier, you pick up less product on the wand, and you get clumpy lashes. When you spot the consistency of your mascara has changed and makeup is hard to apply – it’s high time you said goodbye to the product and get a new one.
5. Does mascara damage your lashes?
Mascaras having synthetic, controversial ingredients may leave your lashes damaged and dry, cover them with too much product, and require invasive removal which pulls lashes out. That’s why you should go for mascaras which contain high-quality natural nutritional ingredients.
Sorption – the ability to absorb substances – is an important feature of lashes. The better the ingredients in a mascara, the healthier your lashes.
