How to get long eyelashes with mascara

How to get long eyelashes with mascara

Magic wand moves: Your mascara manual

Long lashes can make your eyes look wider, bigger and brighter. Here are 10 lash-building insider tricks you need to know.

Long lashes can make your eyes look wider, bigger and brighter.

Here’s our insider’s guide to a mascara routine that will build fuller eyelashes.

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  1. It’s all in the way you move (the mascara wand)

Wiggle the wand left to right at the base of your lashes. It’s the mascara placed near the roots – not the tips – that gives the illusion of length.

Pull the wand up and through lashes, wiggling as you go. The wiggling part is key because it separates lashes.

Finally, close your eye and place the mascara wand on top of lashes at the base and pull through to remove any clumps.

  1. Dump the clump

Keep lashes from clumping by removing excess mascara from the wand. Wipe the wand on a tissue to eliminate blobs BEFORE you start.

  1. Mix mascaras

A trick used by makeup artists to make lashes pop is to apply one coat of lengthening mascara, followed by one coat of thickening mascara.

  1. Layer up on the edges

Give a few coats to the lash edges by blinking. Blink on to the brush to give ends an extra coat.

  1. Powder under the eye before applying mascara

Sometimes mascara smudges because it’s attracted to oily concealer or eye creams.

  1. Zig-zag the wand

Zig-zagging the wand back and forth during application helps cut down clumps.

  1. Choose your look

For a dramatic look, apply mascara only to the upper lashes. To make eyes seem wider, apply to the bottom, too. But make sure you give lashes a light touch.

Not great at getting those bottom lashes? Try putting a tissue under them before application.

  1. Take your time

Want that 2nd coat? Just make sure to do it before the first coat dries, otherwise you’ll get clumps.

  1. Don’t pump wand in and out of the tube.

This only introduces air into the tube, which will cause your mascara to dry out sooner than it should.

  1. Eyes wide open

Wait five seconds before blinking so don’t get mascara on your lids or below your eyes.

Now that your eyelash routine is sorted, check out our tips for getting the perfect pout.

Written by Nikki Yazxhi

As a lover of all things makeup, I feel like my lashes sometimes hold me back. Whether I'm rocking a bold colorful eye, or a no-makeup makeup look, I tend to crave long, striking lashes that can carry a look, whether they're meant to be the main event or not.

The truth is: My lashes are super short, and don't stand out as much as I'd like, but short of getting lash extensions I've never been sure what to do. So, for a little help, I tapped makeup artists Camara Aunique and Molly R. Stern for their best tips and tricks to make short lashes double in size.

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1. Apply your mascara tip to root: Aunique, makeup artist to Ava DuVernay and Angela Bassett, does this trick in two steps. First, she applies her mascara to each eye, from root to tip. Then, she adds a second coat, beginning to add the mascara at the tip of the lashes, and then working her way down to the root, which she explains lengthens and draws out the lashes.

2. Line your upper water line with black: Both Stern and Aunique recommend applying a black liner to your upper water line (AKA, the pink part under your lashes) and then smudging it into you lash line. For this, Aunique turns to the MAC Cosmetics Kohl Power Eye Pencil ($19) in the shade Feline.

"It's not necessarily making the lashes look longer, but it's defining the eye," says Stern, makeup artist to Cara Delevingne and Reese Witherspoon says, "which is what the eyelashes do when they're painted."

3. Line your upper water line with white or beige: "The black on the water line gonna give you more of a like sexy, smoldering eye where the white or nude is going to give you a brighter eye," Stern says.

She suggest taking the lighter liner to both your upper and lower water line, which makes the lashes seem darker and bolder by creating contrast and dimension.

4. Draw a few lashes on your inner and outer corners: Taking a page out of Twiggy's book, Stern likes to take a liquid liner with a super fine brush, and draw a few little lashes on the inner and outer corners of the eye.

"It's all about subtlety and having a lot of Q-tips and a lot of eye makeup remover on the side," says Stern. "It's not like you're getting into going to theatrical makeup school. It's just basically almost extending that corner lash by a little bit by accentuating it with a liquid line."

Flick one or two little lines on the outer and inner corner of your eyes. You can also add a few lines to your lower lashes. Stern's go-tos are the Laura Mercier Caviar Intense Ink Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner ($28) and the Chanel Intense Longwear Eyeliner Pen ($35).

5. Curl your lashes: "I really think curling the lashes makes a big difference," Stern says. "It gives even the short lash some curve and some extension just by the fact that you're redirecting, you know, the natural sort of where the lash lays."

6. Try a natural-looking false lash: Aunique has her own eyelash line, and recommends the Julee Lash ($18), which she explains is super light and natural looking. She adds that because the band is super light, they're easier to apply.

"[It's perfect] for someone that just wants to have something to apply and just look like I have voluminous lashes, that's not too overpowering for the face," Aunique says.

7. Pop on a few individual lashes: If you can't master the strip lash, Stern recommend popping one or two individual lashes, like these Ardell Soft Touch Knot-Free Eyelashes ($9) on the outer corner of your eyes to make you feel really fluttery and sultry.

8. Condition with a lash-lengthening product: Stern swears by Epicuren Discover Eye Makeup Remover ($32) which contains peptides to help thicken and grow the lashes.

"I'll wash it off, my makeup, at the end of the night, or my clients makeup at the end of the night, and I'll take just a little bit extra and kind of massage the lash line with it," Stern says. "I am totally noticing a different I've been using it for maybe for like six months."

9. Use a mascara with a thin, fine-tooth wand: "When you have short lashes finding a mascara wand that has that like super tiny wand," Stern says. "Precision helps when you're dealing with, you know, something that feels short." Aunique loves the Rimmel London ScandalEyes Wow Wings ($8) mascara and the Clinique High-Impact Mascara ($20).

10. Use a lash primer: "It works more in the realm of thickness and volume versus length," Stern says. "It's like, it's like when you put conditioner on your hair it fills the follicles of the hair, so it makes them feel a little thicker." Her fave is the DiorShow Maximizer 3D ($30).

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What mascara gives you the longest lashes?

Benefit They're Real! ... .
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara. ... .
L'Oréal Paris Telescopic Original Lengthening Mascara. ... .
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! ... .
Glossier Lash Slick Mascara. ... .
Honest Beauty Extreme Length Mascara. ... .
Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara. ... .
Ilia Limitless Lash Mascara..

How do I make my eyelash longer?

How to Grow Eyelashes Longer and Thicker at Home: 5 Tips.
Apply oil to your lashes. Natural oils—such as castor oil, coconut oil, and olive oil—moisturize the lash hairs and support healthy growth. ... .
Moisturize with aloe vera. ... .
Treat with a lash growth serum. ... .
Use a lash-boosting mascara. ... .
Consider supplements..

Can your eyelashes grow with mascara?

But does mascara actually make your lashes grow? The short answer is no. Mascara can give the illusion of longer lashes by depositing pigment on the lash shaft and making them appear thicker. However, it will not actually stimulate lash growth.