While mascaras are marketed as volume-inducing and length-boosting romancers of the lashes, there’s so much more they have to offer to your eyes — and this is where application comes into play. Looking to elongate your eyes? Just hold your mascara a certain way, and you’re playing into the illusion of elongated, wide eyes. Looking to add depth to your lashes? Just play around with two colours instead of one. It’s that simple — tapping into the power of mascaras. And that’s why we’re rounding up 5 techniques that promise your lashes different end-results.
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Goal: Thickness
The zig-zag technique builds the thickness of your lashes while coating each one separately — this reduces clumps, and adds definition to your lashes individually. All you ought to do is sweep the brush across your lashes in a snaky, zig-zag motion.
Goal: Depth
How do you add depth to your lashes, and make your eyes look bigger? By playing around with two colours. Here’s what you do — you layer your eyelashes with your go-to jet-black mascara, and let the formula dry for a couple of minutes. And, then, you go in with another coating—but with a shade of brown this time. Any shade that’s lighter works as well. That’s how simple it is.
Goal: Elongating
While most of us apply mascara horizontally, this trick involves brushing your lashes vertically — and though unconventional, it allows you to focus the formula on individual lashes. This minimises clumping, and elongates your lashes flawlessly. Keep in mind that you’re using the entire brush to coat your upper-lashes, and just the tip for the lower ones.
Goal: Minimal
This type of mascara doesn’t boast a colour payoff of any kind. It isn’t drowning in swirls of blue, black, or brown. It’s clear, and it’s meant to lend a wet-sheen gloss to your lashes without weighing them down. The point is to accentuate the lashes naturally, and define them without drenching them in colours — ideal for a no-makeup makeup look. It can double as a brow-gel that tames and defines your eyebrows subtly too. And thanks to the wet-sheen we were referring to, this formula can darken them just a little. You can tame your flyaways, frizz, and baby-hairs with this product too.
Goal: Cat-Eyed
We’ve covered horizontal and vertical ways of application — but diagonal is key to achieving a winged, cat-eyed look with no eyeliner. Start off by coating your inner-lashes, and work your way toward the outer-lashes — all while ensure you’re covering every inch of each lash. This technique promises volume as well, and who’d say no to that?
Goal: Fanned
If you want your lashes to look fanned and fluttery, swap your mascara’s brush with a ‘fan’ brush. Just apply some of the formula on the ends of the brush, and brush it upwards on your lashes.
And that was it on harnessing your mascara’s powers — so many aesthetics, so little time.
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