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Website finding perfect mascara!

Audrey@chickie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:23:10 -0500

In case you are still looking, the website www.6chicks.com is EXTREMELY helpful. It is a site designed to give women evaluations on various types of mascara. It helps you choose YOUR perfect mascara based on the qualities you want! You should definitely check it out, I know it helped me!

-Audrey

Lancome - Definicils

LaughingGirl — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:10:55 -0500

I read thru the entire string of posts and was surprised no one mentioned Lancome's Definicils. I have long but thin lashes and it does what a mascara should. LOVE LOVE LOVE this mascara. Although it does come in wateproof I don't use it as I've never had a problem with smuging or flaking.

LaughingGirl

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nearly invisible

CEEBEE — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:56:27 -0500

Can someone with short thin eye lashes give me a recommendation? I have short eye lashes with blond tips. When I use mascara, they become barely visisble. I use eyeliner more often to define my eyes but short of fake ones, does anything work?

YSL - Faux Cil is THE BEST

MsAlexander — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:20:14 -0500

Aaaah, I may wear a strip of lashes when I wear makeup.......I know mascara!

Yves Saint Laurent's Faux Cil Mascara is worth every penny. ($28.50)

Wipe the wand once a week with tissue paper (not tissue!) and YOUR mascara will last 3 months. Oh yeah....3 months. Umm, throw your mascara and do your eyes a favor. Hmm, save $10 a month and there you go. (in other words, pack your lunch for 1 or 2 days and save your lunch money)

YSL Fanatic (and makeup artist)

Too Faced Lash Injection

dalton — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:04:10 -0500

I have the solution for you! Have you tried Too Faced Lash injection? It is great. There are two formulas and I recommend using them both together. First, use the regular lash injection. It is waterproof, has an enormous brush, and the formula is both lengthening and volumizing. It is a beauty tube formula, so it stays on very well, and does a great job creating that doe-eyed look. After use apply one coat of the regular Lash Injection to the top lashes only, I would apply the Pinpoint Lash Injection (smaller brush, slightly different formula with more of a lengthening effect) to the tips of the top lashes and all of the bottom lashes, you will have a great, clump-free effect that, I swear, looks like a very classy version of flase eyelashes. I have had so many people compliment me on my lashes while using this combination. The lashes are high-impact, but they don't scream "look at all the mascara I'm wearing." It just looks like you are blessed with knock-out lashes.

Both are available at Ulta or Sephora. Good luck and I hope this helps!

I just purchased Rimmel's

elacacciola — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:23:56 -0500

I just purchased Rimmel's Glam Eyes and Lycra Lash Extender. I put the Glam Eyes on first, because it has this awesome applicator that separates your lashes like nothing I have ever seen before. Then I put the Lycra Lash Extender over it. Looks great for dramatic eyes. Glam Eyes by itself is good for everyday. Love this stuff, doesnt smear. I wore it to bed ( I know I'm bad) and only then, in the morning, did I have some under my eyes. But I wear it all day and it goes no where. I have oily skin too.

They can be purchased at the drugstores, about $7 each and Rimmel is buy one get one free alot at my local Walgreens.

HTH!!

Drug Store Beauty episode/Mascara Must Have

Susan Doherty — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:52:10 -0500

We're working on a three-part series on Six Minute Style on cosmetics (drug store, department store and splurge) to determine best buys and recommedations. To date, we've filmed the drug store beauty episode and all our research has shown that the very best mascara is ... Maybelline Great Lash (yes, the pink bottle with the green cap that we all knew and loved in high school). We surveyed users, make-up artists and did a thorough search on the Web and in beauty books.

Adding to my conviction was the fact that when I was acting in Denver and Los Angeles most of the on-set make-up artists were using this very brand. I was off-set buying Mac and other pricey brands, yet the pros were completely content with the drug store variety.

I have to admit, we have yet to research the new "tubes" and are looking forward to seeing if they are worth all the buzz and excitement. I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, you can check out "Drug Store Beauty" on the Six Minute Style site at http://sixminutestyle.com/PE_July2008_DrugStoreBeauty.html.

If you have department store and/or splurge cosmetic recommendations, I'd love to hear them as we are prepping now for the other two episodes.

Susan Doherty

Six Minute Style

Little Show. Big Ideas

www.sixminutestyle.com (& http://sixminutestyle.blogspot.com/)

THE BEST IS MAC!!

diorgirl2002 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:33:03 -0500

i recommend MAC Plushlash or Fiberlash. both formulas plump and lengthen to the extremes and i have yet to have a problem with them smudging. good luck in your quest and please let us know what you find!!

Collosal Volum' Express

FemmeLily — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:05:46 -0500

Definitely agree on that one! Mascara is my beauty holy grail (due to some oily skin issues, it never stays), and I'm very happy with this one. It's very hard to get it to clump, it stays on even if I overheat, and lasts for a full day.

You have no idea ...

Susan Wagner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:30:30 -0500

how happy this comment thread makes me. You all are the best.

Next week, we're going to talk about eye liner, okay? And I'll be reporting back about the mascara. AND you can ALL post your OWN hacks about liner and mascara and anything else that strikes your fancy, right here at BeautyHacks. Please!

Friday Playdate

L'Oreal Voluminous!

AshleyRose — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:00:45 -0500

Another one recommending L'Oreal Voluminous. I love it and find that the waterproof is in fact quite waterproof. I even wear it in the ocean or white water rafting and have no smudges. Good luck with the search! :)

Imju Fiberwig

Julespieri — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:01:15 -0500

Susan,

You said not having clumping was key, and that you wanted to avoid smudging and Racoon Eyes. I have the solution. IF you can live with it being your "everyday" mascara.....not your VaVaVoom Saturday Night Mascara.

It is Fiberwig: http://www.dailygrommet.com/products/3-Imju-Fiberwig-Mascara

You can watch us talk about it on the video above--I mean Daily Grommet. But be kind...this was only the third video Joanne and I ever made and we were so nervous we were nauseous.

Jules Pieri

Founder, Daily Grommet

www.dailygrommet.com

I was all pumped up

TheStyleSample — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:05:17 -0500

to tell you to try DiorShow Blackout--I mean, I even got my cheapo mom hooked on this stuff--then I continued reading.

Now I'm deflated.

However, I will say that I conducted a very accurate scienfitically approved mascara trial (at home in my bathroom), and the closest drugstore option to the thickening and lenthening power of DiorShow with no smudging was, in fact, L'Oreal Voluminous. Despite my love of overpriced designer mascara, I usually keep a tube of Voluminous on hand for unexpected eyelash emergencies. 'Cause you just never know...

Tamia

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best mascara ever? i think it depends on the look you want

Ron Robinson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:07:54 -0500

One of the members at BeautyStat.com started a discussion on mascara and this is what she said...

"As of right now I've been using L'oreal Bare Natural for long and
thicker lashes. I like it, but I feel like there has to be something
better! I have small eyelashes and would like lengthening yet thickening products. I'm also a fan of Covergirl Lash Exact"

http://www.beautystat.com

Re: bleeding eyeliner

sylinthecity — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:55:52 -0500

OK, I think that has a lot to do with skin type...for example, my friend with dry skin can use the same exact everything as me, but it will stay put all day with almost no touch ups.

I have had great success, however, by patting Laura Mercier's translucent powder around my eyes after they are done (it's meant for shine, so either way, it is going to keep things matte and oilfree). I also never apply my eyeliner to bare skin. I spread a tiny bit of the YSL Touche Eclat concealer first, then some kind of light eyeshadow (even if it is imperceptible), then the liner on top.

My liners are all by Clinique (I know, middle school, but they are cheap and glide on well) and twist up so that I don't have to sharpen them.

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