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Whether you’re a self-proclaimed makeup artist or a minimalist beauty kind of gal, chances are, you wear mascara on a regular basis. Mascara is one of the most basic beauty products in every woman’s arsenal. If you ask someone what’s the one makeup product they can’t leave the house without, they probably say mascara.
While applying mascara is generally a super easy task–just swipe, swipe, swipe, and you’re done. There are ways to enhance your eyelashes even more with the product. These five amazing, life-changing mascara hacks will help you get the most out of your mascara. They’re so genius, we can’t believe we didn’t know about them sooner.
1. Revive Dried, Clumpy Mascara
While you should replace your mascara tube every two or three months to get the best use out of your product and prevent irritation, we don’t always follow that. In fact, most people use the same old mascara far longer than they should. If you’re short-handed and don’t have a choice but to use a dried up mascara tube, you can revive your product a little bit. By applying few drops of saline contact solution into your mascara tube, you can help moisten the mascara formula and make it almost as good as new, for just a few more uses at least.
3. Get Rid Of Clumps In Your Lashes
Toothbrushes are a really handy beauty tool to keep laying around. Using a clean, soft toothbrush, you can smooth out mascara application and remove clumps of product from your eyelashes. All you have to do is stroke up along your lashes with the toothbrush, just as you do when applying mascara, to brush away mascara clumps.
4. Curl Your Eyelashes Better Than Ever Before
If you don’t always use an eyelash curler, you’re missing out on some serious volume and curl to your lashes. Curling them make them appear longer. To up the curl even more, heat up your eyelash curler before using it. You can easily do this with a hairdryer on the hot setting. Just aim the hot air at the curler and heat it up for a few seconds, then curl your lashes as usual.
5. Enhance Your Eyebrows
If you don’t have a specific brow filler on hand, or would just prefer to save the money, mascara can double as a brow product. However, this makeup hack only works if you have dark brown or black hair and a similarly dark mascara color--sorry blondies. With a clean towel, wipe off as much product from the mascara wand as possible. You want to do this to avoid clumps of mascara in your eyebrows (gross). Then, comb through your brows lightly with the mascara wand and you’ve got instantly filled in eyebrows.
To put these mascara tricks to use, shop two of the top-rated mascaras on Amazon below.
Maybelline Makeup Lash Sensational Washable Mascara, Blackest Black Volumizing Mascara ($6.69)
This mascara has 4.2 out of 5 stars from over 1,000 customers. The formula is great for volume.
L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Original Mascara ($5.84)
This mascara has been given 4 out of 5 stars by over 2,000 customers. Its soft bristle brush is great for making lashes look fuller.
For more makeup hacks, check out these amazing under eye concealer tricks and these life-changing foundation tricks on SHEfinds.
