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.
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