Dark, long and thick eyelashes enhance the beauty of eye. Apart from the beauty the most important function of eyelashes are to protect and shield our eyes from dust and other foreign bodies. And because we communicate a lot with our eyes, our eyelashes help us put color and meaning to our words with the way we flutter and bat our eyelashes.
It is not important that everyone is born with long and thick eyelashes but still they don’t need to worry for the lack of seductive looking eyes; after all, what is makeup for? All it takes is the touch of the magical mascara wand.
Mascara does magic for our lashes
Use your lash curlers before putting on your mascara. It works more effectively if preheated prior to the curling. Be careful not to heat your curlers too much, though, or else you will singe your eyes
To see the magic of mascara, its correct application is very important. There should not be any globs of the stuff clinging to our lashes and that each strand should look separated from each other.
To avoid dried globs and clumping strands, apply the mascara to the base of the lashes with the mascara wand and then give the wand a wiggle. Afterwards, carefully brush the mascara to the ends of the lashes with the use of a lash comb. Or if you do not want to use a lash comb, just wipe the excess mascara from your wand with a piece of tissue before touching it to your lashes.
Second most important thing is to prevent smudging. You can prevent the smudging by applying powder first onto your lower eyelids before putting on the mascara. Also, try not to blink while putting the mascara on, or else it will definitely stick to your eyelids rather than to your lashes.
Second coat of mascara makes the lashes look thicker and remember to apply second coat before the first coat dries, or else you will only end up clumping the lashes.
Use a mascara wand that is short and thin coz its very common to miss the lashes at the corners of our eyes. Short and thin wands let you reach those corner lashes; it also gives you extra control in handling it.
The best mascara results come from using clean wands, so keep your wands clean at all times. Put some makeup remover on your mascara wand to wash off the dried mascara, and then clean it with soap and water. Let the wand dry first before replacing it with your other makeup tools. A clean and dry wand not only maximizes the application and appearance of mascara on the eyes, but also prevents the eyes from getting irritated.
So, in short the steps for mascara application are:
- Apply powder on eyelids.
- Use preheated lash curlers.
- Apply mascara with short and thin wand upto the corner of the eye.
- Allow it dry.
