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Avon Uplifting MascaraAvon's Uplifting Mascara is a fiber-full, lengthening mascara but its bendable wand, aimed to lift lashes, is unnecessary and messy (you have to touch the gooped-up brush to bend it). Fortunately you don't need the wand gimmick to get lashes that practically reach your brows (no exaggeration). The finish is completely clump...More |
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Fusion Beauty LashFusionThis treatment mascara contains keratin protein in tiny molecule form (nanospheres) to help it penetrate and strengthen lashes. Conditioning ingredients like camellia oil and panthenol also make us fans. The pigment is rich and ink-dark with tiny microfibers that attach to lashes to lengthen and thicken, though you may see ...More |
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Bare Escentuals Brushless MascaraThis long, ridged wand comes sans bristles to layer mascara generously on each lash. Available in dark green or black, the product applies moist and heavy. Thick and medium-sized lashes will definitely be "fuller and longer" after a couple of coats (provided you're patient enough to apply in sections and wait for ...More |
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Estee Lauder MagnaScopic Maximum Volume MascaraBig promises from this big blue tube: thick lashes, easy precision, bold color and no clumping. The heavy liquid offers even coverage after several coats, but "30 percent more intense"? Nah. The trouble is the super-straight wand; the tapered tip is a magnet for excess product, making it hard to get to smaller end...More |
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Neutrogena Weightless Volume Wax-Free MascaraWeightless, yes. Volume? Not so much. If you're looking for a lightweight layer of color and a natural look, this formula manages to separate, coat and condition lashes without clumping or stiffness. But because it's wax-free, you lose the thickening power of competitors, so don't waste your cash if you want high volume -- ...More |
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Maybelline New York Great Lash Washable Mascara"America's No.1 mascara" lives up to its name: It's No.1 in sales ... and in heated debate by women. OK, so we admit it's not the most lengthening, volumizing formula. (The curved-brush version helps.) It can also smudge in humidity. (Try waterproof.) And while it applies well wet, flaking and clumping can occur i...More |
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Urban Decay Skyscraper MascaraThe long silver wand supposedly builds a skyline of lashes in a few strokes. Three levels -- a flattened top, bristled side and corkscrew end -- give equal coverage to varying lash lengths. But the feather-soft formula does a better job defining hairs at ground level -- not hitting penthouse heights. The label claims the sh...More |
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Benefit Get Bent MascaraBenefit's Get Bent Lash mascara does <em>almost</em> everything it claims to do. The angled brush lifts and curls stick-straight lashes well enough that a lash curler isn't necessary. The formula lengthens well and gives lashes a deep black color. But there's one huge problem: clumping. You'll wind up with huge ...More |
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Boots No7 Longer Lashes Mascara - BlackWhile it performed as a most basic mascara, with a name like this I expected Boots Longer Lashes Mascara to, y'know, make my lashes longer. The slightly dry formula coated lashes sparingly and without lengthening, leaving a feathery, am-I-wearing-any-mascara look. By lunchtime I knew the answer to that, as my under-eye area...More |
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Shu Uemura Precise Volume Mascara WaterproofShu Uemura Precise Volume Mascara Waterproof promises lashes that are "full and highly defined." It delivers on definition -- it's easy to see individual lashes -- but lacks in volume. The small brush (with loosely packed bristles) helps separate but doesn't get a lot of product onto lashes, so multiple coats are required t...More |

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