Did you know that you can use your mascara as an eyeliner too? Just dab a little on an eyeliner brush and line away.

If your mascara starts to clump, put the tube in a glass of hot water. You will discover that the consistency is more liquid and doesn’t clump your eyelashes up as much. Running it under hot water works as well.

Mascaras have a tendency to dry up quickly, and a drop or two of saline solution should revive it. That said, you should never keep mascara around for more than three months unless you want to risk an eye infection.

Apply brown mascara to your bottom lashes, it’s not as harsh as black and looks really flattering up close when you’re taking selfies.

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Use a business card to pull your eyelid up so that you can coat your lashes from the base. It acts as a shield and prevents mascara from getting on the eye lids.

We’ve all heard about the wonders of using a spoon for those who need a guide when drawing eyeliner, and while it is there, use it as a shield to prevent mascara from getting on your eyelids and ruining your eye makeup.

We know so much about contouring of your face, and mascara can do the same for your eyes. For rounder eyes, focus on the inner and outer corners of your eyes to elongate it. Lengthening mascaras would really help here. For a cat eye effect, brush mascara on the outer corners of eyes to really lengthen it.

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