Mascara Reviews

Mascara can take you from plain and ordinary, to swank and revamped. It is the ultimate woman's accessory, that one must have to highlight those lush eyelashes or give volume to those with medium length. It can highlight and bring out your makeup, as well as give your face a more elegant look. With these mascara reviews, you can select from a smart variety of the best there is in the market, and take advantage of its transformational effects. Also learn how to apply mascara, without messing up your eye makeup.

Top Mascara Reviews

Given below are some of the best mascaras available, with reviews on what it can do for those lashes. Also, there are waterproof mascara reviews, for those of you looking for smudge free mascara to add to your cosmetics kit.

Bare Escentuals bareMinerals Flawless Definition Mascara
A mascara that transforms lashes into more defined, lengthened ones, with 100 percent pure ingredients that highlight lashes, giving it an unflawed finish to one's eyes. It can darken lashes as well, making it look more bold and outstanding. It contains antioxidants and natural extracts, making it a fortifying product, that is also a smudge proof mascara with protective and paraben-free benefits. Price: $15 (check out other stores on the web, for varied prices)

Maybelline Intense XXL Mascara
It comes with a two-sided wand, with the white ended wand used as a lengthening mascara for your lashes with a first coating, before the black ended wand applies the mascara coat. It gives one's eyes volume and color that stand out, and also cancels out clumping. It is available as regular/waterproof mascara, and is safe for those wearing contact lenses. It's a two-step act, with numbers etched into the mascara's body (1 & 2). This indicates that the white wand needs to be applied first, followed by black. Price: $7.29 (prices can vary on the web)

Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes Mascara
Available in three striking colors - black, gray-lavender and brown (three more colors are said to be added to the list later on; blue olive-green and plum), Givenchy knows how to impress. It comes in a sleek black cylindrical tube, with the brand name across it. It immediately sends out a message of serious business when it comes to striving at making those eyes pop. Versatile in its design, its made to separate lashes well with the mascara, avoiding clumping. It also curves in all directions, giving any kind of eye shape the benefit of the product. If this product is hard to find in stores, you can always look for it online. Price: $40 (prices can vary on the web)

Lancome Definicils Waterproof Mascara
Although expensive, this can be a good investment to take care of those eyes with top-notch mascara. Lancome offers a one of a kind casing that is sleek, and draws you in with a promise to make those lashes look perfect. It softens your lashes upon application, and has a good wand with a no-clumping design. It is also waterproof in nature, and lengthens lashes. Price: $24.50 (available for lesser on the web)

Dior DiorShow Backstage Makeup Mascara
Dior sets the bar high with this unequaled mascara product that gives your lashes long-lasting volume, with just one coating, as well as lengthens them. Although the brush may seem one of the biggest wands out there in the market, it can be a con that it can't reach small niches within your lashes. Nonetheless, it does bring out one's overall lashes, minus that little exception; available in black, chestnut and azure blue. Price: $24 (check for discounts on the web)

How to Apply Mascara

For those of who struggling to put on mascara, here are some hints and helpful tips on how to keep it neat and avoid a disastrous scene.

• When dabbing the wand into the bottle, clean excess mascara on the sides, or use a tissue to wipe off the excess.
• Move the wand left and right while applying the mascara, to separate your lashes (to avoid clumping).
• Using another dry, mascara-free wand, (you can either buy separately or save from an old bottle) move it through your lashes to spread the mascara evenly.
• Leave it to dry, and then do the same for your bottom lashes.
• To avoid mascara from hitting the skin surface below your bottom lashes, hold a tissue in place underneath.
• Reapply it for a second coating if required.

I hope these mascara reviews will help you pick out something that suits your lashes, and gives it an obvious make over effect. Remember to spend a good 5 minutes doing your mascara, to avoid running out the door without it drying and setting right. Keep it stylish!