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The Best Cheap Mascara and How To Wear It

Women are always on the search for the best drugstore mascara. Everyone wants to find mascara that will give superb separation, plump lashes without clumps, great definition and length, and resists smudging, and many of us are on a budget. Fortunately, at the drugstore level, there is an affordable mascara formula to suit anyone’s eyelashes. Good mascara combined with a great technique is the key to great looking eyes. Below are a few of the best inexpensive mascara choices.

The Best Cheap Mascara

Great For Volume: Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara

Cover Girl Lash Blast

The best mascara to make your lashes full and lush is Cover Girl Lash Blast in very black. The Cover Girl mascara will make your lashes super long and adds volume. The brush is perfect it will separate your lashes and you will be able to apply two coats without any clumps.

Best Waterproof Mascara: Maybelline Volume’ Express One by One Waterproof Mascara

maybelline volume express

The best inexpensive mascara to resist water and smudging is Maybelline Volume Express in Blackest Black. Maybelline volume catches coats and de-clumps every single lash with instant volume, lash by lash. With the turbo brush you can get five times the volume yet removes easily.

Top Drugstore Mascara for Length and a Dramatic Look: L’Oreal Telescopic

Loreal Telescopic Mascara

A top mascara for dramatic lashes is L’Oreal Telescopic, which will create clump free beautiful lashes. Not only is the price right it delivers incredible length for that ultra dramatic look.

Best For a Natural Look:  Maybelline Full and Soft Mascara

maybelline full and soft mascara

Mascara for gorgeous natural looking lashes is Maybelline Full and Soft. This mascara leaves your lashes very full and oh so very soft. No crunchy hard lashes here.

One Full of Controversy: Maybelline Great Lash Mascara

Maybelline great lash

Maybelline Great Lash is a classic mascara; it has been around for a very long time, but women tend to either love it or hate it. Some maintain that Maybelline Great Lash Mascara leaves your lashes looking longer, thicker, and darker and report that it adds volume, applies evenly, and has a great brush. Others (myself included) maintain that it is too watery and smudges easily.

Mascara Tips for Great Looking Lashes

  • For long lashes wiggle the mascara wand left to right at the base of the lashes. Remember that the mascara that is placed near the roots of the lashes is what gives the illusion of length.
  • To separate lashes wiggle the mascara wand up through the lashes. This is essential because it separates the lashes.
  • Remember not to pump the wand of the mascara. Pumping the wand puts air in the mascara which causes clumping. Wiping the brush with a tissue before applying will also help prevent clumps.
  • Curl lashes with an eye lash curler before applying mascara for the most eye popping and dramatic look.
  • Remember to change out your mascara every three months for health reasons as well as quality of the product. After three months bacteria can began to grow inside the container.

Mascara is one of the most versatile products you can buy. It can be worn all by itself for a very subtle effect, or combined with other make up products for striking results. Therefore, with a little knowledge and effort you too can find the bests mascara for you. Experiment with your makeup, it is frustrating not to get the results you expect. To achieve the big bold look at me lashes you may have to try different brands and or techniques to achieve the desired results. Do not be afraid of trying different things. You never know you might just find the perfect effect, after all effect is what you are after.

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CoverGirl Smoky Shadow Blast and Liquiline Blast Swatches

I’m a sucker for unique packaging, especially if it looks like it will simplify my makeup application. So, I couldn't resist grabbing a new CoverGirl Smoky Shadow Blast and a matching CoverGirl Liquiline Blast Eyeliner to try and reveiw.

CoverGirl Smoky Shadow Blast is a thick two ended shadow pencil and, looking at other reviews, people seem to either love it or hate it. One end has a highlighting shade and the other has a darker lid shade that is tapered so that it can also be applied as a liner. The pictures below show it from two angles. Use the point to line and the flat to apply as a shadow. The consistency of the shadow is that of a cream to powder, with it being much more on the cream side, especially when it first goes on. The pigment is rather good for a drugstore eye shadow and it wears rather well, although I did not get a full day out of it. The highlighter shade has a nice luminosity to it. Overall, it is good for a nice basic smoked eye look, or wear the highlighting shade with a thicker sweep of the liner for a simple pin-up girl glam type of look.

One important tip though:  Like most cream eye shadows, this one will crease and not wear well if you don’t set it with something. So add a bit of translucent powder or a light matching powder eye shadow over it for better and longer wear. Using a primer with cream types of shadows is also highly recommended. I suspect that some of the negative reviews I have seen of this product have been in part because the product was applied without these steps,which is usually necessary for success with most cream type eye products. MAC paint pots are a huge exception to that rule though—I love those! (link is to previous review).

cover girl smoky shadow blast smoky shadow blast bronze fire

The Liquiline Blast is a very nice companion product. This soft eyeliner is comparable to my favorite Make Up For ever Aqua Eyes liners (link is to previous review), but is much more affordable. However, unlike aqua eyes, with their multitude of shades, Liquiline only has six choices. The liner also has a nice smudging tip. When I made my purchase, both products were displayed with how to cards that you could also grab. The card is useful, so take a look at one if you see it in the store.

Below are swatches of CoverGirl Liquiline Blast in Brown Blaze (on the left), and CoverGirl Shadow Blast in Bronze Fire, with the darker shade put on using both the tip and the flat. These were taken in indoor light.

covergirl smoky shadow blast swatch bronze fire

I got my products at ULTA Beauty. You can also find them in most drugstores and big box stores. Or, you can comparison shop for CoverGirl Cosmetics.

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