Whether or not you are the make-up type, one thing many women will avoid leaving the house without is the definition and length of their lashes—that 5-10 minutes spent applying mascara is worth the while. A little flicker of the brush here and there will pull your entire look together. But with so many mascaras to choose from, how will a vixen choose? Well, we’ve gathered nine of our favorite mascaras and their benefits that you will surely need to keep at hand.
Vixens have tried any of these wondrous wands?
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They’re Real Mascara by Benefit Cosmetics $23
What it does: This best seller is a jet-black mascara that lengthens, curls, volumizes, lifts, and separates lashes from corner to corner with precision for a bomb lash look.
Available at Sephora
Le Volume De Chanel $30
What it does: This high-precision mascara achieves instant volume and intense color. Its innovative formula expands, plumping lashes to their fullest. The exclusive new ‘Snowflakes’ brush combines long and short bristles to deliver an extreme, eye-opening effect. It is also available in Blue, Purple, and Khaki Bronze.
Available at Chanel
Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara $20
What it does: This ultra long wear thickening mascara lengthens and enhances curl and contains a moisturizing formula with hemp seed oil, vitamin E, jojoba oil, and purisilk SPB to condition lashes and maintain a soft feel.
Available at Sephora
Diorshow Mascara $25
What it does: The XXL brush builds incredible volume while the formula’s silica powder boosts the length of every lash individually.
Available at Dior
Better Then Sex by Too Faced Cosmetics $23
What it does: The hourglass-shaped brush was designed with extra stiff bristles to maximize the performance of it’s carbon black, collagen-fueled formula. One coat and lashes are full and defined. Two coats and lashes are even more luscious, curled, and dramatic. Three coats help you achieve the most intense, black, multidimensional lashes possible.
Available at Sephora
The MegaPlush Mascara by Maybelline $9
What it does: The MegaPlush mascara is Maybelline’s first extra-soft gel-mousse mascara with a patented Flexor Brush that caresses lashes never leaving them brittle or flaky. The mascara is available in a washable and waterproof formula.
Available at your local drugstore
Hypnôse Drama by Lancome $27.50
What it does: Creates full body, high-volume lashes in a single stroke. The full contact brush, with its S-shaped curve, grasps and loads lashes for a fanned out and eye-popping look that even the shortest lashes can achieve.
Available at Sephora
Pumped Up Colossal Lashes by Maybelline $9
What it does: The wand features a double curved stem that delivers a double shot of mascara providing a smoother formula with double the collagen plumps without clumps. Great to volumize those lashes!
Available at you local drug store
High Impact Extreme Volume Mascara by Clinique $19.50
What it does: The brush’s extra-large surface area effortlessly builds bigger, better lashes. A dome tip gives even the tiniest corner lashes a high-volume finish and it’s expert formula comes in an inky Extreme Black.
Available at Sephora