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Wearing mascara on your lower lashes?

131 replies

needcha · 14/09/2024 14:52

I’ve tried it but my eyes are too watery and it looks a mess. But I absolutely love the look.

Does anyone do this? I rarely see this look.

OP posts:

farleysrusks · 14/09/2024 15:39

I use Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara

Thudercatsrule · 14/09/2024 15:38

What about dying yr eyelashes?

Rory17384949 · 14/09/2024 15:38

I read in a magazine in the 90s that you should never put mascara on your lower lashes so never have!
I am very fair though and I've since realised that I do actually need something to define my lower lashes, mascara looks too much so I use eyeliner and an eyeshadow pen

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 14/09/2024 15:32

I always put mascara on top and bottom eyelashes. I thought everyone did!

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needcha · 14/09/2024 15:30

RedheadedSoulStealer · 14/09/2024 15:00

Tubing mascara!

The Tarte XL is amazing.
Maybelline Sky High is okay as a cheaper rotation but not quite as amazing.

It won't smudge ever and removes with warm water.

Alternatively get your eyelashes tinted and it will help make the top mascara look more cohesive.

The fashion at the moment is no bottom lash mascara according to all the beauty influencers... but I personally think my eyes don't look balanced.

Fashion at the moment? 😂 Aren’t most beauty influencers just shilling whatever brand has paid them and told them how to do their makeup?

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Girlintheframe · 14/09/2024 15:27

I do too and bottom but use waterproof mascara

TheChosenTwo · 14/09/2024 15:25

Only ever do the top, I have tiny wispy bottom
lashes and it looks really spidery and a bit daft when I tried doing both!

shuffleofftobuffalo · 14/09/2024 15:25

I only do top because I've got very allergic eyes. Even with just the top i can end up looking like a panda within the hour with the wrong mascara.

angellinaballerina7 · 14/09/2024 15:24

Never on the bottom, I think it makes people look more tired

spikeandbuffy · 14/09/2024 15:22

Yes but a different mascara to my top lashes! I use this one (you can also use a tepe brush dipped in normal mascara)

Snackpocket · 14/09/2024 15:19

I’ve never done my bottom lashes. Just looks weird on me!

raspberryberet7 · 14/09/2024 15:17

Try an eyelash tint instead to a here. The look

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/09/2024 15:16

AlexanderArnold · 14/09/2024 15:03

I just use eyeliner on the bottom, no mascara. But I'm pale and use brown mascara and eyeliner so it doesn't look unbalanced as it is quite subtle anyway.

Same, but with a soft pencil.

Ultravox · 14/09/2024 15:08

I only do the top. I’ve got quite pale skin and long dark lower lashes so it looks a bit overkill to do the bottom. They look like spider legs.

nebulae · 14/09/2024 15:07

I've only ever worn it on my top lashes. Glad to hear I'm fashionable for once. I don't wear anything on the bottom, no liner or shadow either.

Hohofortherobbers · 14/09/2024 15:06

I don't use mascara on the bottom, it always looks spidery on me

SleepyLlamaFace · 14/09/2024 15:06

I have mine tinted, £8, lasts 4-6 weeks and has a really noticeable effect. I don't wear mascara day to day just curl my lashes, but add mascara on top lashes for more glam occasions, and use a spooly to brush the lower set into little spiky groups.

AnnoyedByAlfieBear · 14/09/2024 15:06

I have VERY sparse lower lashes and it looks awful when I put mascara on them.

TheSandgroper · 14/09/2024 15:05

I just put a bit on the tips as my tips are so bleached. I just show what I really have rather than make them something they aren’t.

It’s getting tricky because it’s very hard to put on mascara while wearing your glasses so you can see.

Hoglet70 · 14/09/2024 15:04

I thought it was normal to do bottom lashes!

Sameshitdifferentdayx · 14/09/2024 15:03

I only wear it on my top lashes, just prefer it that way now!
When I was a teen I used to wear it on the bottom lashes.