Mascara for those with ginger hair???

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I have ginger hair and ginger eye lashes/brows with very pale skin. In my youth I wore brown mascara but as I've got older I've not bothered with makeup much. I've lost loads of weight recently and have bought myself clothes that I look good in for the first time in years. I'd like to complete the look by wearing a small amount of make-up but I have no idea what I should buy.

I feel that if I wear make-up with no mascara it looks like I have not finished the job, but all I seem to be able to find in the shops is dark black which I think makes me look like I've dressed up for halloween. All the products seem to have changed since I last wore makeup regularly so I feel very lost.

What do fellow gingers wear?

Try a navy mascara.

Black...always black.
With black eyeliner and maybe red lipstick.

What eye colour?

Why not have your eyelashes dyed?

I have henna ginger coloured hair. I use black mascara and turquoise/ sea green liquid eyeliner.

Depends if you have brown or blue eyes.

Firstly, Have them dyed. I only have mine done occasionally and it still means they are ok in between having them done.

Secondly, any of the new mascaras are fine, if fine subtly.

Navy mascara worked for me and my strawberry blond hair.
(White hair now and black mascara works.)

A friend has her lashes and eyebrows dyed, light brown.

If you go down the brown route, this is a good one, true brown not black/brown as many are. It's mega cheap, too:

www.superdrug.com/Make-Up/Eye-Makeup/Mascara/Collection-Colour-Lash-Mascara-Brown-3/p/455401

Thanks everyone

@clairethewitch70 Your look sounds amazing, but not sure I'd have the confidence to pull it off.

Brown seems to be the consensus of opinion so I'll get myself the one that @AliceAforethought mentioned.

A few people mentioned eye colour. Mine are blue- does it make a difference to what mascara colour would be best?

[mulling over the idea of dying eye lashes- as I am slightly afraid that mascara would run when I get one of my hot flushes warmer moments that middle age has given me]

Have a look for max factor for blue eyes.

My hair is dyed ginger and I dye my eyelashes black.

Black. Take a look at @onthespike (Esther Coren) who has your colouring.
She looks amazing!

Have a look for a salon that does LVL lashes or something equivalent - they are great and you wouldn't need to wear any mascara if you didn't want to!

I HATE the term ginger! I have red hair and green eyes and I use dark brown gel eye liner and black mascara. Though sometimes brown mascara

I stopped my hot flushes in their tracks with Menopace. I have been through the menopause with only one week of symptoms before I discovered Menopace, I can't praise it highly enough. I sailed through my menopause.

Benefit do a primer in their "yes they're real line" which is brown and I find it works brilliantly as it is just a subtle colour but doesn't look like you've thrown mascara at yourself.

I'm ginger/ blond and always wear black when I wear mascara. Though I regularly get my eyelashes and eyebrows tinted. Much less hassle!

I have ginger hair. I wear black mascara mainly, sometimes a brown one- if you root through the mascaras in the shops there's usually a brown one in there. On my (white) eyebrows I wear either a brown mascara on top of having them tinted brown. Or I'm currently using KIKO eyebrow colour for 'auburns' - it's brilliant, the best one I've ever had and completely natural looking.