Tubing Mascaras

[Seaoftroubles]

I've read that tubing mascaras are pretty much smudge proof but haven't tried them. Can you recommend your favourites please?

Clinique lash power for everyday wear (comes in brown or black) and Hourglass unlocked instant extensions for fancy days.

Kevin Aucoin - the Volume Mascara. Love it. For decades I used YSL faux lash (which isn't tubing), but switched to this and haven't looked back.

I love tubing mascara because it doesn't irritate my eyes. How can you tell if a mascara is tubing? I looked up the hourglass one (on Amazon) and it doesn't mention that it is tubing?

Clinique lash power here

If it says you can remove it with warm water that's a good sign.

I agree Clinique Lash Power love it

Yes that was what l found confusing.. Its not clear which brands are tubing mascaras!

I like L’Oréal Double Extension Beaty Tubes Technology - and have just converted my 75 year old mum who loves the fact that it doesn’t smudge or irritate

So smudge proof I can never get them off apart from in the shower.

I have tried both the Clinique Lash Power & the Boots No 7 Stay Perfect Long Lasting Volume. The No 7 is marginally better, but although neither of them smudge, by the end of the day I do get tiny tubes that have fallen off around my eyes (like tiny spiders' legs!). Maybe that's because I wear glasses.

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I have tried both the Clinique Lash Power & the Boots No 7 Stay Perfect Long Lasting Volume. The No 7 is marginally better, but although neither of them smudge, by the end of the day I do get tiny tubes that have fallen off around my eyes (like tiny spiders' legs!). Maybe that's because I wear glasses.

I wear glasses and the clinique is fine on me all day until I wash it off in the evening. But I do have ultra dry skin.

Seaoftroubles yes they should all put TUBE in their name somewhere!

I like the Loreal double ended 'beauty tubes' one. Also, it is super satisfying taking it off!

@Letsgetreadytocrumble

I like the Loreal double ended 'beauty tubes' one. Also, it is super satisfying taking it off!

What do the two ends do?

I agree they should all put Tubing in the name, I've bought them by mistake twice now.

One end is like a white 'primer' (tbh I don't always use it though) and the other is the actual black mascara.

@FizzyApricot- the white end is conditioning and the other is the mascara

@SigrunGard

I like L’Oréal Double Extension Beaty Tubes Technology - and have just converted my 75 year old mum who loves the fact that it doesn’t smudge or irritate

I second this! My favourite and you can get it on amazon subscribe and save so a new tube comes through the letterbox every couple of months 😁

Thanks! I might try that when the clinique runs out as it's a bit pricey for everyday.

I've got the No7 one. It's good. Zero smudging or flaking. But it's a bugger to get off!

Lash Power - it's brilliant.

Clinique lash power.
I've just thrown away the Wilco tubing mascara which cost about £2, and smudged!

It's odd that these brands don't put 'tubing mascara' in a more prominent place on the item or packaging. I went to SpaceNK to get the Kevin Aucoin one and the shop assistant a) had no idea what tubing mascara was and b) had no idea that KA made one!! Having said that, it's fab - I'd given up wearing mascara due to smudging but now I can wear it again

Oh and Estée Lauder double wear.
I alternate between that and Clinique.

Up until about 2018 , I swore by tubing mascara - the Boots one or the Kevin Aucoin one. The latter, I found I couldnt obtain for a while and was told that it was being re-formulated because the EU had insisted on a change in ingredients.

Coincidence, I don't know, but I have been through pretty much all of them since then and find that they all flake. Within a couple of hours my eyes are surrounded by little bits of lash.

Did they add fibre or something? I certainly don't have the same experience of removing little tunes that I did originally.