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I need a new mascara

39 replies

LoraPiano · 04/07/2025 12:21

Something nice that doesn't smudge and make you look like a panda especially in the summer?

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ThePoshUns · 04/07/2025 12:29

I like the Jones Road mascara. Good staying power.

MarshmallowsOnToast · 04/07/2025 12:30

I love Benefit - They're Real.

Never smudges & gives good length.

isitmeamithedrama · 04/07/2025 12:33

Benefit they’re real.
maybelline bubble
maybelline sky high

if you have slightly oiler skin that makes the mascara migrate try a tubing mascara the NO7 one is really good and literally doesn’t move

Calypsocuckoo · 04/07/2025 12:33

The two that I think are great and don’t smudge or budge until you remove them are the L’Oréal gold panarama one and the Victoria Beckham one.

whiteroseredrose · 04/07/2025 12:35

I use a Prime Mascara and it’s great. No smudges at all.

LoraPiano · 04/07/2025 12:36

Thanks a lot everyone!!

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NFItheawkardness · 04/07/2025 12:38

Which one is the No7 tubing one?

Livpool · 04/07/2025 14:02

I’ve been liking the Milano tubing one

ohidoliketobe · 04/07/2025 14:06

Benefit they're real.
Every noe amd then I decide I'm trying something new or cheaper, bit nothing else matches
Maybelline Sky High if used alongside the primer was half decent, but the cost of the two was the same I can get benefit when it's on offer.

SamDeanCas · 04/07/2025 14:07

I got a freebie from IL Makiage and was determined to dislike it, but it’s great, I usually use Estes Lauder or Clinique but I might be changing

FastFood · 04/07/2025 14:14

I use the E.l.f. Lash Xtndr tubing mascara, it cost nothing and doesn't smudge whatsoever.

outerspacepotato · 04/07/2025 16:15

I use tubing mascaras. Right now I've got the Glossier one and it's got a really nice brush so it doesn't clump.

user1471548941 · 04/07/2025 16:21

I usually go for fairly high end make up but recently grabbed the Revolution Wrap Lash mascara from Boots in a rush and it’s amazing- it’s tubing but better than the Clinique Lash Power, which is great but £28 for a tube that lasts half the rime!

MadisonAvenue · 04/07/2025 16:25

I use Clinique Lash Power which is excellent (around £20 from Amazon) although had Benefit not discontinued They’re Real in brown I’d have continued using that.

Both have brilliant staying power, morning until night, the only ones I’ve tried which haven’t slid off my lashes within a couple of hours.

Dufff23 · 04/07/2025 16:27

Tubing mascara is better for non smudging - like Ilia

MiddlingMarch · 04/07/2025 16:27

I got a SWEED mascara from look fantastic in the beauty box and it's very good. Hasn't so far smudged and works well uplifting and separating my lashes.

No idea of cost.

LoraPiano · 04/07/2025 16:51

Tubing mascara - is there a trick to wipe it off? I had some and theoretically it should have come off with warm water, but it kept sitting on my lashes for ages and I had to pick the bits off.

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LoraPiano · 04/07/2025 16:52

Dufff23 · 04/07/2025 16:27

Tubing mascara is better for non smudging - like Ilia

is this the one? https://www.spacenk.com/uk/makeup/eyes/mascara/limitless-lash-mascara-MUK200041015.html

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DesperatelySeekingHelp · 04/07/2025 16:54

I’m really not a fan of Charlotte tilbury makeup but the mascara is really good I find

MadisonAvenue · 04/07/2025 17:06

LoraPiano · 04/07/2025 16:51

Tubing mascara - is there a trick to wipe it off? I had some and theoretically it should have come off with warm water, but it kept sitting on my lashes for ages and I had to pick the bits off.

The Clinique Lash Power just washes off at the end of the day. Bit of warm water on a cotton wool pad and it’s gone.

Dufff23 · 04/07/2025 17:14

It is - comes off really easily with any balm like cleanser / it’s a somewhat natural but better every day nice lash look.

Dufff23 · 04/07/2025 17:15

Ps I like sweed and tilbury too but ilia is my most used! #mascaraaddict

BlueJeanSummer · 04/07/2025 17:19

If you don't want smudging go for a waterproof mascara, i highly recommend Suqqu waterproof. A bit ££ but holds a curl and separates lashes. Another one L'Oréal lash paradise waterproof, less expensive but again I highly rate

FourBlackCats · 04/07/2025 17:41

This one flaked really, really badly on me. I’m going to give it another go in cooler weather.

LoraPiano · 04/07/2025 17:47

BlueJeanSummer · 04/07/2025 17:19

If you don't want smudging go for a waterproof mascara, i highly recommend Suqqu waterproof. A bit ££ but holds a curl and separates lashes. Another one L'Oréal lash paradise waterproof, less expensive but again I highly rate

I think it's my sunscreen to be honest that interferes with it. I used to use Bobbi Brown's "no smudge" one (how ironic)

Will check out Suqqu.

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