The Tuesday Tip: Stop Being Flaky!

Do you suffer with mascara flakiness? Often ending the day with more mascara around your eyes than on your lashes? If so, your mascara has most likely expired and you need to throw it out!

Once a mascara expires, it loses it staying power and becomes difficult to apply. However that isn't the worst of it - expired mascara also puts the eyes at risk of infection....

Review: YSL Vinyl Couture Mascara

I was a huge fan of the YSL Vinyl Couture Mascara when it hit stores last year, so when the brand relaunched this beauty hero, I had to review it.

Review: NARS Audacious Mascara

The Promise: "NARS’ lash-catching brush evenly grips and coats lashes from roots to tips. Simultaneously separates, lengthens, and amplifies. Its tapered tip finishes off the inner and outer reaches of your imagination, while enhancing lower lashes"

The Price: £21.00 / $26.00

The Stockist: SpaceNK / Sephora

The Shades: Black

The Application: This mascara packs many great qualities, one being the easy and clean application it provides. When the wand is pulled out from its tube, it is coated with the perfect amount of mascara, keeping your eyelashes (and mascara tube) clump - and mess - free! The wand, designed with over 200 molded bristles and lengthening hooks, coats every single lash with just one stoke, separating and lengthening the lashes as it goes.

The Tuesday Tip: Prevent Mascara From Clumping

Everyone loves mascaras that transform your lashes from thin and flat to thick and fabulous! However no one loves the clumping that can often come with using volumising and thickening mascaras.

A quick tip to prevent mascara from clumping is to rotate your mascara wand over a clean tissue before applying it to the lashes. However, it is important to only do one full rotation, any more could remove too much product from the wand!

One of my favourite thickening mascaras is the Rodial Glamolash Mascara XXL (£24.00 rodial.co.uk / $28.00 amazon.com). This holy grail mascara lifts and thickens my lashes in just a few quick strokes and, most importantly, never leaves them clumpy!