It’s no secret that over the last few years, eyelash serums have become one of the must-have items to carry in your beauty bag. They help strengthen and care for your natural lashes, encouraging them to grow longer, thicker and healthier.
However, most lash treatments leave an oily residue that you can’t apply mascara over the top of, making them only suitable to be applied on bare lashes before bed. That’s why we’re a little bit obsessed with PerriconeMD’s No Makeup Mascara, £30 here , which combines both a lash lengthening serum and a volumising mascara in one – perfect for keeping up with your treatments without sacrificing your makeup look.
The combined product is also perfect for those of us who are more than a little forgetful when it comes to regular treatments. If you're guilty of keeping up with a lash serum for a few days before forgetting all about it, this is the perfect way to ensure it's still part of your daily routine.
The No Makeup Mascara gives your eyelashes the perfect combination of length, hydration and volume, enhancing your eyes and caring for the delicate lash hairs at the same time. It contains plenty of nourishing and conditioning ingredients like vitamin E to maintain and improve your lashes’ health, whilst also acting as an amazing mascara.
The gel-like formula helps lift, define and separate every individual lash, and gives them a thicker, longer look that’ll rival your usual go-to mascara. It also has an innovative dual-faced brush that coats each lash from root to tip with a fine-tooth comb that makes sure you get a super precise application.
It recommends using the wide flexible short bristles to get to your lashes’ roots to help create thickness and volume, before rotating the brush to sweep the finer, firmer comb teeth through the ends to create a lifted, separated effect. The formula also contains light specks of gold which create a natural glow that enhances all eye colours.
Shoppers have been raving about its results, with one person saying: “A repeat purchase while on offer: the brush design makes it easy to apply giving each lash definition and an even coating (no clumping). Easy to remove to but doesn’t smudge during day long wear. My favourite mascara.”
Another wrote: “Great Mascara This is my second purchase. Conditions the lashes, no flaking, I have sensitive eyes and haven’t had any irritation.”
Another of our favourite not-quite-mascaras is the REFY Lash Sculpt, £20 here , which doesn’t just coat lashes in the product like normal mascara, but instead acts as a lash definer. It covers each individual lash with a slick of product and sets them in place in a lifted appearance that lasts up to 12 hours with no smudging or flaking.