- Hello, it's Amanda Ramsey, your over 40's makeup expert,
and I'm back!
This time I'm going to talk to you about tubing mascara.
What the heck is it?
Why would you use it?
What's all the fuss about?
So join me as I walk you through
some of my favourite tubing mascaras
and what I love about them.
So a tubing mascara is exactly what it says.
It creates these little tubes
around the outside of your lash,
makes it completely waterproof, won't smudge.
Bye-bye, panda eyes.
One of the pros is if you are someone that has oily skin,
you're someone that does a lot of exercising.
If you're someone that does tend to end up
with the panda eyes,
then you are gonna really love tubing mascara
'cause it ain't gonna budge.
The cons, unpopular opinion here,
said over 40's makeup expert,
is that they're really hard to build.
And that's a bit of a con for mature eyes
because our lashes are thinning, tend to be thinning,
and so you're looking for a bit of volume and drama
that brings instant definition to your beautiful eyes.
So I like a mascara that builds.
Stick with me as I show you how to use a tubing mascara,
how to remove a tubing mascara,
and my top five picks from Adore Beauty.
Now, before you go down the road of a tubing mascara,
can I suggest you have a look at
one of our previous videos I did
about how to apply mascara correctly.
Tip one, sometimes I think women
just don't let their mascara dry for long enough.
You do need to give it a little bit of time to dry and set.
Tip two is don't use an oily or thick eye cream
before applying your makeup.
Use your eye cream at night-time,
try avoiding your eye cream in the morning
before you put your makeup on,
and see if that really helps with the panda eye situation.
Another thing you can do is try an eye serum
instead of an eye cream.
Let's talk about how to use the tubing mascara.
It's exactly the same
as when you're applying a regular mascara.
The key difference here is how you take it off
because no micellar water, no makeup remover
is designed to really take off tubing mascara.
You just get a wet cotton round or a face washer,
and you slide the little tubes off your eyelashes.
I'll demo in a sec.
Let's go through my top five faves.
Starting with a budget buster, the Maybelline Snapscara.
I'll demo with the Snapscara.
She's fancy at a great budget price.
I really like the wand on this one
because it is, you can see, tapered,
which makes it a lot easier to use
for those of you with a hooding eye or smaller eyes.
So we're going to stick our nose in the air,
lay her really right into the root of the lash,
and wiggle.
Use this little tip to get into those corners
so that you're coating every lash.
She's good, isn't she?
'Cause I've got a few to get through,
I'm not gonna do top and bottom,
but of course you can put this on the bottom as well.
Next, budget busting tubing mascara
available at Adore Beauty that I really like
is the Australian-owned DB Cosmetics Absolute Lash.
I think it's more of a lengthening mascara.
What I like particularly about this one
is the really narrow wand.
Really great for those of you that do have hooding eyes
or have any trouble with mascara,
the smaller the wand, the easier it is for you
to get it right into the root of the lash.
Wiggle your way up to the end of the lash
without making a big old mess.
See, lengthening, definitely lengthening.
This is definitely more of your natural mascara.
So those of you that like just a simple,
everyday, natural mascara look.
Definitely more volumizing, definitely a more lengthening.
Okay, I've just soaked a cotton round in water.
Ideally you would use something
that was a little bit kinder to the environment,
a reusable cotton round.
You're going to lay that over the top of your eyelid
and very gently imagine you are just swooshing
or sweeping the little tubes off.
And they should come off just with water.
Clean up the mess underneath,
and repeat this until you've got all the little tubes off.
It's as simple as that!
If you do end up with a little bit too much product
underneath, panda-eyed on the exit from the mascara,
just grab a little bit of your favourite micellar water
and really gently clean that up under the eye.
And now we are ready to show you
my third pick from Adore Beauty,
the Clinique High Impact Zero Gravity mascara.
Another really nice natural looking option for you
that has this curved wand.
Again, see how it's nice and narrow, narrow's good.
And of course, Clinique are renowned
for making mascara's that are perfect
for those of you with really sensitive eyes.
The Clinique mascara anti-gravity is super light,
like I feel, it feels supernatural.
I think that's probably what I like about this one.
It's just a nice, barely there, natural looking mascara.
Number four, top pick from Adore Beauty,
tubing mascara from Napoleon Perdis.
What I really like about this one is its name,
"Give It A Curl".
There's a pattern here, isn't there?
Super skinny little wand,
also awesome if you wanna use this
on the lower lashline as well.
Ooh, she's lengthening.
Spidery, long lashes,
and dead easy to remove.
Let's have a look at my fifth pick from Adore Beauty
which is the Mirenesse Secret Weapon Super Volume
24-hour mascara.
Love the packaging, how gorgeous is it?
So a slightly thicker wand, ideal for curly lashes
needing a little more fullness.
What I like about this one
is that it's a bit more buildable,
so you can clump the lashes up a little bit
for more fullness.
I hope you've enjoyed that little video
on tubing mascaras,
and you're gonna say bye-bye to panda eyes.
Let us know in the comments below
what you think, if you have any questions.
And until next time, have a beautiful day.