Up Your Batting Average
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Who doesn't want amazingly long, luxuriously thick, carefully defined lashes—without clumping or smudging? Four terrific new mascaras (all with revolutionary brush designs and formulas), a couple of improved curlers, a perfect eye makeup remover, and some great fakes make it easier than ever to get them.
If your goal is superdefined lashes, try a mascara with a comb instead of a brush. The wand in Eyes by Design Lengthening Mascara ($20) has narrowly spaced tines that coat and separate each lash.
If your goal is superdefined lashes, try a mascara with a comb instead of a brush. The wand in Eyes by Design Lengthening Mascara ($20) has narrowly spaced tines that coat and separate each lash.
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Fresh Firebird Mascara ($26) has a big, full brush that gives you feathery, fanned-out lashes, while the ultrablack formula conditions and strengthens them with vitamin B5, red algae extract, and sea buckthorn berry oil.
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The small, round, plastic bristle wand in Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes ($27) allows you to maneuver it in any direction. Hold the wand vertically to reach the lashes in the inner corner of your eye without hitting the bridge of your nose.
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The Dior Diorshow Iconic Mascara ($31) formula contains polymers that lengthen lashes, microscopic silica balls that add thickness, and silk nectar to soften and repair. And the spiral-shaped plastic bristles help define and curl.
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Tools and Accessories
The open-ended design of Tweezerman Super Lash Curler ($7) is wide enough to curl all your lashes at once and won't accidentally pinch your skin. For a long-lasting result, aim heat from your blow-dryer on the silicone pad for two to three seconds before you squeeze.
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Pull the battery-operated Revlon Gentle Heat Lash Curler ($10) slowly through lashes just as you would a mascara brush. The warm wire-and-brass wand sets your curled lashes without crimping them.
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Sephora Face Eye Makeup Remover ($5) has the perfect ratio of oil to water; it's strong enough to remove the most stubborn waterproof makeup but never leaves a greasy residue.
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No time for false lashes? Immediately after you apply a coat of mascara, brush both sides of your lashes with Ready to Wear Lash Extension ($23), which has tiny fibers that stick to your wet lashes, thickening and lengthening them.
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Wispy, natural-length false eyelashes—like MAC 31 Lash and 32 Lash ($11 each)—make eyes appear wider and lashes thicker without looking fake.
From the September 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine