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Best Mascara for 2025

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Mascara is used to lengthen, thicken, darken, and intensify your natural eyelashes, drawing more attention to your eyes. Part of the vital make up must have
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Mascara's Dos and Don'ts

Advice about mascaras

 
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Don’t “pump” the mascara wand when you use it because that forces air into the tube, which prematurely dries the product making it, as you say, clumpy.
Don’t pump the mascara
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Here are some signs you need to replace your mascara: If it becomes clumpy, if it appears flaky and dry, if you notice a change in its color, if you notice it has a funky or rancid smell, if you recently had an eye infection (continuing to use it can...
7 Common Mascara Dos and Don't s
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How much do you really know about this makeup staple?
9 Things You Didn't Know About Mascara
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Most women find the process of taking off mascara incredibly annoying. No matter how much you rub or wipe, the black stuff just keeps coming off.
How to Remove Stubborn Mascara
 
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An inky, ultra-pigmented black mascara that is clean, cruelty-free, and conditioning. Separates, lifts, and volumizes lashes in one fell swoop. Use a little to keep it natural. Layer to go bold. A curved wand captures inner corner baby lashes and len...
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Too Faced Better Than Sex Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara

A conditioning mascara with a formula that thickens, lengthens, and locks in curl for dramatic lashes with extreme volume.

 
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This mascara has an hourglass-shaped brush that separates, coats, and locks in curl to voluptuous perfection. The mind-blowing formula creates lashes that are full, defined, and stretched to unbelievable lengths for an oversized, multidimensional loo...
Better Than Sex Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara
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CHANEL LE VOLUME DE CHANEL Mascara

Its 3D-printed brush is uniquely designed with a rounded shape, micro-bristles and a hollow core to wrap and stretch lashes in a single stroke.

 
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This innovative high-precision mascara achieves instant volume and intense colour in a single stroke for longer, thicker-looking lashes.
LE VOLUME DE CHANEL Mascara - CHANEL
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Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara

See for yourself how lashes transform with Lash Sensational Sky High mascara. With an exclusive brush and formula made to deliver limitless length + volume, the result is Sky High lash impact from every angle.

 
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Lengthening and volumizing mascara for Sky High lash impact from every angle. Long lasting mascara delivers limitless length and full volume.
Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara - Maybelline
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L'ORÉAL PARIS LASH PARADISE MASCARA

For that voluptuous volume and length, for feathery soft lashes.

 
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Full lash fringe that’s feathery soft, with no flaking, no smudging, and no clumping; Just voluptuous volume and intense length. 20x more volume and up to 2x more length.
Black Voluminous Lash Paradise Waterproof Mascara - L'Oréal

Westman Atelier Eye Want You Mascara

An endlessly buildable mascara that lengthens, defines, and volumizes for a natural-to-bold lash, with a clean, pigment-rich, and flake-free formula.

 
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Ultraclean, safe ingredients for the delicate eye area. A plant-based wax blend delivers nourishing length and volume without clumping, flaking, or transferring. Go natural to bold—in just a few swipes—with an hourglass-shaped brush crafted from plan...
Westman Atelier Eye Want You Mascara

Lancôme Lash Idôle Lash-Lifting & Volumizing Mascara

A lash-lifting mascara that targets and volumizes every single lash for instant lash lift, length, and fully fanned out volume with no clumps.

 
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Lancôme's curved mascara wand pushes up & fans out lashes for an open eye effect lasting up to 24H, while the 360 micro-bristles grab every lash from root to tip (no matter the length) for longer eyelashes without the clumps.
Lash Idôle Lash-Lifting & Volumizing Mascara - Lancôme
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NARS Climax Volumizing Mascara

An innovative mascara that delivers buildable volume and intense black color in a lightweight, flexible formula that won’t clump or smudge.

 
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Lash Moisture Complex creates a whipped, creamy formula to lift and build so lashes feel soft—never heavy or stiff. The exclusive, full-bodied brush’s ribbed bristles capture and coat each lash for an intense effect. Blackened pigments wrap lashes fr...
Climax Volumizing Mascara
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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara

A mascara that gives lashes instant and long-lasting volume, length, and lift with an exclusive "Load, Comb, and Lift" technology brush.

 
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This mascara includes an innovative brush that is designed with a flat side for loading and coating the lashes and a bristle side for combing the mascara, gripping each individual lash from root to tip. The diamond-shaped bristles also follow the geo...
Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara
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BEAUTY PIE WRAP STAR TUBING MASCARA

A formula where polymers create little tubes by sealing themselves around each individual lash

 
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Wraps every lash in glossy, smudge-proof colour for ‘locked and loaded’ lashes. Your new favourite mascara. The Absolutube™ technology coats every lash in a smooth, glossy polymer tube for dramatic length and lasting curl. Stays smudge and flake free...
Wrap Star™ Tubing Mascara| BEAUTY PIE US

MILK MAKEUP KUSH High Volumizing Mascara

An award-winning, mega volumizing mascara for super-thick, ultra dramatic falsie-level lashes.

 
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This buildable vegan mascara lets you turn up the volume for dramatically longer, fuller-looking lashes. Its conditioning formula has lash-caring ingredients, so lashes feel soft and look healthier. The fluffy brush's unique crisscross bristles catch...
KUSH High Volumizing Mascara - MILK MAKEUP
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Dior Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara

This mascara nourishes lashes while delivering volume and an eye-opening curl.

 
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The Dior Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara nourishes lashes while delivering 24 hours of spectacular volume and eye-opening curl for a standout eye makeup look
Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara
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Yves Saint Laurent Lash Clash Extreme Volume Mascara

A couture mascara with an oversized brush and fragrance-free paraben-free formula for intense color and extreme volume with up to all-day wear.

 
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This volumizing mascara adds pigmented color, 200% more volume with up to 24-hour smudge-proof wear. The massive brush and formula coat each lash to deliver varying levels of volume from one to five strokes.
Lash Clash Extreme Volume Mascara

Maybelline Volum' Express Colossal Curl Bounce Mascara

This washable mascara delivers lasting bouncy lashes and defies clumps, smudges, and flakes. Its memory curl formula gives 24HR wear.

 
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Turn up the volume with bouncy curl and up to 24 hours of wear with this smudge resistant, flake resistant mascara that delivers a big curl that stays up all day while defying clumps without the need for eyelash curlers.
Volum' Express Colossal Curl Bounce Mascara - Maybelline
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ILIA Limitless Lash Lengthening Clean Mascara

An award-winning clean mascara that goes above and beyond the expectations of any natural mascara. Buildable and flake-resistant, Limitless Lash Mascara lengthens, lifts, and separates with just the right amount of volume.

 
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This cult-favorite mascara takes lashes beyond their limits—naturally. The dual-sided wand catches every lash for eye-opening length and definition. Long-lasting formula resists clumping, flaking, and smudging. New lighter, mono-material tube reduces...
Limitless Lash Lengthening Clean Mascara

HOURGLASS Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara

HOURGLASS Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara is a high-impact, 100% vegan mascara that delivers the look of lash extensions in an instant.

 
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The look of lash extensions in an instant. This mascara is the ultimate formula for when more is more: more definition, more lift and more length to transform lashes with impossibly real results. Using film-forming technology, it coats each lash in l...
Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara - HOURGLASS
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tarte tartelette™ tubing mascara

An up to 24 hour flake-free, smudgeproof, long-wearing tubing mascara that is clinically shown to visibly volumize, lengthen, and curl.

 
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This is an exclusive micro-tubing mascara that wraps each lash with tiny, flake-free tubes for extreme visible volume, length, and curl that won't flake or smudge. The vegan formula is infused with lash-conditioning shea butter, castor oil, and carna...
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Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara

Created for every lash type, this all-in-one mascara pairs a weightless, easy-to-build formula with a universal eye-hugging brush to lift, lengthen, curl, and volumize every lash from every angle.

 
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The unique curvy brush features a combination of long bristles to create length and short bristles to add volume. Together, the two bristle lengths hold the perfect amount of formula to give buildable, weightless volume no matter your lash type.
Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara

Tower 28 Beauty MakeWaves Lengthening + Volumizing Mascara

Aquaflex® Technology: Conventionally used in haircare styling, this ingredient actively works to define curl using memory hold (it memorizes the wave of your lash) while leaving lashes touchably soft. Technology helps keep lashes humidity-proof, visi...

 
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The breakthrough, triple-wave wand has three flexible, suspended bands that visibly lengthen and define every single lash and build boldness. The clean, non-toxic formula is lightweight and endlessly buildable without getting crunchy or clumpy and is...
MakeWaves Lengthening + Volumizing Mascara - Tower 28 Beauty
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Gucci L'Obscur Lengthening Mascara

An Allure Best of Beauty winner.  A buildable mascara created with the ultimate formulation for a customized look—from classic to bold.

 
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The flexible elastomer brush ensures ultimate comfort and ease of application while the thin brush tip is designed to catch the smallest lashes at the top and bottom corners of the eyes. This mascara delivers a long-wearing finish of up to 12 hours.
L'Obscur Lengthening Mascara
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MAC MACStack Waterproof Mascara

An award-winning mascara that's waterproof and smudgeproof for 24 hours

 
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The contiuously buildable, clump-resistant mascara will give you customizable gravity-defying volume, along with instant lash lift and length in a pool-proof and tear-proof formula. The brand's Drench-Defense technology helps wrap the waterproof masc...
MACStack Waterproof Mascara - MAC
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Surratt Noir Lash Tint

Precisely defined, denser-looking lashes that last all day—with just one sweep.

 
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The Japanese-made metal “brush” mascara allows you to coat every single lash—even the shortest, hardest to reach hairs—all the way down to the roots. The smooth, intense-black formula, exclusive to Surratt, creates the effect of elongated, fuller las...
Noir Lash Tint
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Honest Beauty 2-in-1 Extreme Length Mascara + Lash Primer

Infused with Jojoba Esters, Honest Beauty's award-winning, bestselling Extreme Length Mascara + Lash Primer is a cult classic for a reason: smooth black mascara delivers extreme length and sky high lift.

 
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This award-winning, bestselling double-ended primer + mascara is a cult classic for a reason. Infused with Jojoba Esters, our smooth black mascara delivers extreme length and sky high lift. The secret to the magic – the primer. It creates an even bas...
2-in-1 Extreme Length Mascara + Lash Primer - Honest Beauty | Ulta Beauty
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MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara

A smudge-proof, high-definition carbon-black tubing mascara that’s washable with warm water and lasts up to 16 hours​

 
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The breakthrough lightweight, smudge-proof tubing mascara formula creates immaculately defined lashes with a petite brush. This long-wearing mascara lasts up to 16 hours, yet the washable formula removes easily with warm water thanks to an innovative...
Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara - MAC
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Victoria Beckham Vast Lash

“The look is not polite, it’s major! It’s dramatic, it’s directional. When I was testing Vast Lash, people quite often thought I was wearing eyelash extensions. It’s that good. It’s really going to elevate your look.” xVB

 
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Designed with a nourishing ingredient profile to create stronger, more dense lashes with each wear — and instant removal technology unlocks and releases without pulling or damaging lashes.
Victoria Beckham Beauty Vast Lash Smudge-Free Volumizing Mascara

IT Cosmetics Lash Blowout Volumizing Mascara

A biotin-infused, volumizing mascara that delivers beautifully separated lashes and major lash lift.

 
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Inspired by the technology used to create Drybar® brushes, this lash-thickening mascara’s wand features microspheres that gently catch all of your lashes for voluminous definition, lift, and volume. The clump-free, flake-free formula’s saturated blac...
Lash Blowout Volumizing Mascara

BOBBI BROWN Smokey Eye Longwear Mascara

Kohl-pigmented Smokey Eye Mascara creates extra-bold, dramatic lashes

 
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A kohl-black volumizing mascara that delivers high drama and pairs perfectly with a smokey eye look. The long-lasting formula resists flaking, smudging, sweat, and humidity.
Smokey Eye Longwear Mascara - BOBBI BROWN
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Benefit Cosmetics They're Real! Lengthening Mascara

A lengthening mascara that curls, volumizes, lifts, and separates lashes for an "out-of-here" look.

 
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This breakthrough bestseller reveals lashes you never knew you had! The specially designed brush features staggered bristles that grab close to the root, boosting length and volume beyond belief. The custom-domed tip uses precision bristles to lift, ...
They're Real! Lengthening Mascara
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Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara

Mascara boosts tiny bottom lashes. Smudge-resistant.

 
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Now bottom lashes get in on the action with a brush engineered for tiny tasks and a formula that resists smears.
Bottom Lash Mascara - Clinique
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Glossier Lash Slick Lift and Lengthening Mascara

 ‘Your lashes look good’ than ‘your mascara looks good’.

 
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The best-selling mascara visibly lengthens and lifts lashes for a baby extensions effect. The weightless, flexible formula will give you natural-looking lift and length with teeny-tiny fibers that coat each individual lash from root to tip for maximu...
Lash Slick Lift and Lengthening Mascara - Glossier

Urban Decay Cosmetics Perversion Volumizing Mascara

An ultra-creamy, lengthening, and volumizing mascara that delivers voluminous definition for the dramatic look of false eyelashes.

 
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This mascara‘s creamy texture delivers lash-thickening, voluminous definition paired with intense black color for a clean, clump-free lash lift. Formulated with marine collagen and honey extract, this mascara nurtures and protects natural eyelashes f...
Perversion Volumizing Mascara - Urban Decay Cosmetics