I have really, ridiculously short eye lashes. As a kid, I struggled to hold in my jealousy each time my baby brother half-cried, complaining that another of his super-long lashes had bent and was poking his eye - I never had that problem! From short lashes to cup-size, genetic-unfairness is obstinate. Thankfully in the glamorous, lovely, forgiving world of beauty & cosmetics, there is the make-up equivalent of the push-up bra that gives short lashes exactly the oomph it needs, leaving them fluttery and full.
Use one coat of the fibrous pre-mascara lengthening formula before any mascara and va-va-voom, the lashes double, if not triple, in length and each lash becomes thicker without looking clumpy. The best part? A lot of these formulas come with a lash-strenghtening ingredient that keeps precious lashes coated and protected from fast-drying, brittle mascara formulas.
There are a few mascaras that already come with fibres mixed in (usually the "lengthening" mascaras) and an increasing number of sticks that come with two wands - one lash primer and one mascara. The mascaras with fibres mixed in are better than nothing but the fibre content is much lower than a primer formula so in the end, it's worth making the extra space in the makeup pouch for that extra mascara-prepper.
With the 2-in-1 primer + mascara products, the mascara part is usually a more liquidy formula that's made to glide the fibres outwards on each strand leaving lashes definitely much longer but not necessarily with more volume. However, some DO lashes justice in volume as well as length - I can't get enough of Bourjois Maxi Frange Maximum Length & Volume Mascara.
To get the maximum Bridget Bardot kitten effect, use a lash primer as Paula Dorf Perfect Lash, and before it dries, coat the lashes with a lengthening & volumnizing mascara that's creamy yet smooth as Benefit BADgal Lash Mascara starting at the base, wiggling the wand in a zigzag movement all the way out to the tip. That way, you'll catch every fibre particle, bringing it to the lash tips while coating each lash fully from several angles.
Try it once and you'll never go back to going commando ever again!
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