I’m partial to a bit of brown mascara for daytime makeup looks; often jet-black can look a little bold and stark, especially if I’m trying to keep things low-key. There’s nothing wrong with bold, of course, and if you want your lashes to properly stand out then black is unbeatable, but if you’re fair in skin or hair-tone or you’re going for au naturel then a brown mascara will give your lashes a bit of volume and definition without making them the main attraction.
(Again, I’m all for “striking” but when did eyelashes become such monstrous affairs" I saw some the other day that covered – at a quick reckoning – about 40% of the person’s face! Sorry to bang on like an old fogey, but some look almost grotesque these days – like those giant millipedes that you see on wildlife documentaries. I love what false lashes can do – instant glamour and, on my semi-droopy lids, a brilliant eye-opening effect – but come on people! Lashes that reach higher than your eyebrows" So heavy that you can only see if you tilt your head back" That’s not makeup, that’s just “gluing objects to your face”. You may as well get out the foil stars and the dried pasta pieces, make a full primary school art piece.) Anyway, brown mascara. Quite a lot of them out there are weak and wishy-washy and completely pointless – if I’m going to take the time to apply mascara then i...