TUTORIAL + PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMY NADINE, GRAPHIC DESIGN BY EUNICE CHUN
All day long I can’t help myself from noticing everyone’s makeup. Occupational hazard I’m sure, but I find I do a quick once over the same way a dentist must look at everyone’s teeth and a tailor must look at everyone’s clothes. I don’t judge, I just notice. And mostly I notice that people are wearing mascara but it’s barely there and not doing what it’s formulated to do. Why" Because a couple strokes of the wand isn’t enough! It’s just not. If you don’t believe me, try it tomorrow morning. Do a couple coats and look in the mirror. Then do 30 quick strokes per eye and look in the mirror. Night and day. What I’m suggesting takes one minute total, 30 seconds per eye. Your lashes will thank you. Let’s walk through it: TOOLS:

All you need is your favorite mascara! Right now my favorites are this volumizing one ($$) and this one ($).

ANALYSIS:

Yes the lashes are more defined than the before shot. But wah-wah. Snoozefest! That’s mostly what I see all day long among my peers. We can do much better, ladies! Keep scrolling:

 
Now that’s what I’m talking about. Just gorgeous, coated daytime lashes. Doesn’t matter if you have short or long lashes, just rock what you got making the most of what you have! I’m not talking about long precise strokes. No one-mississippi, two-mississippi… more like...