Mascara

I will start with one of my personal favorite make-up items. Mascara!
Here are a few tips I have learned...
1. NEVER sleep with your mascara on. There are microscopic bugs that will eat your mascara while you sleep, which first is gross and second if they are eating the mascara that would include some of your actual lashes, this will result in breakage of your lashes which of course none of us want. I recommend: INVEST IN SOME AWESOME EYE MAKE-UP REMOVER
2. DON'T pump! Pumping to coat your mascara brush actually results in you mascara drying out and clumping. Instead you want to twirl the brush in your mascara tube.
3. Pros and Cons of using an eyelash curler. Curling your eyelashes does add that extra step in getting ready so you choose if it is worth it. But it makes your eyes look more awake if you do curl them. The way you want to do this is first curl as close to your eye (without getting your eye lid) and hold for 6 seconds then release and reclamp as close to the end of your lashes (while making sure lashes are still in curler) and hold for 6 seconds. Next apply mascara first by closing your eye and coating down then open your eye and coat up and out (it helps if you slightly wiggle the brush while applying). If you wear mascara on the bottom lashes you want to apply using a verticle movement with the mascara wand instead of the normal horizontal. Just make sure not to get clumps on your lashes, they sometimes stick to the end of the bristles of your wand, just take your time.
4. Not everyone wants to spend the money on colored mascara but it is fun to change things up every once in a while. You can do this with things you already own. You want to use vaseline, and eyeshadow. The way I did it was I put some vaseline on the tip of one of my fingers then used a little eye make-up brush and mixed in the color I desired. Then just applied using that same eye brush to my lashes from bottom to top.