A lengthening mascara with fibres: how fibres add length, what washable means, and why the brush matters

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Maybelline Sky High Washable Mascara

Amazon's beauty best sellers are full of prestige mascaras, and this drugstore one sits among them. It does a different job from the tubing mascara near the top of the same list: it is built for length, using fibres.

How fibres add length

Some lengthening mascaras contain very fine fibres suspended in the formula. As you brush through, the fibres catch on the lashes and extend slightly past the tips, so lashes look longer than they are. According to the listing, this one is infused with bamboo extract and fibres for long, full, lightweight lashes that do not flake or smudge.

Washable, not waterproof

"Washable" means this is not a waterproof mascara: it comes off with your regular cleanser or makeup remover rather than needing an oil-based remover. That makes it easier on the lashes at night. The trade-off is that a washable mascara can soften with tears, sweat or rain more readily than a waterproof one.

The bendy brush

The listing describes a flexible brush designed to bend, to coat and extend every lash from root to tip. A brush that flexes reaches the short inner and outer lashes more easily. Start at the roots, wiggle, and sweep up; turn the brush vertically to catch the small lashes at the corners.

Sensitive eyes and contact lenses

The listing says it is ophthalmologist and allergy tested and suitable for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers. With any fibre mascara, if you notice anything getting into your eyes during the day, switch to a fibre-free formula.

Tips

Wipe excess off the brush on the edge of the tube rather than pumping it in and out, which pushes air in and dries the formula. Two thin coats beat one thick one. Replace any mascara about three months after opening.

What it will not do

It will not hold up like a waterproof or tubing mascara in heat, rain or tears. It will not suit anyone sensitive to fibres. And it will not give heavy, dramatic volume — it is a lengthening formula first.

The product

A washable, fibre-lengthening mascara with a flexible brush, from the drugstore, holding its own among prestige mascaras on Amazon's best-seller list. Sold by Amazon when we checked.

The one people are searching for is the Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Washable Mascara.

Maybelline Sky High Washable Mascara

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Written by JamieG in Garner Town, Tennessee.