I was trawling the Internet and minding my own business when bam! I stumbled upon a tremendous tip that’s guaranteed to blow your brains clean out of your skull.
Ready? Michelle Phan says she uses mascara to line her eyes. But, but, how? You sputter. Easy-peasy. Take it from the makeup maestro herself: “I take my angled eyeliner brush and dip it in mascara and I use it as a gel liner.”
“It actually lasts longer than gel liners because it’s waterproof. I use it a lot at the beach or when I need waterproof makeup.” (Copious doffing of my Philip Treacy hat to the good folks at Fashionista for the cool scoop.)
Okay, I know there’s the obvious and perfectly valid rebuttal – waterproof gel liners are a dime a dozen on the beauty market – but hey, most of these gel liners come in tedious twist-cap tubs that are cumbersome to carry around, and ain’t nobody has time for that.
So do as Michelle Phan does and make your mascara work doubly hard for its money. Simply slip in a slim liner brush into your makeup pouch, then try not to smirk as the jaws of your girlfriends drop as you casually dip it into your mascara tube. You’re welcome!