The best mascaras for longer, fuller and fluttery lashes: 10 favourites worn and rated by our beauty expert

Whether you’re searching for volume, length or waterproof warpaint, we tested 30 mascaras (and applied up to 40 coats) to find the best for your makeup bag• Anti-ageing products that actually work: Sali Hughes on the 30 best serums, creams and treatmentsIf you were allowed to pick only one makeup item to use for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Without a doubt, mine would be mascara. It’s the most transformative beauty staple. Defining your lashes has literally eye-opening results, making them appear bigger and brighter.If the questions I’ve been asked as a beauty editor are anything to go by, even those who consider themselves low-maintenance usually own a mascara: requests for mascara recommendations are by far the most common. It seems no one is immune to how effortlessly eye-framing a few coats can be.Best overall: Giorgio Armani Vertigo Lift mascara£29 at John LewisBest budget mascara: L’Oréal Paradise Big Deal mascara£8.39 at AmazonBest for length: Lancôme Lash Idôle Flutter Extension mascara£28 at John LewisBest for volume: Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara£25.36 at SephoraBest brown mascara: Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara£12.99 at Look Fantastic Continue reading...

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The best mascaras for longer, fuller and fluttery lashes: 10 favourites worn and rated by our beauty expert

Whether you’re searching for volume, length or waterproof warpaint, we tested 30 mascaras (and applied up to 40 coats) to find the best for your makeup bag

Anti-ageing products that actually work: Sali Hughes on the 30 best serums, creams and treatments

If you were allowed to pick only one makeup item to use for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Without a doubt, mine would be mascara. It’s the most transformative beauty staple. Defining your lashes has literally eye-opening results, making them appear bigger and brighter.

If the questions I’ve been asked as a beauty editor are anything to go by, even those who consider themselves low-maintenance usually own a mascara: requests for mascara recommendations are by far the most common. It seems no one is immune to how effortlessly eye-framing a few coats can be.

Best overall:
Giorgio Armani Vertigo Lift mascara
£29 at John Lewis

Best budget mascara:
L’Oréal Paradise Big Deal mascara
£8.39 at Amazon

Best for length:
Lancôme Lash Idôle Flutter Extension mascara
£28 at John Lewis

Best for volume:
Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara
£25.36 at Sephora

Best brown mascara:
Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara
£12.99 at Look Fantastic Continue reading...