Me too, but I actually blink into the wand rather than run it through my lashes. I find I am less likely to accidentally mascara my eyebrow that way.

For me, applying a coat of lash primer before mascara is essential! Once I discovered the length and volume I could achieve with a primer vs. numerous, clumpy coats of mascara, I never looked back. And I’m in the “wiggle” camp for application of both.

Does anyone else look bad with too much? I only apply it to the wings of my lashes. If I do the bottom I look like a creepy doll and for some reason my lashes look better straight than curled, can't be the only one or am I doing something wrong.

I wiggle, wiggle then blink, blink then comb thru. My lashes are thin and short. The blink blink helps build up product on the tips for me and helps them become fabulous. I do two to three coats depending on how pressed for time I am. I use Lancome Monsieur Big, it's my HG.

I always get compliments on my eyelashes, here is my mascara routine:

1. Curl your lashes
2. Move wand from root to tip while twirling hand in a curling motion (a MAC associate gave me this tip)
3. Focus on the tips and apply the mascara from behind the lash tips (this makes my eyelashes look so long!)
4. Carefully use a safety pin or something similar to separate any clumps

I wish I could show you all, hope I described it well enough!

Yes, me too...apply, wiggle, apply, wiggle...done. Having very short, straight, light colored lashes is problematic!

It pulls your skin away from your lashes and pushes them out a bit - I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this lol.

Same! My bottom lashes curl strongly so the mascara gets on my skin when I blink. I can feel them and it feels like shit.

Oh I do this all the time it's infuriating! Here's what I have found helps:

• The smaller the brush the less transfer there is.

• Apply your mascara while looking down into a mirror.

• Roll the wand forward as you apply (so wiggle into place at the base of the lashes, then as you pull it through the length turn your hand away from your face).

• Count to 60 and DO NOT LOOK UP! Keep those eyeballs pointed downwards the full minute.

• Before you look up, tap your lashes to see if they are dry. If not, count another 60.

• If you do look up and you find mascara where it shouldn't be, don't panic. Finish the rest of your face if you have that to do or browse Reddit for five minutes. Then take an eyebrow spoolie and lightly rub it across the misplaced mascara. That will lift the blobs off your skin without disrupting your eyeshadow. Don't do this straight away, the marks need to be properly dry otherwise the spoolie will just smudge them everywhere and make things worse.

When you find out, let me know. 41f and still no idea. I apply it first, wipe of off from all the wrong places, and then do eyeshadow/concealer. Haha don’t know how others manage!

Don’t look up. Look straight ahead and sort of firmly blink your eyelashes onto the wand. Wiggle the wand side to side a bit then drag up through the lashes.

Use a mascara with a thinner wand. Not on of those mascaras with fat bristles like the better than sex wands. You need a tool that allows you to be more detailed and careful when applying.

Get a compact mirror and hold it at chest height(ish). Stare those pretty eyes downward into said mirror and coat lashes with mascara wand.

Voilaaaa.

First curl. Then make small wiggle motions with the wand side to side thru the lashes while rolling it away from you at the same time. I learned from Robert Welsh.

Mirror on the counter or table looking down which opens up your eye and then quick even strokes outer corner to inner corner, one eye at a time until I have enough coats for thickness and length. Less coats for work, more for a nighttime event. I've tried mascara at all price points and found L'oreal voluminous works the best.

I put my mascara in my bra to warm it up while i do my other make up, to make it go on smoother.

Curl my lashes. Apply mascara by zig zaging from the root upwards a few times. Then use a q tip to clean up where i smudged it above my eye. :)

I comb them with a clean mascara wand, use my mascara and then immediately comb them again bc im all about that separation.

Are your lower lashes long? Mine are long and if I just put mascara on the roots of my lashes it helps/stops the problem as well.

I stopped putting anything on my bottom lashes for this exact reason. Generally speaking it's much better, rarely happens anymore.

It just says that, avocado seed oil or mascara.

What skin type are you? When my skin was oily I could only wear mascaras that form tubes, like the Clinique lashpower.

Waterproof mascara is a bitch to remove but it stays on pretty good. Also be mindful of rubbing your eyes during the day. Sometimes we’re so unaware of how often we do that.

Loved the tutorial. Though I don't do a lot of makeup, but want to try to wear eye make-ups specially. It is a nice article to read. Well, what you think about the gym makeup or gym skincare?

Most times it's not the mascara-- if you're using any type of eye cream around your eyes, the emollient nature is breaking down the mascara formula. Either skip eye cream that high on brow bone or use a primer right before applying mascara

Even though you don’t wear eyeshadow, it sounds like you might have oily eyelids. Try a matte eyeshadow primer to keep the oils at bay. When the skin produces oil, it’ll make contact with the mascara and melt it down. This is what’s causing those black dots likely.

Try a light pat of powder on your brow bone too. Make sure your setting spray is dry before you put on your mascara. If your lashes are still damp when you apply the mascara it will smudge.

Elf Lash n Roll is the only mascara that doesn't do this to me. I'd also recommend using an eye primer as well as powdering the eyelid/brow bone.

I have oily lids and no matter how much powder/primer/waterproof formulas etc I used, I would get the upper lid mascara transfer UNTIL! I switched to tubing mascara. People have strong opinions about the best tubing mascara but I've had luck with the Tarte version. Most people will recommend Thrive but I prefer to be able to shop in person and Tarte is available at Sephora/Ulta.

I like to slide a piece of paper under my lashes. Still gets through sometimes bc I have clumsy hands but works well enough!

Let it get on your skin, after it dries on ur skin use a spoolie to brush it off

i like using a lash comb while its still wet to evenly distribute them out. are you able to use an old card as a barrier to help during application?

Ignore all the other advice. Buy a tubing mascara. My favorite is the one by ELF. $7. It doesn’t smudge AT ALL. But even better, when you’re done with it, it comes off with just warm water. Holds a curl better than most mascaras, and again, no smudging (and I bartend long shifts while sweating buckets)

What! You know how to do makeup? I'm 59 and still figuring out dry skin, chin hair, powder or not, sunscreen, eyebrows etc.

Ok, here's my no smudge. Chanel waterproof mascara but pick your own waterproof. After concealer and foundation, I swipe a tapered flat brush around and under eyes. Then a tiny bit of highlighter under and then UD All-nighter setting spray. Works great.

Are you using setting powder over the concealer for your eyes?

Maybelline has worked very well for me, the waterproof version.

Wait for the mascara to dry and then add a setting spray (with your eyes closed). Move your eyelids while keeping them closed to woo distribute the product and then wait for it to dry. It should help.

Go in with a heavier hand, really try to get it right in at the roots and comb through to the end of the lashes. Maybe try experimenting with it and if you don’t like the way it looks, just wash it off

Doesn’t look like you have any mascara on

I can’t even tell if you’re wearing it and have no idea what you were doing to apply it

Oh well maybe more coats but you aren’t doing anything “wrong”

More coats - I had this problem too. What mascara are you using/what are you doing?