This may not be new to makeup aficionados, but it’s some a trick I stumbled upon last month when I was in Sydney for the Beauty Bloggers Utopia. Norlin and I shared a hotel room, and given the lack of mirrors and good lighting, I did all of my makeup by the window using my handheld mirror. By the way, it’s a good item to bring with you when travelling, especially a medium-sized foldable mirror. You never know if your hotel room has crappy mirrors and lighting. Daiso sells them very cheaply.

Anyway, back to the trick. I was sitting by the window, holding my mirror while I was applying my mascara. When I was done, I looked at the mirror and gasped. Man, my eyelashes were long! I’ve never experienced that, not with the same mascara I was using before.

Here’s the trick:

1. Curl your eyelashes with your favourite eyelash curler.

2. Instead of looking straight at the mirror, hold a hand mirror below your face and look down.

3. When you’re looking down at the mirror, slightly lift your eyebrows.

4. Hold the mascara wand as close to the roots of the lashes as possible and apply in a zig-zag motion upwards.

I find that by looking down at the mirror, it allows you to hit as close to the roots as possible, lifting the lashes and coating as much surface area with mascara as possible. Looking straight in front of the mirror only allows you to go as much as where the lashes are curled.

Again, this isn’t probably a new trick for most ladies, but boy was I excited when I found out how I could make my lashes go further. Ahh … the little things that make us happy, eh? 😛