Editor’s tip: If you want a more voluminous look, we recommend cocktailing this mascara by applying a volumizing pick of your choice first.
Key ingredients: conic polymer tubing technology (acrylates copolymer), synthetic beeswax, jojoba esters, hydrogenated olive oil | Shades: 1
Best Multitasking Mascara: Milk Makeup Kush High Roll Tubing Mascara
Why it’s worth it: We get it: Sometimes you want a mascara that does it all. Reach for Milk Makeup’s Kush High Roll Tubing Mascara, a tubing mascara that defines, lengthens, and volumizes in one swipe. The smudge- and flake-proof formula also has conditioning benefits courtesy of hemp seed, castor, and sunflower seed oils to leave lashes looking and feeling fuller and thicker than before.
Editor’s tip: Keep the good times rolling with the brand’s original Kush mascara, a conditioning volumizer perfect for a day when you want more drama.
Key ingredients: acrylates copolymer, hemp seed oil, castor oil, sunflower seed oil, carnauba wax, jojoba wax | Shades: 1
Most Natural-Looking Finish: Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara
Why it’s worth it: If the “extensions” part of the Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara makes you think this is over-the-top, good news: we can guarantee that it has more of a wispy, natural-looking finish, kind of like a very subtle falsies set. Its tapered brush evenly coats your lashes with this ultra-light formulation, which stays put without flaking or smudging all day long.
Editor’s tip: Though it’s subtle, it’s buildable—so you can layer this formula to create a more voluminous effect. Just make sure to give each layer a minute to dry down and set in places.
Key ingredients: acrylates, ethylhexyl acrylate copolymer, glycerin, dimethicone | Shades: 1
Best Conditioning: Merit Clean Lash Lengthening Tubing Mascara
Why it’s worth it: Merit‘s Best of Beauty-winning Clean Lash is packed with nourishing vitamins E from rice bran that adds structure, and B5 to seriously enrich lashes without causing gooey smudges or clumps. Users like the balm-like consistency, which ends up feeling satisfyingly feathery.
Editor’s tip: It has an especially buildable formula so you can layer it on for extra thickness.
Key ingredients: rice bran wax, olive oil esters, fatty acids | Shades: 1
Best Tubing Mascara for Bottom Lashes: MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash
Why it’s worth it: Makeup artist Lavonne points to MAC’s Extended Play Gigablack Lash as an industry standard. “I specifically use it on bottom lashes for its tubing effect,” she says. “It never runs, and it paints on each lash strand with precision.” It also resists water and sweat for up to 16 hours of wear time, and the deep carbon color is an excellent choice for people who want drama, drama, and more drama.
