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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mascara" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct term is simply "mascara" without the article "a," as mascara is typically uncountable.
Example: "She applied mascara to her eyelashes before the event."
Alternatives: "some mascara" or "mascara product".
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I use a mascara from Gucci.
Blend with a mascara wand to soften edges for a subtle look.
Fashioning Betty Boop as a mascara spokeswoman presented a fundamental challenge.
Four years ago advertising watchdogs also criticised L'Oréal for a mascara advert in which Penélope Cruz wore false eyelashes.
There's such meticulous attention to things like how a mascara brush works or how black a new eyeliner is".
One of these days, a bus is going to hit a pothole and some woman will poke her eye out with a mascara wand.
You can also use mascara for the same job (Bobbi Brown actually does a rather useful root touch up in a mascara wand).
Fairydrops Mascara, £18.50, thisisbeautymart.com A mascara with a weird, bobbly wand that actually succeeds in curling lashes where no others in my experience do.
Close up she saw that Molina's eyes were beautiful and dark-thick-lashed, the way Lisette's mother tried to make hers, with a mascara brush.
There's not a hint of a mascara smear, only her trademark scarlet lipstick, and it's all very far from being disappointing.
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My overall preference, though, is for a traditional liquid housed in a mascara-type tube, with a dippy-brush.
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