How To Pull Off Coloured Mascaras And The Best Ones To Use

Coloured mascaras are making a comeback in a way they’ve never been seen before. With the popularity of avant-garde beauty growing, everyone from makeup artists to beauty fans is experimenting with the trend in a variety of ways, resulting in a wealth of intriguing beauty looks for us to admire. But can just anybody rock the look? Today, Beauty Insider is breaking down how to pull off coloured mascaras and the best ones to try out for beginners and veteran pros!

How To Pull Off Coloured Mascaras

Layer a coloured mascara over your favourite black mascara to lend a playful tint to your lashes if you want to ease into the technicolour trend. When you’re ready to attempt coloured mascara, try emphasising your eye makeup with a sweep of vibrant purple or blue mascara on the top and bottom lashes. Alternatively, use the bold colour of your choice to only cover your top or bottom lids.

Make them look even more monochromatic by matching your eyeshadow, lipstick, or eyeliner to your rainbow mascara. We also enjoy using a liner that is a complementary hue to our mascara. You don’t have to put in a lot of effort since it’s not intended to be flawless. So go ahead and layer your coloured mascara as you like, and don’t worry if it clumps or smudges a little.

Which Colours Work For Me?

The beauty of makeup is that it gives us the opportunity to play with and try whatever look we like. We’re huge fans of breaking the rules and wearing whatever we want, but when it comes to selecting the coloured mascaras that would best compliment our eye colour, there is a method to our madness.

Cool tones, such as blue, green, or violet, contrast with brown eyes to create a natural brightening effect. They’ll bring out the depth of hazel eyes, and they’ll also make blue or green eyes look more lively and deeper.

If you’re looking for a warm-toned tinted mascara, this is the one for you. Burgundy and plum offer depth to brown eyes, contrast with hazel eyes to make them transform into green, and lend a subtle vibrance to green or blue eyes. The contrast in different ways with different eyes and skin tones, but they all give a surprising blast of colour for contrast.

Helpful Tips For Coloured Mascaras

You can never go wrong with blue

Coloured mascara isn’t something to be terrified of! It’s important to remember that it washes straight off! Blue mascara is the most common non-neutral tint, with subtle navy colours, brilliant cobalt hues, and more available from a variety of companies. It usually looks amazing on everyone, so if you’re unsure, go blue!

A little priming help

If you’re having trouble getting the colour to show up against your lashes, use a white lash primer first, let it dry, and then apply the coloured mascara. We don’t advocate layering colourful mascara over black or brown mascara since it never looks quite right.

The Best Coloured Mascara To Try

1. Chanel Le Volume De Chanel Mascara

When it comes to this legendary brand, we can’t help but raise the glitter factor. The four colours of Chanel Le Volume De Chanel Mascara are Noir, Ecorces, Blue Night, and Character. We’re completely on board with the wide-open-eyes design since it not only creates volume from the first stroke but also stands out with its vibrant colour.

Price: RM142.00

Where to buy: Chanel

2. Colourpop BFF Mascara

The BFF Mascara lived true to its name, lengthening, lifting, and volumizing my lashes. This mascara isn’t simply a hit in our eyes because of the large choice of vivid hues. It’s the colours’ great impact and the wand’s ease of usage.

The initial stroke boosted the volume of straight, feathery lashes that tip downward while also precisely separating them. The length of subsequent swipes grew longer without ever clumping together. Straight-up lash extensions were the end outcome.

Price: RM41.65

Where to buy: Colourpop

3. L’oreal Voluminous Original Washable Bold Eye

L’oreal’s Voluminous Original Washable Bold Eye Mascara adds a whole new level of slaying to the floor. There’s a lot to try with your style, from deep forest green to deep burgundy and back to cobalt blue. This mascara’s special composition prevents clumping, leaving lashes silky while being thickened up to 5 times their natural thickness. Meanwhile, the pantheon and ceramide-R preserve the lashes’ condition, so don’t worry about harming those delicate lashes.

Price: RM45.00

Where to buy: L’oreal Paris

4. Maybelline Great Lash Royal Blue Washable Mascara

We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try out this popular American cosmetic brand’s first blue mascara, which has been in high demand since its introduction. This flash of colour brings out the wild fashionista in you, whether you’re getting ready for a daily appearance or need to glam up for a starry night. This tried-and-true Royal Blue Mascara can’t go wrong, and its lash-doubling formula glides on effortlessly to create great-looking lashes.

Price: RM35.00

Where to buy: Maybelline

5. Christian Dior Diorshow Mascara

The Dior Diorshow is a cult favourite of ours. Mascara is all about making us feel like divas! The buildable volume for full, thick lashes with a lash-extension effect twists our lashes to perfection. The legendary mascara is filled with microfibres and silk proteins, as well as rose essence, which helps to maintain the health of your lashes.

Price: RM150.00

Where to buy: Dior