Six of the Best
Diorshow Black Out Spectacular Volume Intense Mascara, £18.50 for 10ml, by Dior

Diorshow Black Out Spectacular Volume Intense Mascara, £18.50 for 10ml, by Dior

Our tester Charlie tells us: 'Wow, this is heavy-duty mascara! It contains kohl for an intense black pigment which makes my lashes look thick and dramatic. The wand is lovely to use – widely spaced bristles on a nice big brush. Excellent staying power too. I give it a resounding 10/10'.

Available from: Dior

Six of the Best Wonder Mascaras

Like a Wonderbra for your lashes, a good mascara lifts, enhances and separates. Little wonder we're so smitten. In the UK alone we spend a whopping £450 million on the stuff each year and it's estimated that every 1.4 seconds a bottle of Maybelline Great Lash is sold. In a highly unscientific poll we asked ten women in the office what their single piece of desert island make-up would be. Eight said mascara (for the completists one said Benetint, one said Touche Eclat). So we put six of the best to the test. Magic wands at the ready now girls…

This feature was published in February 2008.
 

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