How to Revive Dried Up Mascara
How to revive dried up mascara:
Mascara and I have had a love-hate relationship over the past few years. I struggle to wear contact lenses, and my eyes have become very dry. I stopped wearing mascara for a while to help.
When you let mascara sit, it dries up pretty quickly. So when I gave up on contacts completely, and wanted to use mascara again, the one I had been using (Minus -417 sculpting volume mascara pictured) had started to dry and was full of clumps.
I searched online for solutions, and found that most recommended using items such as baby oil, hot pots of water, and eye drops to revive dried up mascara. I did not want to add something that’s not officially for eyes to my mascara, with my eyes being sensitive as they are (the baby oil). I did not feel like boiling a pot of water, or dealing with any hot water messes, or doing anything that takes longer than 20 seconds.
So… I put two and two together. I took my contact lens solution, which is no longer useful for me, added a few drops at a time (the amount you’ll need will depend on how much you have left and how dry it is) and my mascara is good as new!
Note: DO NOT do this to mascara that is more than 2-3 months old! It contains bacteria that can infect your eyes! That is why I wanted a faster fix – I knew I’d only get a few more uses out of it.
Another tip: If you let it sit for a few minutes, you can get away with using less contact lens solution so you have more mascara. It’ll penetrate deeper into the bottle giving you a richer mascara.
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These are wonderful ideas on getting more out of your lashes, I do have to say a friend added something into theirs and the two of us being out on a dinner date with friends , she let me borrow her mascara, OMW never again… do not never borrow . I got a big sti or what ever it is in my eye.. yuk But anyway 🙂 thanks for sharing the tips
You made me laugh 🙂 Me and my sisters sometimes share eye makeup but we do know deep down that it’s a BAAAD idea!
I would have never thought about contact solution to put into the mascara to make it “revived”! We don’t use contacts so, we don’t have any solution hanging around! I have a question for you. You said not to revive your mascara if it’s 2-3 months old, should we not be using it after that amount of time? I don’t generally wear makeup unless we are going out or are somewhere that we are staying the weekend. Which that means my mascara may sit for a while before I use it again. This is the first time I’ve heard this and I want to make sure that, if it goes bad, I throw it away! Thanks so much for the review and information! I truly do appreciate it! Thanks again, Michele 🙂
I have the same issue, but because I felt like my makeup was going to waste I just started putting on mascara more often! You can read about throwing out mascara in this article: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-long-should-you-keep-your-make-up.html
I wonder if there is a way to kill the bacteria that builds up. If I find out, I’ll definitely blog about it 🙂
I will be trying this one!
What a great solution. I would have never thought to do that. I would’ve had to go out and buy a new mascara.
Have heard this works! Nice to read a review about it, think I’m going to have to give it a try!