37 Best Mascaras of 2023, According to Editors
The 37 Best Mascaras of 2023 to Add to Your Collection
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Finding the perfect mascara is like dating. You expect a lot from your pick, and you never want to settle for less than what you need. When it comes toyour lashes, you want the best mascara out there. One that does it all: lengthens, volumizes, curls, and thickens, all while avoiding clumps and the dreaded makeup goop in the corner of the eye that Chandler Bing complained about.
But the list of qualities you want in a mascara might not stop there. Some people need awaterproof mascarathey can wear to a wedding or at the beach without fear of smudging. Others need something that will hold a curl, even on the straightest eyelashes. And some people are on the hunt for adrugstore mascarathat fits into a tight budget — or arrives in just two daysfrom Amazon. No matter what your qualifications are, mascara puts the finishing touch on any makeup look, so it's important to get right.
Thankfully, POPSUGAR editors have dated around for you and tried out dozens of wands, formulas, and innovative tubes and picked out the very best mascaras of 2023. Keep scrolling for the best — among these all-star picks, you're sure to find "the one."
—Additional reporting by Sarah Siegel
Best Amplifying Mascara
Exa Ten18 Lash Amplifying Mascara($24)
The vegan formula of the Exa Ten18 Lash Amplifying Mascara boasts ingredients you traditionally would find in your skin-care products. It gets its jet-black pigment from bamboo charcoal powder, rice-bran wax helps lengthen and lift your lashes, and orange-peel fibers up the volume. Even the brush is made from castor-bean bioplastic. The result is a flake-free, smudge-proof volumizing mascara. This mascara is aPOPSUGAR 2023 Beauty Award winner.
Best Mascara For Sensitive Eyes
Tower 28 MakeWaves Mascara($20)
This formula goes on as smooth as butter, it doesn't flake throughout the day, and it's easy to remove. Plus, the curved wand and plastic bristles act like a built-in lash curler. Read our fullTower 28 MakeWaves Mascara review更多信息。这个睫毛膏POPSUGAR 2023 Beauty Award winner.
Best Mascara For Fake-Looking Lashes
Maybelline The Falsies Surreal Extensions Washable Mascara($10)
Applying fake lashes every day isn't realistic for many people, but luckily, with a tube of this mascara on hand, it's not needed. You can achieve mega volume and next-level length with just a few swipes — and it doesn't clump. Read our fullMaybelline The Falsies Surreal Extensions Washable Mascara review.
Best Viral Mascara
Essence Bye Bye Panda Eyes! Tubing Mascara($5)
This affordable mascara went viral on TikTok, and for good reason. One swipe will double the length of your lashes, and two coats will make them look ultra thick, too. Read our fullEssence Bye Bye Panda Eyes! Tubing Mascara review.
Best Drugstore Lengthening Mascara
L'Oréal Paris Makeup Telescopic Original Lengthening Mascara($13)
The L'Oréal Paris Makeup Telescopic Original Lengthening Mascara is praised for its ultra-skinny brush and ability to length your lashes beyond compare. Since launching, it's gone viral on TikTok, and for good reason.
Best Volumizing Mascara
Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara($20)
This gives you voluminous, long lashes in just a few coats. The ultrablack formula makes it easy to get bold, statement-making eyelashes. Read our fullRare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara review.
Best Buildable Mascara
If you like to layer (and layer, and layer . . .) your mascara, then you need to try this. It's super buildable so you can apply multiple coats without the formula getting clumpy. Read our fullMACStack Mascara review.
Best Waterproof Mascara
Maybelline New York Volum' Express Colossal Curl Bounce Waterproof Mascara($11)
The Maybelline New York Volum' Express Colossal Curl Bounce Waterproof Mascara has a plastic brush with tiny, densely packed bristles that grab each lash and lift it for a wide-eyed look. Use it with or without a lash curler, and you'll have perfectly curled, fluffy lashes all day thanks to the waterproof, long-wearing formula.
Best Drugstore Volumizing Mascara
CoverGirl Lash Blast Clean Volume Mascara($13)
The CoverGirl Lash Blast Clean Volume Mascara is the same formula you know and love from the original, except it has been updated to be "clean." It gives you full, volumized lashes with just a few coats.
Best Drugstore Volumizing Mascara
E.l.f. Big Mood Mega Volume & Lifting Mascara($8)
Think of the biggest, best lash day you've ever had, then multiply that by 10, and that's the look the E.l.f. Big Mood Mega Volume & Lifting Mascara gives you.
Best Splurge-Worthy Mascara
Byredo Astronomical Mascara($46)
Though pricy, this is worth every penny if you're in the mood to treat yourself. The formula volumizes, thickens, and curls even the straightest of lashes. Read a fullByredo Astronomical Mascara review.
Best Lengthening Mascara
Milk Makeup Rise Lifting + Lengthening Mascara($28)
If you want your lashes to reach great lengths, try the Milk Makeup Rise Lifting + Lengthening Mascara. It extends and lifts your lashes, giving them the look of extensions.
Best Washable Drugstore Mascara
Maybelline Sky High Washable Mascara($13)
You've probably seen this mascara on TikTok. The drugstore product blew up on the video-sharing app for its ability to make your lashes look otherworldly long. Read our fullMaybelline Sky High Washable Mascara review.
Best Natural-Looking Mascara
Victoria Beckham Future Lash Mascara($30)
The curved brush of this mascara helps you grab each individual lash and coat it in pigment for a lifted, lengthened look. Read our fullVictoria Beckham Future Lash Mascara review.
Best Blue Mascara
Benefit BADgal BANG Mascara($28)
Looking to shake things up? Try a blue mascara, like the Benefit BADgal BANG Mascara. The vivid pigment will make your lashes stand out and brighten up your eyes.
Best Thickening Mascara
Roen Cake Mascara($28)
The soft, intertwined bristles of this mascara grab your eyelashes, coat them in formula, and give them a full, fluffy look. Read our fullRoen Cake Mascara review
Best Sustainable Mascara
Not only does the Izzy Zero Waste Mascara give you beautiful lashes, but the product is also completely zero waste because the tube gets sent back to the brand, cleaned, and refilled when you're finished with it.
Best Lengthening Mascara
Glossier Lash Slick Mascara($18)
If super-long, wispy lashes are your goal, reach for this Glossier mascara. The stick-thin brush builds on formula for maximum length. Read our fullGlossier Lash Slick Mascara review.
Best Mascara For Fluffy Lashes
It Cosmetics Lash Blowout Volumizing Mascara($27)
This mascara is like a blowout treatment for your lashes — it gives you a big, fluffy, voluminous look. Read our fullIt Cosmetics Lash Blowout Volumizing Mascara review.
Best Natural-Looking Mascara
Merit Beauty Clean Lash Mascara($26)
This is like your natural eyelashes but better. The look it gives you is soft but still very noticeable. Read our fullMerit Beauty Clean Lash Mascara review.
Best Dramatic Mascara
Ilia Beauty Fullest Volumizing Mascara($28)
This gives your lashes some real oomph with just a single coat. It's not waterproof, but it will stay put all day long, no matter how hot or humid it gets. Read our fullIlia Beauty Fullest Volumizing Mascara review.
Best Mascara For Zero Clumps
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes Mascara(29美元)
This uniquely-shaped flat brush made of silicone, allowing you to get a completely clump-free look. Read our fullCharlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes Mascara review.
最好的油管的睫毛膏
Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara($25)
This tubing formula helps extend your lashes by building off of your natural length. Read our fullThrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara review.
Best Lifting Mascara
Kosas The Big Clean Mascara($26)
毛茸茸的,butterfly-soft lashes are achievable with this. The slightly curved brush gets even those hard-to-reach lashes in the corners and lifts them. Read our fullKosas The Big Clean Mascara review.
Best Volumizing Mascara
TooFaced Better Than Sex Mascara($28)
Whether or not TooFaced Better Than Sex Mascara is indeed better than sex is debatable, but what isn't up for debate is the fact that the mascara really does enhance and volumize the lashes, giving your eyes all kinds of drama after just one coat.
Best Mascara For Straight Lashes
他们是真实的效益化妆品!延长& Volumizing Mascara($28)
With its smudge and clump-proof formula, the Benefit Cosmetics They're Real! Lengthening & Volumizing Mascara gives your lashes the kind of length and volume you probably never knew you could achieve.
Best Mascara Brush
Fenty Beauty Full Frontal Volume, Lift & Curl Mascara($24)
This mascara comes with a two-sided brush that both lifts the lashes and enhances curls. Read our fullFenty Beauty Full Frontal Volume, Lift & Curl Mascara review.
Best Mascara For Bottom Lashes
Lancôme High Definition Mascara($33)
The Lancôme High Definition Mascara lengthens the lashes while still giving them a natural look.
Best Mascara For Fluffy Lashes
Dior Diorshow Mascara is infused with silk proteins that strengthen the lashes and gives the illusion of lash extensions.
Best Mascara For Holding a Curl
Tarte Light, Camera, Lashes Mascara($25)
You can skip the lash curler when you use the Tarte Light, Camera, Lashes Mascara. The wand's pointed tip and tight bristles hug each lash and give you major length and volume.
Beset Tubing Mascara For Volume
Pur Cosmetics Fully Charged Mascara($22)
The Pur Cosmetics Fully Charged Mascara has a conditioning formula infused with peptides. It contains a magnetic polymer that wraps an elastic cover on each lash, making them look huge.
Best Lengthening Mascara For Short Lashes
NYX Professional Makeup Worth The Hype Mascara($9)
Even the name of NYX Professional Makeup Worth The Hype Mascara is a testament to its effectiveness. This tube will make even the puniest lashes look full in just a few coats.
Best Buildable Mascara
Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara($32)
The buildable Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara gets more impressive with every coat — without clumping. Wiggling it through your lashes will give you major thickness and length.
Best Drugstore Masara
L'Oréal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise($13)
你就会感到震惊the L'Oréal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise works compared to more expensive options. Despite its affordable price, this little pink tube is your secret weapon for the longest, thickest lashes of your life.
Best All-Around Mascara
Tarte Maneater Voluptuous Mascara($25)
The Tarte Maneater Voluptuous Mascara will convince you to wave goodbye to your old favorite. It curls, lengthens, and adds tons of volume in a few strokes of this magic wand. It's even formulated with jojoba oil to make your natural lashes almost as impressive as this mascara.
Best Black Mascara
Urban Decay Perversion Mascara's($28)
You'll love how black the Urban Decay Perversion Mascara's pigment is. It makes your lashes look miles long and adds just the right amount of volume without being clumpy.
Best Mascara For Zero Clumps
Pat McGrath Labs FetishEyes Mascara($34)
This mascara will. Not. Clump. We put the formula to the test, adding layer after layer throughout the day, and experienced no clusters — no kidding. Read our fullPat McGrath Labs FetishEyes Mascara review.
