How to choose the right mascara brush shape for your lashes

If volume is what you’re after without the fear of clumps and flakes, then you want to choose a mascara with a two-sided wand. The new Rimmel Scandaleyes Wow Wings Mascara is the perfect example. Firstly, you load up the volume by applying the mascara with the winged side and then flare out and define your lashes with the curved side.

Best for: volume, curling and a dramatic look

Try: Rimmel Scandaleyes Wow Wings Mascara

A pointed mascara brush allows you to really get to the shorter lashes while also fanning out the longer ones to lengthen and coat each individual lash. Just be careful not to overcoat the lashes and weigh them down.

Best for: definition, lengthening and an everyday look

Try: Maybelline New York Lash Sensational Luscious Full Fan Effect Mascara

The more traditional plastic comb mascara wand is perfect for those with shorter, thinner lashes as this brush will coat and separate every lash.

Best for: short lashes to add length, volume and an everyday look

Try: Benefit They’re Real Mascara

It’s fitting that a voluptuous hourglass mascara brush shape would give you a fuller lash look. This brush shape lifts, separates and curls your lashes while making sure every lash gets a generous coating of mascara.

Best for: volume, lift, and a dramatic look

Try: Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

A ball-tipped brush ensures that no lash is ever left behind. It gets into all the hard to reach places to add length and definition to your lashes.

Best for: volume, length, definition and an everyday look

Try: Natio Dramatic Lashes Mascara

Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one and while your standard bristle mascara brush doesn’t have the bells and whistles of some of the later iterations, you will get volume and fullness in spades. This means you may get some slight clumping but if you’re after a dramatic look for a night out you can totally pull it off.

Best for: fullness, volume, a night out

Try: Maybelline New York Total Temptation Mascara

A cone-shaped mascara brush is great for reaching your corner lashes while the grooved bristles ensure your lashes are gradually coated for an even finish that doesn’t weigh down your lashes.

Best for: long, defined lashes, and an everyday look

Try: Lancôme Definicils Mascara

Don’t overlook the power of the rectangle shaped mascara brush. It might not be able to get to your shorter, corner lashes but it the full, shorter brush really lifts your lashes to give you a fuller, longer look.

Best for: fuller, longer lashes and an intense look

Try: Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils

If you’ve been blessed with the kind of long lashes most girls need falsies to achieve then a jumbo mascara brush shape will be your best friend. It will coat those lashes and give you next level thickness and volume.

Best for: long lashes, volume, thickness

Try: Bobbi Brown Eye Opening Mascara

If you want to strike a balance between volume and curl then this is the mascara brush shape for you. As you spiral the brush along your lashes it coats and curls to perfection.

Best for: curl and volume for an everyday look

Try: L'Oréal Paris Miss Baby Roll Mascara

Curls get the girls … and this mascara brush shape gets all the girls. A curved brush will lift, curl and coat your lashes to perfection.

Best for: Curling straight lashes and an everyday look

Try: Nutrimetics nc Extreme Volume Mascara