Thick, long lashes: new mascaras have hi-tech applicators

Sisley Phyto-Noir Mascara has an hourglass-shaped brush with ultra-gentle fibres: when applied, they glide on, caressing the eyes while depositing the material evenly. Also special is the treatment formula with vitaminised peptide and Resurrection Plant extract, which improves growth, thickness and anchorage, reducing lash loss and breakage (€64).

TOTAL BLACK

It gives the eyes natural definition with a deep, extremely elegant black. Chanel Noir Allure Mascara All-In-One has a multi-performance composition: non-transferring, moisture-resistant and enriched with natural waxes (rice, bees and carnauba) and provitamin B5, moisturising and strengthening. The special brush glides along the lashes, distributing the right amount, and the product keeps its freshness thanks to a patented hermetic opening and closing system (limited edition pack, €50).

WATERPROOF ORANGE

Flawless make-up for 36 hours with Dolce&Gabbana Everfull Hi-Definition Mascara that resists sweat, tearing and contact with water. The curved wing applicator with short bristles caresses and separates the lashes as it goes. The texture protects and strengthens them, increasing their thickness thanks to the properties of an active derived from Calabrian oranges and D-panthenol (€41).

SOFT TEXTURE

It has an ergonomic cap that ensures maximum precision during use, a central reservoir for gradual release of the product and a curved elastomer brush that reaches even the outermost lashes. Mulac Lash CEO Volume, Curl & Definition Mascara delivers a creamy, glide-on smudge-proof texture and a formula boosted by regrowth-promoting actives (only from authorised dealers and on mulaccosmetics.com, €23.90).

A RECORD TIME

Ultra-flexible bristles with five reservoirs, which means fewer steps to perfect lashes and a precise result even when you are in a hurry. Shiseido ControlledChaos MascaraInk has a brush with two concave sides that enhance the volumising effect and two flat ones to lift the lashes, and an impalpable texture ensured by the mix of hard and soft waxes, filming agents and polymers that seal the result (€32).

ALL DAY LONG

Like a shaping sheath, YSL Beauty Lash Latex is designed to crystallise length and curvature in a still image, keeping them intact until evening. The slim-shaped applicator has a very high density of nanosheets, which neutralise the risk of clumping. Hyaluronic acid and Iris florentine root extract care for the lashes, plumping and moisturising them (€45).

EXTRA VOLUME

The Dior Diorshow Overvolume brush is hi-tech with a central reservoir, featuring alternating flexible and stiff bristles along the entire length for maximum precision without clumping. The efficiency of the design is matched by the performance of the formula with a complex of supple and emollient waxes that modulate volume and curl at will, without ever stiffening the lashes (€45).

LENTISCO OIL

Rabanne Eyephoria XXXL Mascara with Pistacia lentiscus, a blend of nourishing olive and iron-rich hematite booster effect, gives a thicker, stronger eye frame after just 28 days. In addition, in just three coats the volume is multiplied tenfold thanks to the custom-flex elastomer brush with two types of bristles that sculpt, separate and evenly distribute the product (at Sephora and Rinascente Milano, €32).

A VENTAGLIO

Double-sided brush for Pradascope Mahogany by Prada Beauty, flat on one side and with nylon fibres on the other, to separate and shape each lash with precision, from base to tip and from inner to outer corner. The shade is an unusual mahogany, the formula remains unchanged with Flexible Micro-Film that ensures creaminess and elasticity, for weightless layering (€45).

TOWARD THE INFINITE

It increases length by up to 70 per cent Armani Beauty Vertigo Lift Mascara, thanks to the Infinity Loop Brush applicator that distributes the texture evenly from the root to the tip of the lashes, including the shortest ones. Also thanks to the formula with Lash Extender Complex: it combines emollients and light waxes that adhere naturally to the lashes, without weighing them down or leaving residue (€43).