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Beauty on a budget.(UP FRONT)(mascaras)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)

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Mascaras

A panel of 34 staffers used 16 washable black mascaras over six weeks, then rated each on overall performance, ease of application, brush, look on lashes, durability, and ease of removal.

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Bottom line. Top-rated was a department-store brand, Lancome Definicils, $24. But several other very good mascaras are sold in drugstores and supermarkets forjust$7 to $9: Max Factor Lash Perfection Volume Couture, Maybelline Define-A-Lash Volume, Cover Girl VolumeExact, and ...

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