Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Mascara warmer

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:06:35 +0000

I just bought a few for Christmas gifts. My sister asked for one and it looks really cool. I did a quick test at home to see if it works…I heated a glass of water in the microwave and put my mascara in the hot water to warm it up for a few minutes. When I applied it it went on great. Since I don’t want to go through those steps every morning I am buying it. For all of you who are sceptical try doing what I did first and lets see if you are still blasting it. I bet you won’t!

By: Clara

Clara — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:13:25 +0000

I bought mine from Big Daddy online. Still love it!

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:10:07 +0000

Wow! You girls are too funny. The mascara warmer makes complete sense to me. I am going to buy it because I did warm my mascara today before putting it on and it worked great. I have about 5 almost empty tubes of mascara and heated one of them and it went on like it was brand new! Oh for the eyeliner lady, what I used to do was slightly warm the liner (pencil) with a match/lighter (flame DOES NOT TOUCH) and it will go on like a liquid liner. HELP Does anyone know the website I can buy it from???

By: Beth in Texas

Beth in Texas — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:52:57 +0000

I bought a Mascara Warmer and I LOVE IT! For once my mascara goes on smooth and it also gives my lashes a nice curl. As far as bacteria is concerned, your not sharing the thing with the whole neighborhood, you dunces! You turn it on for 5 minutes and use it then turn it off.

By: Clara

Clara — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:17:23 +0000

At my age, who needs a bra? I can hold up the tube without one! My husband had some other suggestions…

I have two tubes of Covergirl Lash Blast that I used for measurement. The heated tube really did perfor better.

In any case, enough of my friends used mine that I decided to get some for Chinese Christmas gifts at work.

By: Dee Dee

Dee Dee — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:07:42 +0000

Aside from armpits, there is an easy time saving way to apply mascara that doesn’t require electrical devices either! I stick my mascara in my bra while I put on the rest of my makeup and put the mascara on last. That way, I have both hands free and don’t have to clamp one arm down to my side and hold the little tube under my arm! It goes on really smooth and clump free.

By: Clara

Clara — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:09:31 +0000

I actually bought one of these, and I love it. Yes, heat can breed bacteria but so can air. You should ideally be replacing your mascara every three months, even if you don’t heat it up. Also, don’t pump air into it in the first place. Open the tube and roll the brush before pulling it out.

So, satire taken into consideration, this actually made some sense. I did all of those things… Heated mascara in hot water, microwaved it, used the blow dryer and all those tricks. With this, you can put it in the unit while doing your hair. Since you put mascara on last, there are plenty of things to do before putting on mascara.

By: rt

rt — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:15:47 +0000

No Andy, it’s crying to be powered by a cigarette lighter!

By: jw

jw — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:39:24 +0000

nice, a unitasker for warming your unitasker cosmetic. i agree with andy, it should be powered by USB *and* turn on and off with a clapper for ultimate ridiculousness

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:26:56 +0000

This is crying out to be powered by USB.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:58:44 +0000

I love UW… mental image of hundreds of middle-aged New Romantics rushing to order one of these things…

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:24:50 +0000

re:k

I am ROFL ! Thanks for the visual of you with a tube of mascara in your armpit !

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:59:25 +0000

If you have a regular eyelash curler – you can warm it up with a hairdryer. Your lashes curl nicely and then apply the mascara. No additional product needed – no bacteria.

By: Andamom

Andamom — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:55:06 +0000

Maybe it is me — but mascara is already a breeding ground for bacteria. Heating bacteria will only increase this… So, the shelf life for mascara shortens considerably if you are heating it.

By: Another Lori

Another Lori — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:35:47 +0000

@Lori — that’s what I was going to say!! Bic lighters, that’s how we did it in the 80s!!

Also, staying on the 80s theme – mascara and rock bands…for me hair bands like Poison and Warrant come to mind. Then there were the New Wave/Pop bands — Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran??

I think mascara was worn by as many men in the 80s as women! lol