What shade of mascara does one wear if their hair is naturally blond?

Black is too dark, especially juxtaposed with the eyebrows.

I would still wear black.

But you can get dark brown mascara.

Cinnie said:

What shade of mascara does one wear if their hair is naturally blond?

Black is too dark, especially juxtaposed with the eyebrows.

I think you would first have to ask the question, does the carpet match the drapes? For which most blonds do not. I knew natural blond I worked with-who ran late for work and didn't put her eye make up on and all day long people would ask her if she was feeling well. That's when she went out and bought eye make up, it was black, if I remember correctly.

JustErin said:

I would still wear black.

But you can get dark brown mascara.

Doesn't it look too dark against eyebrows that aren't black though? Do you pencil those shits in?

kewlschool said:

Cinnie said:

What shade of mascara does one wear if their hair is naturally blond?

Black is too dark, especially juxtaposed with the eyebrows.

I think you would first have to ask the question, does the carpet match the drapes? For which most blonds do not. I knew natural blond I worked with-who ran late for work and didn't put her eye make up on and all day long people would ask her if she was feeling well. That's when she went out and bought eye make up, it was black, if I remember correctly.

Nevermind carpet/drapes, I'm just matching eyebrows to eyelashes here.

Cinnie said:

JustErin said:

I would still wear black.

But you can get dark brown mascara.

Doesn't it look too dark against eyebrows that aren't black though? Do you pencil those shits in?

No, of course it doesn't look too dark. But yeah, I fill in my brows a bit.

JustErin said:

Cinnie said:

Doesn't it look too dark against eyebrows that aren't black though? Do you pencil those shits in?

No, of course it doesn't look too dark. But yeah, I fill in my brows a bit.

Is your brow pencil darker than your natural brow colour, or as dark as the mascara? (Maybe it's supposed to be)

Cinnie said:

JustErin said:

No, of course it doesn't look too dark. But yeah, I fill in my brows a bit.

Is your brow pencil darker than your natural brow colour, or as dark as the mascara? (Maybe it's supposed to be)

Your eyelashes are not supposed to match your eyebrows. Your brows are supposed to match your hair, actually be one shade lighter than your hair. I use a blonde brow pencil on mine.

But this is for you?

JustErin said:

Cinnie said:

Is your brow pencil darker than your natural brow colour, or as dark as the mascara? (Maybe it's supposed to be)

Your eyelashes are not supposed to match your eyebrows. Your brows are supposed to match your hair, actually be one shade lighter than your hair. I use a blonde brow pencil on mine.

But this is for you?

That makes sense! For me, but also just the understanding of it.

When I had my hair platinumed, no one seemed to notice that my eyebrows were darker. Truly, it was the chest hair that finally tipped them off. But I always thought that's what matched normally: normal hair and eyebrows.

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kewlschool said:

Cinnie said:

What shade of mascara does one wear if their hair is naturally blond?

Black is too dark, especially juxtaposed with the eyebrows.

I think you would first have to ask the question, does the carpet match the drapes? For which most blonds do not. I knew natural blond I worked with-who ran late for work and didn't put her eye make up on and all day long people would ask her if she was feeling well. That's when she went out and bought eye make up, it was black, if I remember correctly.

I am a natural blond and very pale, and I wear black mascara... definitely don't look right without it.

shiloh66 said:

kewlschool said:

I think you would first have to ask the question, does the carpet match the drapes? For which most blonds do not. I knew natural blond I worked with-who ran late for work and didn't put her eye make up on and all day long people would ask her if she was feeling well. That's when she went out and bought eye make up, it was black, if I remember correctly.

I am a natural blond and very pale, and I wear black mascara... definitely don't look right without it.

Hah, well I'm surprised but that's why I asked the question.

Cinnie said:

What shade of mascara does one wear if their hair is naturally blond?

Black is too dark, especially juxtaposed with the eyebrows.

I'm very blonde with very fair skin, and I get my eyelashes tinted blue-black (which, for reasons I've never totally understood, is apparently darker than black) every few weeks.

Black can actually provide a really striking contrast and works quite well.

I usually dye my brows a little darker too, as otherwise they are just too light (my mum looks like she has no eyebrows if she doesn't pencil them in )

I had full make-up done for a photo shoot a couple of years ago, with eye-liner as well (which I normally don't touch) and I absolutely *loved* the look - I'm just too lazy to do it myself!

Oh, and have a look for pictures of a blonde Carmen Electra (I know she's not a natural blonde, but still) - she always packs on the dark eye make-up and it usually looks great!