'Why I don't wear mascara anymore'

Have you heard the one about mascara being over? In a pincer movement driven by TikTok on one side and the runway on the other, lashes have been unanimously declared dead… or at least better brown than black. It’s part of a take-me-as-I-am movement that has also suggested undereye concealer might be a waste of everyone’s time, but in the main it’s all about the look, since a face that’s highly decorated in one way (a blazing red lip or an iridescent eye, for example) can look dated and overdone with a thick coat of mascara. C’est chic, less lash.