Summary
Mascara is a crucial element of many a make-up bag - but can mascaras really deliver on their promises of longer, fuller, or curlier lashes?
Listener Kath got in touch to ask exactly that. She also wants to know if you pay more for mascara, do you get better results? How should we remove it - and what about waterproof products that are tough to take off? Are we potentially damaging our lashes?
Greg Foot sets his sights on investigating by recruiting some regular mascara wearers to try out differently priced products, as well as speaking to a consultant dermatologist and cosmetic chemist to find out.
This series, we’re testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products. If you’ve seen an ad, trend or fad, and wonder if there’s any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807.
PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Kate Holdsworth
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
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| 0:34.4 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that cuts through the advertising hype |
| 0:44.4 | to find out whether a whole heap of wonder products really deliver on their bold claims. |
| 0:49.6 | Today's topic comes in from Kath Crouch in Somerset. |
| 0:54.0 | Hi, Greg. |
| 0:55.2 | Mascara is the only bit of makeup I make sure I put on if I'm going out. |
| 0:59.7 | And I must have spent hundreds over the years on tubes of it, but is it really worth it? |
| 1:05.3 | They always promised to give me longer, fuller, curlier lashes. |
| 1:09.4 | How can they do that and what is in them? The price difference |
| 1:12.7 | is huge. Some for a fiver, others up to 30 quid. Does that mean they're better? And what about |
| 1:19.2 | waterproof mascara? I know they stay on, but that means they're harder to take off. So are they |
| 1:24.7 | damaging my lashes when I try? Thank you. Thanks, Kath. Now, if that has made |
| 1:29.5 | you think of a wonder product that you'd like me to investigate, please do send it over. Our email is |
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