There are many beauty hacks that involve using baby powder but is baby powder good for eyelashes? Here is what you need to know.
Baby powder is not good for the eyelashes themselves. It is, however, good for using with mascara. Combining baby powder with mascara helps make your eyelashes look fuller and longer. You do, however, need to use baby powder carefully. In particular, you need to avoid getting it in your eyes.
Benefits of Baby Powder
Baby powder has all kinds of uses and not just on your eyelashes.
Here are some of its benefits for the hair and skin:
- Works as an economical dry shampoo, you can use it on pets too
- Is an effective deodorant
- Helps to prevent skin chafing, especially in the heat
- Eases the pain of waxing
- Soothes skin after razor burn
- Sets makeup
- Lightens makeup that’s too dark
3 Reasons Baby Powder Is Good For Eyelashes
Here are the three main reasons baby powder is good for your eyelashes:
1. It Makes Your Eyelashes Look Fuller And Longer
Baby powder essentially coats your eyelashes.
It, therefore, increases their breadth and length. When you apply a coat of mascara on top of baby powder, you get the appearance of long, full eyelashes.
2. It Sets Mascara Without Drying Out Your Eyelashes
In principle, you can achieve this effect with any sort of powder. In practice, baby powder is by far the best choice.
This is because baby powder is much less drying than other powders. In fact, it almost feels like a moisturizer on the skin.
Other powders can dry out both your eyelashes and your mascara. This will usually cause your mascara to flake.
3. It Makes Your Eyelashes Easier To Groom
Baby powder reduces friction between hair (and skin) and anything that touches it.
A light dusting of baby powder can, therefore, make eyelashes (and eyebrows) much easier to groom.
3 Reasons Baby Powder Is Bad For Eyelashes
Here are the three main reasons baby powder is bad for your eyelashes:
1. It Can Make Eyelashes Look Clumpy
You really need to apply baby powder lightly and comb your eyelashes effectively for it to make your eyelashes look good. If you don’t, they’ll end up looking clumpy.
2. It Can Easily Get In Your Eyes
Any powder is harder to control than any cream or gel. It’s therefore really easy to end up with baby powder in your eyes.
3. It Can End Up Being inhaled When You Breathe
Powder moves through the air, especially when it’s light, as baby powder is.
So if you use baby powder on your face, you can end up breathing it in.
Breathing in a small amount of baby powder is unlikely to do you any harm but can, however, be unpleasant.
Can Baby Powder Help Grow Eyelashes?
Baby powder can’t help grow eyelashes. All it can do is make eyelashes look fuller and longer.
If you want to grow your eyelashes quicker you can use eyelash-growth serums. You can also use beneficial oils such as castor oil, olive oil, and almond oil.
Should You Use Baby Powder For Eyelashes?
You can use baby powder for eyelashes as long as you are careful. It may be best to use a cornstarch-based baby powder rather than one based on talcum powder. Even so, it’s still advisable to do a patch test.
If you do apply baby powder, be very careful to avoid getting it on your eyes.
Keep them shut while you are applying it. Also, apply the baby powder as lightly as you can.
This will minimize the chances of you breathing it in.
Instructions
- Curl your eyelashes (optional)
- Apply two coats of mascara
- Using a clean spoolie (or a cotton swab) dust your eyelashes carefully with baby powder
- Comb your lashes with a lash comb
- Apply a final coat of mascara to restore the original color
- Apply (or touch up) your eye makeup.
3 Alternative Ingredients That Are Good For Eyelashes
If you want to look after your lashes but don’t want to use baby powder, here are three alternative ingredients that are good for eyelashes:
1. Castor oil
Castor oil is a natural moisturizer. It’s full of essential fatty acids, particularly ricinoleic acid. Many of these fatty acids are natural humectants.
This means that they seal in the eyelashes’ natural moisture.
2. Eggs
Eggs are full of protein and contain a wide range of beneficial nutrients including vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Eggs can be used to make eyelash masks (and regular hair masks).
They can be especially beneficial when combined with other ingredients such as yogurt and honey.
3. Aquaphor
Like baby powder, Aquaphor does not actually help eyelashes to grow longer.
It simply makes them look fuller and longer. The fact that Aquaphor is a cream, however, can make it a lot easier to apply.
Aquaphor also has the benefit of locking in the hair’s natural moisture.