It doesn’t take a genius to work out that I am a clean queen as far as makeup hygiene is concerned.  If you’re in the dark, just take a moment to read the Safe Beauty article at the top of this page.

In the last 2 weeks, I have been the makeup artist at 4 weddings (total number of faces 21) and attended a Leukaemia Research Fundraiser offering makeovers and the like (total faces made over – 8).

That’s a lot of faces, a lot of makeup, and most importantly a lot of mascara wands used!!  Particularly as I average 4 mascara wands per client to avoid double dipping.

I was lucky enough to have an great supply of TheProMakeupShop.com’s wands at my disposal (I dread to think of the day that I may run out and not have some to hand at short notice, so I have a stockpile in my office!) and have given every brush a really good test run.

I don’t think there is a single brush that I disliked in there, and I used up every one of my ProMakeupShop brushes and had to resort to using my old American Imports, and yes, I wiped out a £19 Lancome mascara in the middle of the fundraiser when an American wand tip unscrewed itself into the barrel – this is unfortunately not a first time experience…

I could list all the wand types and tell you about them, but it’s probably faster for you to just pop over to the store and have a look for yourself and decide the types that you want to choose.

For me, I’ll be restocking with Long Tall Lucy, Shapely Shelly, Show Stopping Sam (of course!) and Particular Polly – this wand is brilliant at blending real lashes into false ones with a seamless finish.  It’s a shorter brush, but so so perfect!

If you’re unsure which brush to try, having had years of using those nasty little whitehandled wands, try the Magic 9 which has 3 each of the 9 wands and try them all out for yourself to discover your favourite girl!

Oh and at £4.75 for a packet of 25 brushes, these are a very reasonable price compared to the £3.99 you’d pay at your local wholesalers for 24 of the white wands, or £5.99+ shipping for 24 of the American screwtipped ones.