Reddit Discovered a Mascara Hack for Your Bottom Lashes

Reddit, home to endless makeup-related threads, is the source of some seriously decent hacks, dupes, and under-the-radar beauty finds. The latest gem to come out of the crowdsourced forum? A mascara hack that will blow your socks off.

When it comes to scoring flawless, clump-free lashes, those little baby bottom lashes can quickly become the bane of your existence — smudging, clumping, the frustrating pursuit of trying to get every teeny lash... No matter the formula or your finesse with a mascara wand, those wispies are just so damn small. Using a regular-sized mascara wand to coat them is like trying to use a feather duster to apply your bronzer — logistically, it just doesn't make sense.

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Luckily, a genius hack made to solve those little lash woes just surfaced on Reddit's MakeupAddiction thread. And you can find the application solution in the…toothpaste aisle?

As Redditor wundersloth pointed out, interdental brushes (wands with teeny bristles used to clean braces or retainers) are basically micro mascara wands. "Life-changing," wundersloth said of the hack. "The wand is so teeny that you can get every individual lash using your favorite mascara and it won't clump or smudge." Totally brilliant — why didn't we think of this first?

To try the hack for yourself, scoop up a pack of DenTek Slim Brush Professional Interdental Cleaners for $4 and dip into your go-to mascara tube just like you would a regular wand. There's just one major caveat: Make sure you're always using clean brushes. Killing two birds with one stone by flossing first would be a case of dental germ disaster akin to someone licking your eye. Ew.

As another Redditor pointed out, you can even use the interdental brushes to tame unruly brows. With triple functionality for just $4, we'd say that’s a pretty solid investment.

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