Dear Cheapskate: I’m tired of paying $9 for mascara that gets all dried out and clumpy after just a few weeks! Is there anything we can do to increase the useful life of our mascara?—Ellen, Pennsylvania
Dear Ellen: I hear you, sister! Try these solutions. Don’t “pump” the mascara wand when you use it because that forces air into the tube, which prematurely dries the product making it, as you say, clumpy. Instead, gently twist the brush while pulling it from the tube. And always close the product tightly between uses.
