10 beauty cheats every girl should know

Keira Lennox

1. Mascara wands make the best eyebrow brushes.

When it’s time to toss your latest tube of mascara, save the wand. Wash it clean with soap and water and, voila, free brow spoolie. (Tip: use it to put a little lip balm in your brows as a flexible-hold brow gel!)

2. Turn any eyeshadow into a long-lasting eyeliner with a drop of saline solution.

I learned this trick decades ago from Carmindy, the resident makeup artist on the TLC classic What Not to Wear. Wet an eyeliner brush with a drop or two of saline solution (the same stuff you use to clean your contact lenses). Then dip the brush into a powder eyeshadow and apply it like a liquid liner. When it dries, it’s sweat and smudge proof and lasts all day

3. Clean stained fingernails with a whitening toothpaste.

Even with…

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