We can’t all be born with the eyelashes of Kim Kardashian. Most of us were dealt the hand of short, thin and possibly even blonde eyelashes that even the most volumizing of mascaras cannot help.

Asking me how many coats of mascara I have on to achieve my lush, lash extension-like lashes is like inquiring about the number of sips of water I've taken today. There's no need to count these ...