Every brand in this row has its own take on the tube, so the brush and the finish matter as much as the formula. Urban Decay Tube Job in Intense Black comes with a real development story, and a L'Oréal executive said it came after four years of development and hundreds of iterations. The product page lists peptides, hyaluronic acid and castor oil, with up to 24 hours of wear.

Glossier Lash Slick in Brown is the soft one, with curved fibers and a tiered brush, and it says up to 12 hours. MERIT Clean Lash in Brown is an everyday tubing mascara with rice bran wax and olive oil esters, and it washes off with cleanser and warm water. Hourglass Unlocked in Espresso is a rich brown that stretches and defines each lash. Sarah Creal Back Of The Cab has a creamy tubing formula and an hourglass-shaped brush, so one coat looks polished and two look louder.

For a bolder lash, Too Faced Ribbon Wrapped Lash in Deep Black goes for extreme length and separation. caliray Come Hell or High Water in secret spot is the waterproof tubing option, with argan oil and a small teddy-bear brush. Kulfi Badi Lash in Black has a ball-tipped wand for the tiny inner and bottom lashes.

What I would skip: stacking three coats of a tubing formula on a slow morning. The tubes are meant to stay light, and past two coats they get heavy.

The nice thing about tubing mascara is that the evening step is short, but a balm or oil still makes it gentler. goop Beauty Luminous Cleansing Balm goes from balm to oil to milk and, the brand says, melts waterproof makeup even around the eyes. U Beauty The MANTLE Cleansing Balm turns into a silky milk when it meets water, and the brand describes it as a double cleanse in one step.

If you like an oil, Furtuna Skin Cielo Puro Cleansing Oil Balm is made with olive oil from the brand's organic estate in Sicily, and its founder is an olive oil sommelier. MARA Chia + Moringa Algae Enzyme Cleansing Oil goes on dry skin and rinses with warm water. KORA Organics Milky Mushroom Gentle Cleansing Oil is a shake-to-activate biphase with silver ear mushroom and apple seed oil, and Monastery Rose Cleansing Oil is made with a blend of botanical oils.

The two serums are the long game, and I would read both claims as the brands' own. Milani Highly Rated Lash and Brow Enhancing Serum says it improves lash length by 36 percent and volume by 39 percent after 4 weeks of daily use, and suggests at least 8 weeks. Augustinus Bader The Eyebrow and Lash Enhancing Serum is used morning and night, and the brand calls it clinically proven.

What I would skip: rubbing your eyes hard with an oil at bedtime. A tubing mascara does not need it.

Start with clean, dry lashes, because oil or eye cream left behind makes any mascara slip. Sweep from the base to the tip, add one more coat while the first is still wet, and stop there. To take it off, splash warm water a few times, then use your thumb and finger to gently wiggle and pull the tubes off with your eyes closed, which is how Milani describes it. If a little color is left over, a cleansing balm finishes the job. I keep a tubing mascara in my bag for humid days and a lash serum by the sink, and I think that is plenty of lash routine.

If Milani tubing mascara is your everyday mascara, I would build the rest of the eye around it, starting with what goes on first. Lancôme Cils Booster XL has vitamin E to condition, Too Faced Better Than Sex Foreplay is a waterproof primer in Deep Black, and tarte opening act uses olive esters to condition lashes. CHANEL La Base is the nourishing base, and DIOR Diorshow Maximizer 4D is a primer-serum with cornflower and chamomile extract.

For curl, Utowa Eyelash Curler II is handcrafted in Japan and comes with a spare rubber pad. Shiseido has an edge-free design meant to prevent pinching, and TWEEZERMAN ProCurl has a 60-degree angle made for round, prominent eyes. The Ordinary Lash Curl Finisher is a transparent formula with squalane that holds the curl.

Then the brows and liners. Benefit Gimme Brow+ uses tiny microfibers for fullness, Anastasia Beverly Hills is a clear gel that holds hairs in place, and Kosas Air Brow is a mousse-gel with castor oil. Rare Beauty Brow Harmony is waterproof with a flexible hold. For liner, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On is a waterproof pencil with jojoba oil, and stila Stay All Day has a thin, marker-like tip.

What I would skip: stacking a waterproof primer, a waterproof pencil and a waterproof liner on one eye. Pick one and keep the rest simple.