Mascara is a dark cream or paste you put on your eyelashes to make them look darker, longer, and thicker. It usually lives in a slim tube with a little brush, the wand, which you sweep through the lashes.

Mascara Mascara is a dark cream or paste是一種深色的膏狀或糊狀東西 you put on your eyelashes你塗在睫毛上 to make them look darker, longer, and thicker讓睫毛看起來更黑、更長、更濃密 It usually lives in a slim tube它通常裝在一支細長的管子裡 with a little brush, the wand裡面有支小刷子，就是刷頭 which you sweep through the lashes你就用它刷過睫毛。

Black and brown are the everyday colours; blue or purple mascara exists, but that is dressing up. People of any gender can wear it, though in many places it is still sold and talked about as makeup for women.

Black and brown黑色和棕色 are the everyday colours是日常的顏色 blue or purple mascara exists藍色或紫色的mascara也存在 but that is dressing up不過那算是打扮特別隆重 People of any gender任何性別的人 can wear it都可以用它 though in many places不過在很多地方 it is still sold and talked about as makeup for women它還是被當成女性化妝品來賣、來談論。

It is not eyeliner (the line drawn along the edge of the eyelid) and not eyeshadow (colour on the lid). Waterproof mascara is made to stay on in rain or tears; ordinary mascara comes off more easily with makeup remover.

It is not eyeliner它不是眼線 (the line drawn along the edge of the eyelid)（沿著眼皮邊緣畫的那條線） and not eyeshadow也不是眼影 (colour on the lid)（眼皮上的顏色） Waterproof mascara防水的mascara is made to stay on in rain or tears設計成在雨中或流淚時都不會脫落 ordinary mascara一般的mascara comes off more easily則比較容易卸掉 with makeup remover用卸妝產品。

You can also meet a verb, to mascara your lashes, but the noun is the one that matters.

You can also meet a verb你也可能遇到動詞用法 to mascara your lashes像to mascara your lashes（幫睫毛上mascara） but the noun is the one that matters不過重要的是名詞這個用法。

The word comes from Italian maschera, “mask” — the old idea of putting a covering on the face — which is a nicer origin story than it first sounds, because mascara does not hide you; it only paints the lashes. In Taiwan the product name everyone actually uses is 睫毛膏.

The word這個字 comes from Italian maschera來自義大利文的maschera "mask"「面具」 the old idea of putting a covering on the face也就是在臉上蓋一層東西的老概念 which is a nicer origin story than it first sounds這個字源故事其實比乍聽之下好聽 because mascara does not hide you因為mascara並不會把你藏起來 it only paints the lashes它只是替睫毛上色 In Taiwan在台灣 the product name everyone actually uses大家實際上用的產品名稱 is 睫毛膏就是睫毛膏。