Super-black mascara for dramatic, seductive eyes

Statement-making makeup is in vogue. Call it cosmetics with purpose. Color is as big as ever, and while brilliant nails and rich lips are chic, few things are as seductive as long, thick, black lashes. Now every woman can have the depth and drama of come-hither smoky eyes with Exotic Eyes Blackest Mascara by Destination Glamour. The super-black, water-resistant mascara is a favorite of celebrity makeup artist Shalini Vadhera, partly because rather than making lashes as brittle as twigs, it moisturizes, softens and strengthens them with Japanese camellia oil, Indian Mowrah butter and African beeswax. It’s $23 at Dillards, Victoriasecret.com and globalgoddessbeauty.com. Perfect for summer  travel is Destination Glamour’s Jet Setter Mini Tool Case Luxury Brush Set, a sari-fabric holder that houses five brushes for blush, eyeshadow-blending, crease eyeshadow, eyebrow-angling and lips-concealer. The brushes are made of fine goat and pony hair and taklon. It’s $45.