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What to know about tubing mascara and where to find it

PHOTO: Tarte’s first-ever tubing mascara, tartelette tubing mascara.
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Tarte’s first-ever tubing mascara, tartelette tubing mascara.

If you are a beauty lover, you know that not all mascara is created equal.

Whether you struggle with clumping, smudging or running, the right mascara can be hard to come by.

That's where tubing mascara comes in.

"Tubing mascara contains polymers, which wrap around each individual lash, generating an enhanced lengthening effect," Ulta Beauty Pro Team member Deney Adam told "Good Morning America."

"It's long-lasting and has flexible wear so it doesn't smudge or flake and is easy to remove," Adam continued.

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Beyond the flexible wear, tubing makes the removal process easy and nonabrasive on the lashes.

"When you're ready to remove your mascara, warm water activates the formula and the tubes gently slide off of your lashes with ease," Michelle Phan, founder of EM Cosmetics, told "GMA."

With many major beauty brands launching this new formula because of the results it gives, "GMA" has rounded up some top picks that you can shop right now.

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Shop 7 of our favorite tubing mascaras below.

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tartelette tubing mascara

Price: $24 · From Tarte Cosmetics

Our 1st-ever tubing mascara with micro-tubing technology is like a cashmere wrap for your lashes! It wraps each lash in lengthening "tubes" instead of weighing them down with layers of pigment

caliray Come Hell or High Water Volumizing Tubing Mascara

Price: $24 · From Sephora

"Tubing mascaras deliver long, water-resistant wear and never smudge, yet they are gentle on your lashes. Special waxes form volumizing tubes around each lash instead of just coating them with pigment, so when you remove them by softening the formula with warm water, the tubes ball up and roll right off instead of giving you raccoon eyes. You can cry, sweat, get rained on or just have oily skin and a tubing mascara stays put," Wende Zomnir, Founder of caliray, told "Good Morning America."

IT Cosmetics Hello Lashes+ Eye Opening Mascara & Lash Serum

Price: $26 · From Nordstrom

A two-in-one mascara and lash serum with biotin, argan oil and jojoba oil that delivers lengthened, smudge-proof lashes.

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L'Oréal Double Extend Lash Extension Effect Mascara

Price: $12.99 · From Ulta

L'Oréal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara is a two-step Lash Extension Effect Mascara that provides up to 80% longer-looking, nourished lashes.

Ulta Lash Flash Mascara

Price: $10.50 · From Ulta

An innovative new tubing formula that delivers instant lift and length while coating lashes in a cylindrical tube for easy glide on application.

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Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Lengthening Mascara

Price: $29 · From Sephora

"Our Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara uses film forming technology and a molded brush to coat each lash in lightweight fibers that lock in place for a high-impact, fanned-out finish. It's basically a lash lift in a tube! The result is long-lasting, flexible wear that doesn't smudge or flake and the best part is that it comes right off with just a little bit of warm water," Vanessa Eckels, Global Artistry Trainer at Hourglass Cosmetics, told "Good Morning America."

Merit Clean Lash Lengthening Tubing Mascara

Price: $26 · From Sephora

Proprietary Tubing Film-Formers: Define, separate, and lift lashes without clumping.

Velour Lashes Pretty Big Deal Peptide & Tubing Mascara

Price: $26 · From Ulta

This mascara features a cocktail of nourishing peptides and high-performance ingredients that encase lashes in a luxurious, rare tubing formula, shielding lashes from environmental damage.