The secret to DWTS' Maura Higgins' incredible eyelashes? A $13 mascara


The Irish TV personality revealed her beauty secrets - which we're so here for. See which products Dancing With The Stars'


Maura Higgins© Getty

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Carla Challis
Carla ChallisCommerce Partnerships Editor
Updated: September 3, 2026

There's so much excitement around the new season of Dancing With The Stars after the new official promo shots were released. It's a fever dream with Summer House icon Ciara Miller, movie star Julia Stiles, Tatyana Ali, Jenna Dewan and Hanson's Taylor Hanson donning their sequins and limbering up for dance-packed season. And another star set to appear on the ABC show is Maura Higgins, our fave girl from The Traitors US.

Irish beauty Maura is no stranger to reality TV, having made her name on Love Island UK and hosting Love Island Aftersun. And before she heads to the dancefloor, we needed to discover some of her must-have beauty products - and found she's a fan of an affordable mascara, which she always packs for her summer vacations.

One thing she's not shy about is sharing her beauty buys, and Maura, 35, gave us a glimpse at the products she she uses to create her glowy makeup - and I noticed it included a $12 mascara.

Maura Higgins in black top© Instagram
Maura, 35, shared her glowy makeup favorites to her 4.1M Instagram followers

Looking beautiful in a black bardot sweater and red bold earrings, I was struck by Maura's incredible eyelashes, which she appeared to be lengthened and defined after an application of L'Oreal's Voluminous Panorama Mascara, $12 at Amazon.

I even zoomed in on Maura's snap because her lashes looked that good. Amazon shoppers agree with Maura, as they rated it 4.4 out of five for making lashes appear "fuller", "longer" and for having serious staying power.

MAURA'S MASCARA: L'Oreal Voluminous Panorama Mascara

L'Oréal Paris Volume Million Lashes Panorama Mascara© L'Oréal Paris
L'Oréal Paris Volume Million Lashes Panorama Mascara, £12.99

Maura' is in good company, as its a favorite of Hollywood legend Dame Helen Mirren.

And it wasn't the only L'Oréal product Maura had packed in her suitcase. Her natural, glowing skin is thanks to the L'Oréal Paris Paradise Lumi Glotion, $14.97 /  £9.40, an illuminating skin tint that is said to brighten and hydrate the skin. Reading the product description, it acts as a primer, foundation, highlighter and contour in one, saving you space in your toiletry bag which is ideal for a vacation.

Maura on Love Island USA© Getty
Maura Higgins on season 6 of Love Island USA

She also gave a shout out to REFY's $28 Cream Bronzer (£18 in the UK), a lightweight, buildable bronzer with skin-loving ingredients like Vitamin E and Sunflower Seed Oil. Maura uses the shade SAND, and added an extra dose of illumination to her skin with Vieve’s Skin Dew, a $31 liquid highlighter.

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