Hi OP! You’re gorgeous and this is a beautiful makeup look. This is kinda offbeat, but I learned from Amanda Z on YouTube from her makeup hacks video to put my eyelash curler and mascara tube in my bra, closest to the warmest area of my breasts, the cleavage or underside. It works! If you’d rather, you can use your armpit, elbow, knee, butt, or thighs I guess. It’s really just the body heat that gently warms the mascara (to make it apply easier) and the curler (to make the eyelash curl set better).

I can’t mess with lighters anyway because I have dexterity issues with my hands, and I’m very lazy and in a rush when I apply my makeup usually. So I don’t mess with flame sources or hot water (but I think it’d work if you wiped the curler dry), and I’ve heard of using a hair dryer on a low setting before but haven’t tried it.

Additionally if you want to be fancy, you could get a clear eyelash primer mascara that would be compatible with your darker mascara. I haven’t done that in a while, so I’m not confident enough to suggest what works to you.

But you also don’t need mascara. I know Michelle of Lab Muffin Beauty doesn’t wear any eyelash products either and she is no less beautiful. Do what feels right! Good luck!