"Life is what happens while you're making other plans."
Mascara is the story of three very different women who rediscover the value of their friendship at a time when their lives are in turmoil. Panic sets in as they approach their thirtieth birthdays and nothing is going according to plan.
Ione Skye
Rebecca
Lumi Cavazos
Laura
Amanda de Cadenet
Jennifer
Steven Schub
Donnie
Steve Jones
Nick
Rustam Branaman
Dave
Barry Del Sherman
Ken
Corey Page
Andrew
Tara Subkoff
Daphne
Mascara is the story of three very different women who rediscover the value of their friendship at a time when their lives are in turmoil. Panic sets in as they approach their thirtieth birthdays and nothing is going according to plan.
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