Every 15 seconds, it sells one stick of mascara, and its products were taken by French cosmetics retailer Sephora in 2017, through which Marie Dalgar reached global markets.

Among exported cosmetics, lipsticks, eye shadow and blushes were the bestsellers, while mascara and facial powder showed great sales potential, said the report from AskCI.

French cosmetics group L'Oreal said during the past two months, sales of eye makeup products, including eyeliners, eye shadows, mascara, and eyebrow pencils grew faster than other product categories in the China market.

I even bought a purple mascara," she said.