when someone is wearing mascara

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alpacinou

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I want to describe a situation when someone is wearing mascara. Can I use "streak"?

Is this correct?

She pushed the door open and walked in. The green dress fit her perfectly, its long slit revealed her thighs. Green mascara streaked her eyes, matched with her eyelashes.
 
No. That makes it sound as if she made a mess of applying her mascara or she's been out in the rain and it's run all down her face. I'd use "outlined" or "framed".
Also, the second half of that sentence makes no sense. You're saying that her green mascara matches her eyelashes. Mascara is applied only to the eyelashes so, regardless of their natural colour (which wouldn't be green), we know that her eyelashes currently appear to be green. Did you intend to suggest that her eyelashes now match the colour of her eyes?
 
No. That makes it sound as if she made a mess of applying her mascara or she's been out in the rain and it's run all down her face. I'd use "outlined" or "framed".
Also, the second half of that sentence makes no sense. You're saying that her green mascara matches her eyelashes. Mascara is applied only to the eyelashes so, regardless of their natural colour (which wouldn't be green), we know that her eyelashes currently appear to be green. Did you intend to suggest that her eyelashes now match the colour of her eyes?
Yes.

She pushed the door open and walked in. The green dress fit her perfectly, its long slit revealed her thighs. Green mascara framed her eyes, matched perfectly with her eye color.
 
The green dress fit her perfectly, its long slit revealing her thighs. Green mascara framed her eyes, matching perfectly with her eye color perfectly.
If you want to use "revealed" and "matched", you'll need a semi-colon after "perfectly" and "eyes".
 
How about this?

Green mascara fringed her eyes, matching her eye color perfectly.
 
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