I wasn't a girl blessed with either gorgeous thick eyebrows like our girl Brooke...
or long bat-worthy lashes like my girl Penelope (whose brows aren't bad either):
This is actually totally fine because thanks to a little threading (6 bux around the corner, you can't beat it) and Browzing by Benefit, I create the illusion of good brows on a daily basis. My eyebrow style has evolved over the years but these days I think they're looking better than ever. I went through a too thin, tattoo-looking phase which in retrospect was kind of unfortunate (shown here):
Why didn't anybody say anything???? But recently I have settled in to a more natural looking groove that I'm happy with (taken at Inauguration hence the crowd reflection in my shades).
About the eyelashes. I wear a couple of coats of mascara and thick black liner on the top lid every day to create a luscious illusion. But for the Inauguration of My Boo (yes I'm a Democrat working in Finance, so what - if you're a Republican keep reading, don't be partisan about your entertainment)...I got a set of individual falsies that were FANTASTIC. For precisely six days.
Sidebar - I personally prefer lash extensions but they're quite expensive. I got them once at this spot in Koreatown for about 200 bux and they lasted a couple of weeks. I wish she had made them more dramatic though so if I do that again I'll ask the person to be more aggressive. But this post is about glued on individuals which cost about 50. Either way you have to clean your eyes with q tips which adds a good five minutes to your face washing routine. Just fyi in case you're considering getting some.
Back to the seventh day, which was today. I'm home sick after getting kicked off the trading floor for excessive coughing yesterday morning. My co-workers were quite wise because I had a pretty hot fever (precisely what temp I don't know, don't have kids so don't have a thermometer) which broke late yesterday. I still can't turn my eyeballs though, it hurts too much. And I still cough when I try to speak too much. Anyhoo...a massive clump fell out of the right side today requiring me to follow through and remove the rest.
This process is easier said than done. After soaking my lashes in makeup remover another 50% came off. Mind you, the left eye was still poppin looking totally fabulous other than the fact that the glue gunks up a bit after that many days. My left eye is my favorite just like my girl Lisa Lopes from TLC, may she rest in peace.
Anyway after about 30 minutes of soaking and cajoling these things to come off about 80% came off easily with no trauma to the underlying lashes and 20% took at least one real lash with them. Maybe I lost about a dozen or two? One spot in particular is looking quite bare. Quel horreur! (I was a French major). They better effin grow back. Just like I wouldn't be able to stand a hair weave (but I'm not hating, do you if that's how you roll) I could not take the glued on lashes for long so I'm terrified of becoming dependent on them. They were fabulous while they lasted. But for real...they better grow back. Seriously.
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