My Eyelashes

One of the perks of getting old (remember I am hitting the big four-oh this year) is losing what matters.
Like your short-term memory.
Your waist.
Your hair.
And your eyelashes.

I never had any issues with my hair being thin, or having sparse eyelashes until I started going through "the change."
I was sad.
And realized, like a lot of things in life, that I should have appreciated those things when I had them.
Thinner hair is easier to blow-dry?
(Testing out the glass-half-full approach.)
I wanted to share with you all, a tiny miracle that I discovered.

It is a knock-off of the more expensive Olay Eye Serum.
You know me, and my cheapness.
I chose the Equate Eye Serum.
I started using this about eight months ago, when I watched this stupid episode of Dr. Oz, that showed one of the signs of aging as losing elasticity in your under-eye bags.
He had us get a hand mirror and pinch the skin of the bags and see if it stays pinched.
Friends- don't do it.
It will make you sad.
I very rarely (never) scrutinize my face with a hand mirror.
I did that day.
It was horrifying.
The pinching...
It was equally depressing to acknowledge the wrinkles under my eyes.
I usually avoid full mirror contact, but Dr. Oz made me look.
Well, the next time I was out, I spent a good hour in the magical creams aisle.
After reading a million packages, I came home with two moisturizers and this eye serum.

I have never been one to mess with product.
I wash my make-up off faithfully (almost) every night.
But moisturizing was new to me.
So at night, I would rub in the eye serum, and then the night cream moisturizer after I washed.
And the next morning, after I showered, another (lighter, daytime) moisturizer and again, rub in the eye serum.

My skin is happy.
That was good.
But that eye serum worked a miracle.
My eyelashes are super long and healthy!
(Suck on THAT menopause!)
I have done nothing else different but rub that eye serum in.
I have gone through one bottle, you only need a teeny drop.
I want to show you, but don't make fun, okay?
Here is my eye without make-up.
(Keep in mind, I had my eyeliner tattooed on, so I look like I am wearing stuff.)

Also ignore the un-plucked eyebrows--I clearly do.
Then here are my lashes with a couple coats of mascara.

I don't know how things are in your neck o' the woods, but a lot of people in my area have paid good money for eyelash extensions.
They are crazy.
I think it makes your eyelashes look like a clump of spider legs that all fringe out in different directions.
My friend who couldn't take the extensions anymore (she said it was hard to SEE sometimes) took them off, and lost her real eyelashes.
No bueno.
I normally don't pimp out product, but when it works, and I can save folks some money, it is worth mentioning.
That is all.