To Dye for!
I was chatting with Troy Surratt, an amazing makeup artist and he told me that if you want to brighten your eyes but are fresh out of mascara just color your lashes with a Sharpie. What?! I was shocked but he swore that it worked and said he does it all the time right before he has to go on camera or just needs a lift. Being a cynic but curious I came down from my attic office and convinced my my babysitter Jessica to try it with me.
We painted our lashes with the big thick marker from my junk drawer and our eyes blossomed to Lady Gaga proportions.
It was a miracle. I went back upstairs feeling pretty. She went out to play with the kids feeling glam. Then later I had to interview a beauty expert who was a little dull and a little full of himself, it was late in the afternoon, and I rubbed my eyes. Within a few minutes my lashes started to burn and my eyes were tearing and I actually had to stop the interview because my eyes were on fire.
Lesson learned: Beware of makeup artists clever ideas that have poor real life applications! I’ve known that Sharpie’s are a quick way to mask the occasional stray gray hair on your head. You simply apply the marker to the hair, it works but then I guess you but you don’t rub your hair. Troy is so smart and articulate, he had just described curling your eye lashes like rolling an awning on the window of your soul to let the sun shine in. How could I have not believed him? I guess he knows better than to touch his face.
PS: Unfortunately, in the rush of the evening kid hand-off my sitter and I didn’t get to chat about the Sharpie malfunction. She found out the hard way when she was in the shower that night and the ink washed into her eyes! Needless to say she sent me a strongly worded text about being a beauty guinea pig. I could not blame her.