Personally I like DiorShow and their waterproof is my next mascara because my eyes are the smudging queens.

Cass is me. Love DiorShow waterproof.

Instead of speaking, she said her feelings were "too powerful for words" and instead did an interpretive dance with a six-foot rainbow parrot puppet to express her loss.

If someone had decided to make it a double funeral, no jury would ever convict.

I've tried to use an eyelash curler, but my eyelashes are not only thin and paler than my hair, but also very short. I too have very oily eyelids, which means that no waterproof mascara works for me because they're designed to be taken off with oil-based products. They do look better dyed, but eyelash dyeing is outrageously expensive considering that it takes five minutes. Once upon a time, before the FDA banned it, you could get eyelash dye over the counter, which was great. I'd argue that if I never blinded myself with it, it can't be too dangerous, considering that I'm a one-person product hazard lab.

I too have very oily eyelids, which means that no waterproof mascara works for me because they're designed to be taken off with oil-based products.

For you, Blinc's Kiss Me. It only comes off with both pressure and warm water combined.

The only time I ever had it come off unexpectedly on me was when I was cleaning my house during an allergy attack and heat wave. So there was a lot of water (sneeze tears and crazy sweating) and pressure (sneezing and rubbing my eyes) there.

Erin, is there a specific Almay mascara that you like?

I'll assume this was for me...

Near as I can tell from their website, this is the one I've been using: [link]

OMG funeral weirdness. Too much. I'm actually a little nauseous and glad I wasn't there to freak out and smack someone with the Clue-By-4 she so desperately deserves.

I've seen a death notice with a cheesecake style photo of the decedent. I thought that was in especially poor taste because the problem had been breast cancer and she'd delayed and delayed treatment, worrying about her looks...

What Shir said: *made* my day.

DJ, your funeral experience sounds horrific. Yes, I'll be judgey, no problem! I thought *I'd* been to some bad ones, geez. There's eccentric and there's insane.

I have yet to find the perfect mascara. I tried the Blinc and found it weirdly weird. Maybe I'll give it another try.

I'm making my cupcakes now. Cockeyed cake recipe (no eggs, baking soda and vinegar, it's my go to cake recipe because it's what my mother always made, and it's so easy) divided into muffin tin. If a square cake is supposed to take half an hour, the cupcakes will take, what 15-20 minutes?

ETa: 15 minutes was about right.

I'm about to shill a product! I never did this before. Should they be paying me?

Have you seen those commercials for Latisse, the stuff that's supposed to grow eyelashes "longer, thicker, and darker"? Well, it works. I used it for a few months. My lashes have always been nearly invisible, short and sparse. Even mascara didn't really help. This stuff made them so thick, I almost didn't even need eyeliner. (I also used it to regrow my eyebrows after the Thyroid Unpleasantness, although it's not approved for any hair but lashes.) Even after not having used it for many months, my lashes are still thicker, darker, and longer than before. Not to the point of not needing eyeliner, but at least now my mascara is actually visible. It works, and fast. The difference was visible after just a couple weeks. Downside is, it's pricey; upside is, one package will last a lot longer than they claim. (They also package it with a bunch of teeny "one-use" brushes, which I think is ridiculous; I wash them and re-use them. But I take no responsibility for what may happen if you do that.)

The ral caveat, of course, is that it "may" darken the iris, permanently. My dermatologist said the ingredient that caused that effect is not in this product and it can't happen. The effective ingredient was part of a glaucoma treatment. Growing eyelashes was a side effect that they bottled and sold. The darkening came from a different ingredient. Or so my derm says. I haven't verified that myself. I stopped using it a few months ago just because I didn't want to take a chance on turning my green eyes brown, but in truth, I used it for months and saw no darkening at all, so really I'm just being paranoid. If your eyes are already brown, there's nothing to worry about.

Okay, done shilling. I'm just so pleased to find a "wonder" product that really does do what it says it will!

Do the lashes stay once you stop applying? This has been my big question!

Do the lashes stay once you stop applying? This has been my big question!

Yeah, that's been my question, too.