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.

Ok, people sounded like they were just chanting USA! USA! In responseto something Obama said. Seriously people!? It's the state Of the union, not a sporting event!

They say that the effect will wear off, and the "holy cow!" factor did, but even after not having used it for many months, my lashes are still thicker, darker, and longer than before. My experience is that, once they get to the point of maximum growth, something like twice-weekly maintenance is all that's needed to keep them there. My next appointment with my dermatologist, I'm buying another package.

I think what the stuff really does is just stimulate growth and significantly slow the rate at which lashes are shed. I saw lashes where I'd never seen lashes, I swear. I also used it on the bottom lid, which you're not supposed to do but I don't know why.

Look, my kitchen cookbook wall is DONE! Well, not done in the sense that I still need to hang art on the walls, but all of the cookbooks are unpacked and arranged on their shelves and everything! Actually, the entire kitchen is unpacked-- finished the last boxes today.

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