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What is going on in the mascara industry lately?
Have you been seeing all the new highly confusing products that have been flashing ad by ad?
For instance, vibrating mascara?
I think Maybelline is seriously underestimating just how uncoordinated many woman are... do you really want to put something up against your eye when it is vibrating?
Especially something loaded with icky sticky eye-burning black mascara?
Honestly! (I am curious how many casualities have resulted)
or this lash tube extension stuff... that is highly suspect. It actually builds length onto your lashes that stays put all day and then just washes clean away? I wonder what happens when you cry? Will it start raining confetti down your cheeks? (make sure your guy is true before putting that on your eyes!)
Or the Drew Barry bigger brush- bigger lashes theory.... let's just use a catepiller already!
And the British company's spring loaded plexy tip- boing! splat! Guess I don't need to bother coloring my eyebrows now!
Or the new Rogaine for lashes being promoted by Brooke Shields... I can't help being reminded of that fantastic Energizer ad that used to be on where it seemed like a hair club for men commercial of a guy telling you about his regrowth of thick natural hair and then the bunny bangs by across the back with his little drum "still going..." and the guy spins around and his whole back is covered in that "thick natural regrowth of hair" too! lol
Well, the I couldn't help but wonder if you spilled your eyelash hair growth stuff on your cheek or upper lip... hehe
Okay, so I know I am being silly but its kinda fun to mawk the ridiculous "scientific study" people will go to for artificial beauty... am I right?
Have you been seeing all the new highly confusing products that have been flashing ad by ad?
For instance, vibrating mascara?
I think Maybelline is seriously underestimating just how uncoordinated many woman are... do you really want to put something up against your eye when it is vibrating?
Especially something loaded with icky sticky eye-burning black mascara?
Honestly! (I am curious how many casualities have resulted)
or this lash tube extension stuff... that is highly suspect. It actually builds length onto your lashes that stays put all day and then just washes clean away? I wonder what happens when you cry? Will it start raining confetti down your cheeks? (make sure your guy is true before putting that on your eyes!)
Or the Drew Barry bigger brush- bigger lashes theory.... let's just use a catepiller already!
And the British company's spring loaded plexy tip- boing! splat! Guess I don't need to bother coloring my eyebrows now!
Or the new Rogaine for lashes being promoted by Brooke Shields... I can't help being reminded of that fantastic Energizer ad that used to be on where it seemed like a hair club for men commercial of a guy telling you about his regrowth of thick natural hair and then the bunny bangs by across the back with his little drum "still going..." and the guy spins around and his whole back is covered in that "thick natural regrowth of hair" too! lol
Well, the I couldn't help but wonder if you spilled your eyelash hair growth stuff on your cheek or upper lip... hehe
Okay, so I know I am being silly but its kinda fun to mawk the ridiculous "scientific study" people will go to for artificial beauty... am I right?
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Sun, September 13, 2009 - 12:10 PMROFLMAO!!! omg.... ::wheezes:: -
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Sun, September 13, 2009 - 12:16 PMBut wait! There's MORE!!
What about the mascara that has sparkly flecks in it to allegedly "enhance your eye color?" Is that marketed directly to us belly dancers because of our addiction to all things sparkly?
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Wed, September 23, 2009 - 9:19 PMHaha, it is true, I and most dancers I know do love shiny sparkly things . . . but I wouldn't think I'd need it in mascara! :P
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Sun, September 13, 2009 - 3:44 PM"Well, the I couldn't help but wonder if you spilled your eyelash hair growth stuff on your cheek or upper lip... hehe"
I seriously thought the same thing! Made me think back to the first time I saw those adds for Propecia...that pill that was supposed to help men grow their hair back...
"Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not handle broken caplets"
Why? Cuz if you do your baby is going to come out looking like Sasquatch?
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Sun, September 13, 2009 - 8:17 PMThey even have eyelash extensions at a local salon here.
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Mon, September 14, 2009 - 8:03 AMHow do the giant flesh-eating caterpillar wands really help? I have always wondered why they are so popular. I have always been pretty good at putting on makeup but I can NOT use one of those fat brushes without getting mascara all over my eyelids. The longer bristles just poke righe through at the base of my lashes and smear all over my lash line. Ick. I actually prefer a more narrow brush so that I can get down to the roots, otherwise I look really silly with dark tips and light roots.
I'm not even gonna try the vibrating wands as I have spent years mastering the concept of my hand not shaking while applying eye makeup. -
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Mon, September 14, 2009 - 8:56 AMI don't know about the vibrating one- although the lady at the cosmetics counter totally mocked it too.. " I never found the vibrating to be too taxing- but what do I know"
I almost died on the chair right there.
That in combination for the endless possibilites of what ELSE it could double for just send me over the edge in fits and how much I'm NOT going to be spending on it. Biggest purchase was the Stilleto stuff and for all that it was cracked up to be... I was seriously disappointed.
As for the big caterpillar brushes... I have the maballine collossol one or whatever and I love it- I used it with my cheapie brand Mega Wink and its AWESOME.
But yeah- the ads are getting ridiculous. seriously.
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Tue, September 15, 2009 - 9:29 AMAt the store I tried the stuff that glues little fibers to your lashes to make them longer. Two major problems:
1. It flaked off all day and I constantly had little sharp point fibers getting into my eyes and coating my cheeks. Dangerous and unattractive. :P
2. The fibers don't all evenly apply, so different lashes end up being different lengths. I had to manually correct (by plucking with my fingers) a random lash that was about twice as long as the other lashes around it. o_O
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Tue, September 15, 2009 - 10:43 AM*gigglesnort* *dissolves into hysterical laughter* Whew! Now I want to go buy mascara...
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Sun, September 20, 2009 - 6:20 PMI just felt I had to share this...
failblog.org/2009/09/20/mascara-ad-fail/
There is a comment about it that almost made me drop my coffee..."They say make up sex is best!" *giggle-giggle-giggle* -
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Mon, September 21, 2009 - 7:35 PMyeah I saw that yesterday... wow almost lost my damn mind when I saw that last night. =) I love it
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Tue, September 22, 2009 - 2:25 PMYeah- when I saw that ad I was thinking *I wonder what some people are going to try with their new mascara brush hmmm*
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Tue, September 22, 2009 - 3:07 AMI have the tube mascara, haven't had any problems yet (though I have not worn it for ultra sweaty performances yet, I have worn it for some indoor performances and a family wedding).
It really does come off with just soap and water (or just water).
Volume? About the same as regular mascara.
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Mon, October 19, 2009 - 5:08 PMI love the tube mascara! I use it all the time for fire dance shows and have never had it flake or sweat off. I have oily skin and I have to really set my eye makeup to make it stay in place, too. Five stars for Kiss Me brand tubing mascara! But, yes, volume is the same as regular stuff, maybe even *slightly* less, though it does do a better job of lengthening than most regular ones. And, pretty much waterproof (holds up to light swimming and rain) but no need to use eye makeup remover to get it off.
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Wed, September 23, 2009 - 6:55 AMThat vibrating mascara is going to be the Clear Pepsi of its time. Or, I dunno, what other ridiculous products did we have in the 80s? -
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Wed, September 23, 2009 - 8:12 PMjust found out tonight in the 80's there were hundreds of patents to prevent rapes and things... vaginal inserts w/ penis slicing devices... slicing/harpooning big hypodermic needle thingie...
and it was like... yes American women everwhere will put on their lovely shoulder padded shirts and do their hair and their penis slicing vaginal insert and do their lipstick. Yeah thats how thats going to go.
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Wed, September 23, 2009 - 8:59 PMI am extremely glad that I missed that particular trend in the '80's....and may I say, I have a very horrified look on my face, at the moment...one which is impossible to describe...*twitch-twitch*
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Wed, October 14, 2009 - 12:58 PMThat is horrifying! How could someone be so terrified of being raped that they would wear a sharp dangerous device in their pookie *just in case*?
scary thought... although, man, if some guy DID try to rape that girl, boy would he get a terrifying surprise.
Seems kind of sick though.
Scary the things people dream up.
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Wed, October 14, 2009 - 4:08 PMThese are actually being used in Africa...
Its quite the Deterrent! With HIV running so rampant its a good thing! -
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Thu, October 15, 2009 - 6:59 AMExcept for the fact that HIV is also passed by blood as well and the man's penis would be bleeding making this device useless for preventing HIV. Unless however the woman was "kind" enough to give the guy fair warning before hand. -
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Sat, October 17, 2009 - 6:47 AMwow I had no Idea it was being used in Africa- yeah its not enitrely a viable option due to the mentioned blood issue. Hmmm strange world we live in. it reallly is.
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Thu, September 24, 2009 - 5:40 PMMy favorite thing about mascara ads is that they're always wearing false lashes *rolleyes* Yes, now I want to buy your mascara, cause that's SO REAL. The ones with Drew Barrymore have been particularly fake looking. -
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Sun, September 27, 2009 - 8:06 AMremember when the thing whats her name came out... crap Salma Hayek thats her name I think or Penelope Cruse... either one she was a mascara spokeswomen/model and the industry got busted b/c she was wearing fakies. We all went- no duh!!! it was pretty entertaining fiasco. =)
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Sun, September 27, 2009 - 11:39 AMIt seems many of them do. I mean how can you not tell. My oldest daughter has light blonde and very long lashes. Putting mascara on her is too much (for recital) because they are long and full already. But, if you are one of the lucky ones with light lashes a regular brown from AVON Wash Off Waterproof works well. It just lifts and separates. lol.
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