Lash blast

I’ve got a great pair. They’re traffic stopping, authentically beautiful and genuinely all mine. Of course, I’m talking about my eyelashes.

Super long and thick, my lashes naturally curl upwards. They define and separate with the application of any mascara, regardless of price, performance or formulation. They consistently attract the attention of friends, colleagues and strangers who all ask: are your eyelashes real? And I never have to wear falsies. My eyelashes are perfect just the way they are.

I can say that. I have crap thin blonde hair, miniscule eyebrows and jiggly thighs–my eyelashes are all that I have.

Yet it still burns me when I see models in television and print ad campaigns, clearly wearing a row of false eyelashes, while promoting the next must-have mascara. It’s not fair. It misrepresents. And for women who may not recognize a faux lash line when they see one and expect those results from the mascara, it could also be very misleading. Mascara manufacturers need to pony up and show the real deal. Gain authenticity in an aesthetically driven industry by delivering their product on real eyelashes. I predict that if they did, they’d sell tons more tubes of the stuff, not to mention have every magazine beauty editor happily wagging their tongues about them.

I would.

Right after I stop batting my fabulous fringe at myself in the mirror.

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