The Disobedient Eyelash: A Tale of Woe

[Math Is Hard]

It's bad enough that I have "cowlicks" in my hair (spots where hair grows in a different direction making it stick up in places) but now I've got an eyelash doing the same thing. All my eyelashes curl up except for this one on the left eye that points straight out and slightly down. Why can't it stand at attention like the other good little soldiers?

I try to glue it to the others with mascara, but that doesn't work so well. I am thinking about taking an eyelash curler to it, but those things kinda scare me. Pulling it out would probably hurt like hell, so I'm not so inclined to do that.

 

[Evo]

It's bad enough that I have "cowlicks" in my hair (spots where hair grows in a different direction making it stick up in places) but now I've got an eyelash doing the same thing. All my eyelashes curl up except for this one on the left eye that points straight out and slightly down. Why can't it stand at attention like the other good little soldiers?

I try to glue it to the others with mascara, but that doesn't work so well. I am thinking about taking an eyelash curler to it, but those things kinda scare me. Pulling it out would probably hurt like hell, so I'm not so inclined to do that.

I've gotten so frustrated before that I *did* pull it out with tweezers. Yeah, it hurts.

My eyebrows are starting to do that now. I always wondered why my eyebrow liner came with "glue", now I know.

 

[lisab]

MIH - I, too, am cursed with numerous cow licks and errant eyelashes. One in particular grows straight into my eye.

To my great surprise, plucking eyelashes isn't very painful, it's just scary as heck!

Plucking eybrow hairs hurts far, far worse, for me.

 

[qspeechc]

I would never pluck an eyelash, wouldn't it feel like you were going to tear your eyelid off?

 

[BobG]

The disobedient eyelash sounds a like a perfect match for the Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse.

It could make you the star of a cult following!

 

[lisab]

Nah, mine just pull right out.

I only did it because this one hair grows right into my eye. I don't have much choice.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I am glad to know that I am not the only one who has to put up with this!

 

[Evo]

What I hate is plucking that one nose hair that suddenly pops out of your nostril and wraps around the side of your nose.

That happens to everyone...right?

 

[Math Is Hard]

The disobedient eyelash sounds a like a perfect match for the Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse.

It could make you the star of a cult following!

uhhh.. Watchful Poker Chip? I'm not familiar with that. Is it something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU"?

 

[Math Is Hard]

What I hate is plucking that one nose hair that suddenly pops out of your nostril and wraps around the side of your nose.

That happens to everyone...right?

Isn't that what happened to Sigourney Weaver in Alien?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

My nose hairs are white. Do you think I should dye them?

 

[BobG]

uhhh.. Watchful Poker Chip? I'm not familiar with that. Is it something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU"?

It's a Ray Bradbury story.

Of course, in today's pop culture, I think Evo's nose hair would have more box office appeal. What suspense!

 

[Evo]

My nose hairs are white. Do you think I should dye them?

You don't dye them?

 

[Math Is Hard]

My nose hairs are white. Do you think I should dye them?

I think you have stumbled on a new product: Nose-hair dye kits.

There already are special products on the market for dying um.. the carpet to match the drapes.

So, hey, why not something to match up the nose hair?

 

[hypatia]

I was useing a eyelash curler once, then a BIG spider came crawling down the mirror, and I ended up ripping about half of them out as I jumped. I don't use eyelash curlers anymore.

 

[Evo]

There already are special products on the market for dying um.. the carpet to match the drapes.

 

[Evo]

I was useing a eyelash curler once, then a BIG spider came crawling down the mirror, and I ended up ripping about half of them out as I jumped. I don't use eyelash curlers anymore.

OUCH!

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

There already are special products on the market for dying um.. the carpet to match the drapes.

Man, I wish I didn't know that.

 

[Kurdt]

Aww its all those little things that make you girls cute.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was useing a eyelash curler once, then a BIG spider came crawling down the mirror, and I ended up ripping about half of them out as I jumped. I don't use eyelash curlers anymore.

yikes! How long did it take for your lashes to grow back?

 

[mbrmbrg]

I used to be scared of eyelash curlers, but then I tried one.
Great for days when I try to wear both glasses and mascara: using the curler prevents my eyelashes from hitting the glasses lens and leaving mascara streaks on it!

But *shudder*. Hypatia, that is one durned scary story. ick.

 

[Andre]

I think you have stumbled on a new product: Nose-hair dye kits.

Better delete that post, and quickly go to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) first. Ideas are easily stolen.

 

[qspeechc]

I pull 'em out with my fingers, all manly and that there like...
Then I go shooting birds and beat up some geeks.

 

[chroot]

I just think it's fascinating that so many people I previously assumed male are in fact female.

- Warren

 

[BobG]

I pull 'em out with my fingers, all manly and that there like...
Then I go shooting birds and beat up some geeks.

You shoot chickens to use as bait for the geeks?

Be sure to only wound them. Geeks prefer live chickens.

 

[Moonbear]

I just think it's fascinating that so many people I previously assumed male are in fact female.

- Warren

What, you don't think guys wear mascara?

I've had those errant eyelashes too, and yup, I pluck 'em. It smarts for a moment, but sure beats the persistent irritation of an eyelash poking me in the eye.

 

[hypatia]

Mascara, was first invented for men, to use on their hair. The first little slip covers for the backs of sofas and chairs, were called anti-mascaras, they kept the black mascara from rubbing off on to the furniture.
Woman didnt use the product until the 1920's.

And for those who asked, it takes about 6 weeks for lashes to grow back. But so far, its taken a lifetime to blank out the memory.

 

[Moonbear]

There already are special products on the market for dying um.. the carpet to match the drapes.

Wow, I did not know this. I thought that was the one way left to determine if the paint job was original.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I was sitting here thinking about asking my wife to ... uh ... Well, see if she would just ... I mean they have this product that let's you ... That is, if she would be willing to ... Oh never mind. just ignore this post. My wife wouldn't do it to save her life. And I wouldn't ask her for fear of my own.

 

[chroot]

Wow, I did not know this. I thought that was the one way left to determine if the paint job was original.

I'll just add it to the countless list of things I've learned about genitalia on PF.

- Warren

 

[Kurdt]

Wow, I did not know this. I thought that was the one way left to determine if the paint job was original.

Now you have to take the pube root to find the answer.

 

[lisab]

I'll just add it to the countless list of things I've learned about genitalia on PF.

- Warren

I hope you have other sources as well

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was sitting here thinking about asking my wife to ... uh ... Well, see if she would just ... I mean they have this product that let's you ... That is, if she would be willing to ... Oh never mind. just ignore this post. My wife wouldn't do it to save her life. And I wouldn't ask her for fear of my own.

Sound like you're beating around the bush.

*rimshot*

 

[rewebster]

Sound like you're beating around the bush.

*rimshot*

my, my---you're on the razor's edge of eliminating the whole dyeing problem

 

[mbrmbrg]

I just think it's fascinating that so many people I previously assumed male are in fact female.

- Warren

Me too.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was useing a eyelash curler once, then a BIG spider came crawling down the mirror, and I ended up ripping about half of them out as I jumped. I don't use eyelash curlers anymore.

Were you sitting on a tuffet at the time?

 

[Math Is Hard]

Better delete that post, and quickly go to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) first. Ideas are easily stolen.

Too late. There goes my ticket to the good life. :(

 

[Far Star]

I used to be scared of eyelash curlers, but then I tried one.
Great for days when I try to wear both glasses and mascara: using the curler prevents my eyelashes from hitting the glasses lens and leaving mascara streaks on it!

Tip for the day:

Warm the eyelash curler with a hair dryer on "low". Make sure to check that's it not too hot and use on clean lashes. They've even come out with a self heating curler. Go figure.

Far Star

 

[Math Is Hard]

Wow, I did not know this. I thought that was the one way left to determine if the paint job was original.

Betty Beauty has both natural and not so natural colors. They even have a green St. Patricks day kit that comes with a 4-leaf clover stencil.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Tip for the day:

Warm the eyelash curler with a hair dryer on "low". Make sure to check that's it not too hot and use on clean lashes. They've even come out with a self heating curler. Go figure.

Far Star

That is a very smart idea! Thank you!

Now I just have to work up the nerve to use the eyelash curler.

 

[Moonbear]

my, my---you're on the razor's edge of eliminating the whole dyeing problem

That's usually the easiest way to hide that one's hair color isn't natural.

 

[Far Star]

That is a very smart idea! Thank you!

Now I just have to work up the nerve to use the eyelash curler.

You're welcome. :<)

There are entire sections on some forums devoted to such things. There are ergonomic designs, silicone vs rubber, slightly curved or more rounded, padded handle or not, $5 vs $20...

And I thought physics was mind boggling.


Far Star

 

[Math Is Hard]

Yay! I managed to pull the thing out this morning!

 

[lisab]

Congrats! Did it hurt as much as you thought it would?

 

[Math Is Hard]

Congrats! Did it hurt as much as you thought it would?

It wasn't bad - it was mostly luck. First I put on mascara so I could get a grip, then I just tugged on some lashes in that area since I was having a problem grabbing that one particular eyelash. It turned out to be weakly rooted, as I suspected a defective, mutant eyelash might be. It gave way without a struggle, and no others came with it. it was a great relief because the stupid thing was starting to poke me.

 

[rewebster]

I really do have some 'sympathy' for everything that women have to worry about and have to go through-----

Most men usually get ready, get dressed, and go---


--it's not really 'sympathy'---it's more like ----oh...--my, my, MY...

 

[BobG]

I really do have some 'sympathy' for everything that women have to worry about and have to go through-----

Most men usually get ready, get dressed, and go---


--it's not really 'sympathy'---it's more like ----oh...--my, my, MY...

I don't know about that. Men have problems, too. It's just that they can all be solved with a pocket knife.

I still remember the trauma of getting splinters as a kid. I'd complain, my dad's hand slips out of his pocket holding a pocket knife, and he commands, "Come here, I'll take care of it."

Knives: the key to all of man's solutions and his problems, as well, sometimes. (Ivan had to convince Integral to put a picture of his knife holder in the caption competition thread, inspiring me to buy one of those http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/86dd/. They're sharp! I cut my finger while cutting an onion. Now that it's healing, the skin's receding a little more than I expected and I'm thinking that maybe I should have gotten stitches or at least put a little super glue on it. It looks okay from the top, but from the side it looks like it's going to leave more a divot than a scar.)