Hot Mamas Know- February
February 1, 2008 – 8:00 am
Here’s my tip of the month…
My eye! My eye! (A dangerous tale of mascara gone wrong)
The other week I was in a cosmetics store where I spent SO MUCH MONEY that the woman behind the counter informed me I had earned my very own FREE SAMPLE.
WOOHOO! I love me some free samples!
The woman held out the three options that I could choose from. They were so tiny that all three fit neatly in the palm of her hand. A little-bitty bottle of lotion. A minuscule bottle of face cream. And a teeny-weeny tube of mascara. Since I’ve been feeling the need for some LUSCIOUSNESS in the lash arena and since the mascara was called lash plumper, I chose the 3rd option.
The next morning I couldn’t WAIT to get my lashes plumped. Eagerly I pulled out the wand o’ wonder and read the instructions, which said,
1) Passar la brosse Air Plump de la racine à la pointe des cils.
2) Volume intense: 15 à 30 passages de la brosse.
3) Volume spectaculaire: plus de 30 passages de la brosse.Riiiiiiiight.
Well, you know a beauty product is authentic if the directions are in french, right?
(that is French, right? Or maybe not. All I know is I CAN’T READ IT.)
With some guesswork and the assistance of the accompanying diagrams and schematics, I somehow figured out that I was supposed to “glide the brush from lash roots to lash ends.”
I could obtain intense volume if I did this 15 to 30 times.
And I could get SPECTACULAR volume by doing it 30 times or more.
30 times or more?!?!
PER EYE?!!?
Exactly how much time do these French people think I have to spend putting on mascara?
Maybe in France they have unlimited grooming time to spend ten minutes applying mascara. But here in the US of A we have like -2 minutes. At least at my house.
But the pursuit of great things often comes at great cost. Perseverance is key to success in most endeavors. And the tortoise BEAT the hare.
Because I know these things AND because I’d already dropped CJ off at preschool, I decided to give the LASH PLUMPER the good old college try.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14…
Somewhere around 15 I was thoroughly bored with the sweeping of the brush over my delicate but OH-SO-SLOWLY plumpening lashes.
(something you may or may not know about me is that I have VERY LITTLE patience. This is why I hate housecleaning. Well, that and the dirt.)
So anyhow I was BORED. So I decided to go FASTER. Faster, FASTER, FASTER!… how FAST can I do this exactly?
And JAB! I get a mascara wand right in the eye.
OUCH!
Somehow I don’t think I’m supposed to be plumping my PUPIL.
And so for now I’m going back to boring, clumpy old Neutrogena. It may be less PLUMP but so far I’ve kept my vision. And that’s important in a mascara.
Now I want to hear YOUR tips & tricks! Write your own Hot Mamas Know post on your blog, then come back and add a link to it here using the fields below. (get code for the graphic and more details on entering this event here)
IMPORTANT! Don’t type your name in the box where it says “name.” Instead, type a short summary of your post. (I did the first one as an example lest you be confused). And it should go without saying but links that do not go directly to a Hot Mamas Know post on your blog will be deleted, quickly and with feeling. There, you’ve been warned.
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By All Adither on Jan 31, 2008 | Reply
30 freaking times? I guess if had a crossiant to eat while you were applying it…
Angie
http://www.AllAdither.com
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By BrineS on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
Do you have to be a Mama to participate? I’m a newlywed and would love to take part in this…no babies - - - yet! - - - so, I’m not exactly a Hot Mama…
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By Mrs. Fussy Fussypants on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
Oh, I wish mine had a tip I’d have linked up my fight the frump.
Any possible was to use that awesome graphic of yours!
love ya honey!
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By Amy on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
OK I messed up and put my name in the linky thing. Don’t delete me please! It’s about shiny hair, btw.
Ouch on the eye jab! I’ve done that once before - not pleasant.
And NO way I’m putting on 30 coats of mascara. What kind of chisel is recommended to remove all that?
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By slcmom on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
Oh I love that! And 30x’s??? No friggin way…I don’t even take the time to blow-dry my hair or straighten it, which of course gives me the “I’m insane” look, very fashionable I can assure you…let alone have time to put mascara on that much…I wonder if it would creep onto my face and give me darker circles under my eyes partway through the day adding to my crazy appearance? And…if you haven’t noticed, I NEED the hot mama’s beauty secrets!! Thanks!
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By jennifer on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
I’m so behind on your Hot mama’s stuff…I’m still reading the ones from last month (and from November and December) but the tips are so good!
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By MamaGeek on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
Great tip (don’t poke your eye out), yet I’m certain I’ll still do it every time.
I wish I had a tip but somehow I don’t think ‘how to look good in yoga pants every single day’ would qualify. :)
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By MommyTime on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
This is hilarious.
I mean, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
I mean, I’m very sorry you hurt yourself. But did you have to be so funny describing it? Because now all I can think is that it’s hysterical to poke yourself in the eye. And if I have to explain to my 4 year old why I’m laughing, and THAT comes out, well, all bets will be totally off about what objects start flying around in this house.
Still, I do hope your eye’s okay. :)
I have no tip to add, because today Kelly set up a challenge: I Heart My Body day, and I did that instead. Which is kind of like a tip, if reclaiming love for your body counts as a beauty tip…I don’t know. You can check out her story (linked to her name) and mine, and see what you think.
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By Kristi on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply
What’s a cosmetic counter? If it’s not Cover Girl and from the Walmarts, I’m clueless. My life sucks.
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By Queen of Shake-Shake on Feb 2, 2008 | Reply
Hey! I finally made it! I did post last night, only on my way out the door so I just got to letting you know this morning. Sorry!
Hey, I think I messed up the HTML for the button b/c it won’t let you click from my site to here on my blog. Ack! Please don’t delete me, especially with feeling. I’ll try to figure out why it won’t work, I promise.
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By Gnightgirl on Feb 4, 2008 | Reply
I missed HotMamas! Started my entry and just got too busy to finish it. I’ll be back next month!
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By Kiara on Apr 28, 2008 | Reply
Hey!!!…I’m finally a full-fledged stay-home mum..YIPEEEE Leaves me mills of time to update on beauty tips for myself and you hot mamas.Watch the spot!!
ANYWAY,I have been looking for a good brand of wax strips.. Would give the Sally Hansens one a try!! Sounds promising!!
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