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Today’s Randomness

Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 20:04 | Category : Meatspace Life
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I now own three eyelash curlers.  For a woman who hardly wore makeup at all for nearly a decade (i.e. only on very, very special occasions) that seems excessive.

(Yes, I have a justification, feeble though it may be.  I had a Revlon curler that served me well for years, but the pad was finally wearing out.  I searched two different grocery stores, but could only find Maybelline replacement pads.  I bought them, hoping they’d serve, but the fit was all wrong and was tearing up my eyelashes.  I gave up and, on my next trip to the grocery store, bought a Maybelline curler to go with the extra pads I had.  Turns out that the problem wasn’t a mismatch between the Revlon Curler and the Maybelline pads at all…it was the fact that Maybelline Eyelash curlers suck the whole way around.  Tonight, I was back at the grocery store and finally found a another Revlon curler…but no Revlon pads being sold by themselves.  The curler, however, was on sale.  Disgusted, I said fuck it and bought the damn curler.

There…now wasn’t that fascinating?)

7 Comments for “Today’s Randomness”

  1. 1Cristina

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 1:32

    They have always always looked to me like torture implements! My eyelashes recoil inside at the prospect of using them. I make up for the lack of extra curling by using high quality mascara, in the rare occasions I put make up on.

  2. 2Anne

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 4:01

    I am impressed that you even have one. I refuse to go near such things. Most days I’m lucky to be out of PJs by lunchtime. :P

  3. 3Chris

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 4:24

    *fears*

  4. 4Ragnar

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 4:42

    My mom doesn’t wear make-up, so as a little kid I was fascinated to go through other people’s bathroom drawers and find all these crazy things whose purpose I could only guess at.

    For the longest time I thought that the eyelash curler was some sort of dental implement, perhaps for holding the tongue out of the way while brushing…

    Random.

  5. 5Kelli

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 9:10

    Acutally, yes it was. I always find it interesting to learn about other sordid “I wanted this, bought that, and ended up with this” stories.

  6. 6obsidiankitten

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 10:39

    I’m with Cristina and Ragnar…a scary device that I too thought was something for the teeth. I get Lancome mascara and use it so rarely that one tube lasts me for about two years.

    And Anne…I’m almost never out of PJs by lunchtime.

  7. 7Stacey

    wrote on 25 March 2009 at 14:42

    I remember your lesson well- never put on mascara, and THEN curl your lashes.