Did you watch the Winter Olympics? Curling seemed to be the new cool thing to watch and love. I admit, I was a bit fascinated And about time for the closing ceremonies, I started to “get it”. I was glued to the action to the very end, and felt the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat as the Canadians beat Norway. But this is not the “curling” that I’m talking about (horrible English, I know, but that’s just me). THIS is the curling to which I refer. (There, better?) The other day I read where “curling your eyelashes before applying mascara OPENS the eyes, making you look more awake and younger”. Well, you don’t think I can pass that by, right? I quit curling my eyelashes years ago. Just didn’t seem worth the eye-poking, weird-looking routine and time. But if it can open up my eyes and make me look YOUNGER, why not give it another try?!? First couple of times I got the curler too close to my eye, like I was trying to curl my eyeball. I don’t recommend it. Next time, I got them curled great, but then went to apply the mascara and poked my eye not once, but twice with the mascara wand. You know the look. Part Carol Channing and part fly specks on your upper and lower lids? OMWord. I almost gave up. First sports injury I’ve had in years! The best story EVER about an eyelash curler came from my mom. Mom and Dad got married in 1945. Not too long after the wedding, Dad was watching Mom put on her makeup. Dad was quite the “gadget” guy and loved working with metal and, in later years, wood. He always wanted to figure out how things worked and could do just about anything. One of the smartest men I ever knew. And with only an 8th grade education. Working on the family tobacco farm in east Tennessee was more important back then than finishing high school, particularly when buying a pair of shoes more than once a year was out of the question. Dad was smart about a lot of things, but a woman’s makeup routine was not one of them. So, after watching Mom use this curling “machine”, he decided he was going to give it a try. I’m sure he thought to himself, “How hard can it be?” […]
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