Thursday, February 24, 2011

With the upcoming nuptials a mere 3 months away I decided to "do" something about my frumpy self so that OAP swoons in delight as I meet him at the "altar" (a table with a table cloth and bunch of flowers!). Not sure about losing weight as this seems a futile task so will have to learn to live with it (I learned to live with OAP so surely I can learn to love my rolls and "meaty arms" as Wunderkind grandson calls them!) but I CAN do something about my sparse eyelashes. So off I went and bought TWO sets: One lot are like skinny caterpillars and get glued to the eyelid just above the eyelashes and the other set is three rows of tiny bunches - short, medium and long. The instructions sounded a doddle: just pick up a bunch with a pair of tweezers and dip into the glue, then place carefully onto the lashes, just below the eyelid, where you want them. Short closest to the nose with longest further to the outer eyelid. Squelch went the glue - and shot a blob somewhere across the room. I looked for it to clean it up, but like snot it had gone to an invisible place - until one of us treads on it! So, back to the lashes. Another squelch onto a piece of tinfoil and I chose a short (about half an inch long - Oh dream on!) bunch and dipped them in and ............ Have you ever tried to do anything behind YOUR GLASSES!! I can't see without them and can't glue the new lashes with them on!! Bugger, bugger, bugger. Now what? It was time for Weakest Link (appropriate for the way I felt just then) so off I went to watch, and when I remembered the lashes, hours later, the glue had all dried up and my little chosen bunch was stuck permanently to the tweezers!! Any tips anyone?