It's been 12 weeks since I started chemo. I've had 6 cycles so far, 2 more to go. My hair started falling out after my 2nd cycle, but I was really pleased that my lashes and brows stayed put. However, over the past few days they've been getting thinner and patchier and I've currently got about 8 lashes per eyelid and not many more in the brows so I treated myself to a magnetic lash kit. The advert showed how easy they were to put on and all the reviews backed it up. Now, I'm not very good at putting on make up - especially liquid eyeliner - but I decided to give them a go this morning. What a palaver that was!! If you aren't an expert at liquid eyeliner, then avoid magnetic lashes like the plague! Once that stuff touches your skin, there's no way a damp cotton bud will touch up any uneven bits or smudges. It's like tar. I re-watched the advert and the lady puts the eyeliner on really quickly in one simple swipe. As my tentative method doesn't seem to work I tried the faster single swipe move. Turns out thats not as simple as it looks, I somehow ended up painting my actual eyeball. I finally have 2 uneven messy lines on my eyelids so attach the lashes. They don't stay on - the ends keep pinging off. ARGH!!!!! After lots more pressing and holding they are on. However I look like a child has attached me with a Sharpie and left some spider legs on my face. Maybe with foundation and colouring in my brows, they wont look as awful. Or maybe I'll just keep rocking the Matt Lucas look until I befriend a local make up artist.
(p.s the even more annoying thing is that my top lip still hasn't started shedding its little bit of fair hair!!!)
