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Eyelash alert ! Anybody used serums?

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Lostmyglassesxx Mon 05-Mar-18 13:31:43

anybody used serims for eyelash growth.. mine are getting shorter and sparser .
Looking at branded options Rapid lash NYi etc and also reading about castor oil I want genuine reviews I can trust which I know I will find here as opposed to product endorsements elsewhere.! Also I am sure older eyelashes will react differently to younger ones as the hair growing cycle is different post menopause ...

Juggernaut Sat 20-Oct-18 19:20:22

My lashes are naturally quite long, but very fine, so without loads of mascara are a bit 'meh'!
I'm lazy and can't be bothered to use serums every night, so they're not the best solution for me.
For DS's wedding, I had semi permanent lashes done, individual lashes being glued onto my own, they cost £95 but it was a special occasion and they looked fabulous!
Of course, as my own lashes dropped out, so did the extensions, but I loved the look, so for a few months I had infills done, at a cost of £60 every three weeks. However, I soon gave up on that as £20 a week for long eyelashes is ridiculous, even though they did look great!
I'd recommend them for a special 'do', but as a long term solution, they're very expensive!

Marieeliz Sat 20-Oct-18 20:33:18

I used to get mine tinted but I could not stand keeping my eyes closed for 10 minutes in a dark room. I got a panic attack. So stopped.

Shizam Sat 20-Oct-18 20:48:03

My once amazingly dark and strong eyebrows have all but disappeared. Just had to do a bit of dye on what remains. Chin hair, however, is prolific. Nature is cruel at times.

grandma60 Sat 20-Oct-18 21:41:18

My glaucoma drops have made my lashes very long. Only thing is, I now get fine dark hairs under my eyes as well.

Suebish Sun 21-Oct-18 00:06:52

Loreal do a primer mascara about £11 .00 Bought by mistake but it's really made my eyelashes thicker and healthier. Hope this helps.

Grandma2213 Sun 21-Oct-18 00:29:34

I apparently have two types of alopecia and have lost not only frontal hair from hairline but eyebrows and the rest of my body hair. I now have very thin eyelashes. I also have glaucoma and was told by my optician that there is a medication for it which makes eyelashes grow. This must be the one some posters describe. I have never had the nerve to ask to change to this medication as it feels so vain.

I could not tattoo eyebrows as the wrinkles on my forehead are so uneven it would look ridiculous! I cope by ignoring it and thinking I look normal. No one has ever commented (except my DGC)!!!

Selsey99 Thu 25-Oct-18 09:13:44

Me too with the vaseline been doing it for years and also stopped mascara just don't think it suits older women somehow just sticking with the eye shadow

stevej4491 Sat 27-Oct-18 17:51:28

If you are unlucky enough to have glaucoma like I have ,one of the drops I have to use daily for life makes the eyelashes grow thicker and also darkens the skin around the edge of the eye,making it look as though I have eyeliner on all the time.When the doctor was telling me about the drawbacks of using these drops I told him this was about forty years too late.

stevej4491 Sat 27-Oct-18 17:58:03

Gma 29 I have my eyelashes permed about every ten weeks to cope with the thick lashes that start to ingro,giving me the feeling I have spiders before my eyes.

mande Sun 28-Oct-18 10:12:37

I have eyelash extensions done every four weeks and they are amazing. No need for mascara. Over the month some of them drop out and they are replaced at each session. It takes about 50 mins. The first session cost me £50 and the infill sessions cost £30. Other beauticians charge less but the lady who does mine is a Master Technician and has won loads of awards. I wouldn’t be without my extensions now.

valeriej43 Sun 28-Oct-18 14:01:57

I have been using latanaprost for a few months,but no eyelash growth
A lady i was sat next to in the eue clinic said hers grew so long she had to trim them, and she had one eyelash that was dangling on her cheek, before she realised it was an eyelash
What are you using*S*tevej

Mypennyfarthing41 Tue 06-Nov-18 11:54:44

Ladies...
Tell me please, Where does one buy Revitalash from?
And could you put it on the eyebrows

EllanVannin Tue 06-Nov-18 12:11:09

What eyelashes ?

valeriej43 Tue 13-Nov-18 09:35:35

Just read the leaflet from my eyedrops and one of the side effects it says, could be lash growth and even a double row of lashes,
Still waiting,though hmm

valeriej43 Tue 13-Nov-18 09:38:14

Sorry .forgot to say could also change the colour of your eyes to brown, especially if you have mixed colour eyes,like hazel etc
Although earlier on here someone said the ingredient which did this had been removed, obviously not

Nanna58 Fri 23-Nov-18 10:17:05

Mypennyfarthing41 my OH buys it for me at xmasfromAmazon
They do revitabrow, wonderful, plumped up my sparse brows

Smiley4 Wed 26-Dec-18 08:57:19

Bit drastic. But I ripped mine out by accident with superglue a couple of years ago. And they grew back longer and darker than ever before.
As they were growing I put coconut oil on them every night so that may have helped.
But this method is not really recommended, or advised. ?

Trishhaz Tue 27-Aug-19 12:18:05

I have Blepharatis (very dry eyes) and I would like to have my eyelashes tinted as whatever brand of mascara I wear irritates my eyes. (I do always wear eyeshadow and eyeliner). Has anyone with itchy dry eyes had their eyelashes tinted? Does it make the itching / redness worse or not? Has anyone with Blepharitis tinted their own eyelashes?

jura2 Tue 27-Aug-19 17:34:52

what do you think of those aritificial eyelashes- that are so ridiculously artitifcial and make women's eyelids drop - like Sharon currently on East Enders. And of course, look even more ridiculous in older women (sorry if that sounds ageist).

NanTheWiser Thu 02-Jan-20 22:10:39

Reported

Nico97 Thu 02-Jan-20 22:28:49

?? hmm

jonesdaisy Wed 08-Jan-20 09:03:05

The eye does not look beautiful only with eyebrows, but also needs to be very thick and Dark Eyelashes. Using castor oil, coconut oil, onion juices, aloe vera, lemon, etc. we can thicken the eyebrow as well, with the help of castor oil, coconut oil, and Careprost Eye Drop, we can achieve thicker and Long Eyelashes.

Natalia84 Tue 06-Oct-20 07:32:44

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Glenfinnan Sat 10-Oct-20 22:40:43

I would like to tint my eyelashes at home. What products do the Gransnetters who do this use?

Kseniya Mon 12-Oct-20 20:27:41

By the way, I did not know about Vaseline, thanks dear!
after eyelash extension, a rest from mascara and castor oil helped me. the process is not fast, the eyelashes became the same thick and long after a couple of months