As background to my question, I was having a conversation with two female friends recently, and they both suddenly chanced upon the fact that my eyelashes are long, bushy and curl upwards naturally. They both instantly asked me if I used mascara, and if so what brand. I don't. So my basic question is what is it about eyelashes, why is it desirable to have them long and curly? I honestly had never paid attention to eyelashes before. What's the appeal?
it seems like every girl who notices them wants to chase me around with an applicator because they're like a "blank canvas" that needs painting.... :dry:
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I get that one too. Of all the things to be jealous about, eyelashes have always struck me as a tad strange. I know your pain, I got an eyelash under my contact lens once, on the scale of fun experiences, that stays rooted at zero...I have long, curly eyelashes myself, which apparently some women find attractive for some reason, as I've gotten compliments from the opposite sex that I have "pretty eyes" since I was a teen, and they comment on my lashes. Like the OP, I have female friends who have asked me if I use mascara, :dry: and who have said that they were actually jealous. I understand that women find eyes attractive, though I've never understood the appeal of long eyelashes in a male either. It's annoying though on the occasions an eyelash gets in my eye.
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Don't quote me on this, since I'm just going with a SWAG at the moment. I think that the length, curl, thickness and color of eyelashes have gone from markers of health to markers of beauty. Hair health (wherever it is on your body) is a marker of general health, particularly whether or not you have hair (and where that hair is located). Hair health (again, particularly where hair is located) can also be a marker of mental health, in terms of certain mental health disorders related to stress cause people to do things like twist or pull their hair out. I've known two people who pull their eyelashes out while severely stressed. It's a bizarre coping mechanism.As background to my question, I was having a conversation with two female friends recently, and they both suddenly chanced upon the fact that my eyelashes are long, bushy and curl upwards naturally. They both instantly asked me if I used mascara, and if so what brand. I don't. So my basic question is what is it about eyelashes, why is it desirable to have them long and curly? I honestly had never paid attention to eyelashes before. What's the appeal?