The other day, I was tricked into going to Costco with my Mom. I just really wanted an excuse to wear my SWEET new rain galoshes, so I agreed to go on what I knew would be a torturously long errand. I soon found myself wandering the massive aisles, bored out of my mind, considering buying 600 plastic forks, just so I could use one to poke out my eyes. Maybe then I could go home?

I figured this was a bad idea, so I meandered over to health and beauty, where I knew I could find something to occupy myself with. And then I saw it– a Smashbox Picture Perfect Kit with eyeshadow quad, mini lip gloss trio (with pink leather mirrored case!), mascara, and face highlighter– for $19.99!! The kit came with detailed instructions on how to apply the makeup, much like other cosmetics brands that are now taking the guesswork out of makeup application . I snatched it, threw it inconspicuously into Mom’s cart and tore it open as soon as we were in the car.

Opening up the new makeup kit felt exactly the same way it did that very first time. My Grandma (against my mother’s desperate pleas not to) bought me a GIANT pink and purple kit full of awful pink lipsticks, hooker-blue eye shadow, fake mascara, fucshia blush and glitter, glitter, sweet glitter when I was three. It was then that I fell in love with makeup. I put on all of my face decorations, just like mommy did, every day before I left my house. I sometimes had loaded my face so full of makeup that it couldn’t take anymore, and, consequently, I applied some to my helpless baby brother.

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I have an “eye thing.” You know, the thing where, if some one was to touch his or her eyeball, or touch anything relatively close to his or her eyeball, I squeal like an eight year old and threaten to pass out and/or throw up. However, I know that as a female, I have to accept my eyes as just another part of my body that needs a little extra something. Some liner, some shadow, and some mascara make so much difference.

I’ve never been all that good at applying mascara because of my eye thing. I was recently given a makeover, and as I grimaced while she put it on, I asked if she had any advice.

“You really just gotta get in there. Get inside those lashes. Get down to the roots.”

Ew. The thought just makes me cringe.

Luckily, there’s a new mascara on the market that really helps create awesome lashes, quickly and painlessly, even for girls with eye things like me. It’s from Maybelline, and it’s called “Lash Stylist”. What sets this mascara apart is instead of a regular old bristle head, it has a cute and tiny little comb that picks up just the right amount of mascara. It really does get between the lashes, which is exactly what the makeup artist advised. Even better - you don’t have to spend two minutes going over and over the lashes for thickness. Just a couple swipes and you’re good to go! It dries really quickly, so the only thing you have to watch for is stopping application before you get those spider eyes.

If only there was something to help my “spider thing.”

Check out the Lash Stylist here.