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Jul 12Liked by Annie Kreighbaum

I've been feeling the same way the past few months. Nothing says MAKEUP!! like mascara. Which isn't a bad thing. For me, I hated seeing a smudge of mascara below my eyes at work. Fine for a party - who cares? - but felt too fussy to wear day after day. I didn't want to bring eye makeup remover to the office nor worry about my eyes watering over "constructive" criticism. The final straw was getting an eye infection from (not even that old) mascara. Sayonara, mascara! Good riddance for now.

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Nothing worse than a self-inflicted eye infection. Except for crying in a professional environment.

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If I go a day over 3 months with a tube of mascara I get a stye. So I’ve been going bare lashes for a while and then getting samples for special occasions. I’m all here for an unbothered look.

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I have blonde lashes and never wear mascara (maybe like 2 or 3x/year for some event, but I often do events mascara-free). It looks way better. Ethereal even. I receive many complements on my lashes even though I can barely see them. They are quite long though so that’s a plus. Praise to the naked lash

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