Four high school girls engaged in morning chit chat before the first bell.
“Your eyelashes look like spiders,” one says to another.
Maybelline Great Lash did tend to coat a bit thick when over-applied.
Removing the layers of mascara often resulted in the loss of several clumped lashes and no matter how much witch hazel swiped the eye fringe, only a good dip in a highly chlorinated pool could really get rid of the remaining residue.
So, back in the day, most heavy handed with the mascara would simply recoat the residue and separate clumped lashes with a toothpick.
To this day, I think of spider lashes when I catch sight of the iconic pink tube sporting the lime green applicator.
“Lashed” - a suite of nine micro fictions - was inspired by a single sentence.
Thank you, After Happy Hour Review for publishing “Lashed” online December 5, 2022. Read here along with the work of other fine writers included as part of Issue 18.
Trigger warning for those who easily startle.
***
Cutbow Quarterly included “Lash” the visual as part of Issue 3, March 24, 2023. Many thanks, editor Arden Hunter.
“Lash” is a found word collage created from a 1922 Maybelline makeup advertisement. (‘Photoplay’-page 116; January 1922). The source is in the public domain of the United States.
The history behind Maybelline is available online here.
The Maybelline Story, the book by Sharrie Williams, heir to the Maybelline legacy is available here.
Thank you for reading.
I remember using a straight pin to separate my lashes. Don’t try this at home! Enjoyed this, Sheree!
Great fiction, great publication — congratulations, Sheree! Glad you shared this here so I didn’t miss reading it. I’ll bet it was a fun piece to write! 😊 Deb