Eye-spot interference all across the fucking road.

[reddragdiva]

Words of advice for young people, from a clapped-out old clubbing queen: Preparation H. Smear a bit under your eyes when you've had one for the road and one on the road and one by the side of the road and three in the gutter and double-dropped and you have to be at work (at least in body) in four hours. You will look much brighter-eyed than you feel. Not just for dangling arse veins any more!

Comments

[miss-soap.livejournal.com]

Welcome to something the modelling world has known for a very long time :)

[reddragdiva]

I actually read it in The Idler ... eleven years ago, in an article on how to be in your thirties and club at a rate sufficient to keep up with your inevitable string of girlfriends ten years younger than yourself.

[reddragdiva]

(and needless to say, the article was entirely accurate)

[redcountess]

Heh, yes that's where I knew it from (not that I've done any modelling) - that and vaseline on the teeth to stop your lips sticking to them when one smiles.

[miss-soap.livejournal.com]

My mum used to do catwalk years ago and I think she told me about it...

[redcountess]

I can't remember where I heard it, but I was amused when I found out that Diva did it :-)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Eeewww. I tried to put vaseline in my mouth when I was six months old and have never done it since. Probably.

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

the guy who invented it swore by eating a tablespoonful every day. and it's the main ingredient in most hairball remedies.

[kellydamnit.livejournal.com]

Wish I had known that before I called off sick from work today...

[reddragdiva]

It was actually a post from princesssulky that provoked it, but being still awake and drunk when the alarm goes off is the sort of circumstance these dodges were invented for.

[kellydamnit.livejournal.com]

True, but I have a long commute by public transit, I would have sobered by the time I got there.
Had I been alone I think I would have attempted to at least make it in for a half day. But I've never called in sick, so I suppose one day won't get me fired.

[arkady.livejournal.com]

You'd rather smear haemerrhoid cream under your eyes than have a day off work?

[reddragdiva]

Physical presence does wonders for the pay packet! If you look human, they will tend to presume illness rather than wastreldom.

[kellydamnit.livejournal.com]

When it means a day without pay? Yep.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Well as long as it doesn't have haemorrhoids in it, I would.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Whoring is paid by the hour, whether it's computers or cocksucking.
(of course, knowing Diva, I will accuse he might be combining the two for extra income)

[reddragdiva]

Hmph! You know I only do the latter ... for cash.

(The curse of not being young and pretty enough any more.)

[jasontheknight.livejournal.com]

Reckon it works for Anusol?

[reddragdiva]

I have no idea. Report back!

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Also, use Bonjela to numb your eyebrows before plucking them.

[reddragdiva]

Now that one I didn't know! I think I'll be getting some promptly ...

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Put it on about 10-15 minutes before doing your brows, then wipe the area over with a wetwipe or bit of cotton to take off any excess. Stops that 'pluck & sneeze' effect.

[narnee.livejournal.com]

Really.

Does it take care of under-eye circles? Are there any risks or side-effects of long-term use?

Must remember this for next year's BiCon...

[reddragdiva]

It does indeed! You can even put it on in the morning and it'll make you look humanoid by lunchtime. Of course, it takes a few hours to be absorbed, so you'll have weird shiny patches under your eyes for that time.

Side-effects of long-term use ... well, I've been doing it ten years and it hasn't killed me yet.

BiCon is the sort of environment it was made for.

[narnee.livejournal.com]

Side-effects of long-term use ... well, I've been doing it ten years and it hasn't killed me yet.

Hrm. I have under-eye circles even when I get twelve hours of sleep. Think it would be damaging to use it every day?

BiCon is the sort of environment it was made for.

Remind me of this next year, would you?

Speaking of... why is it that you don't go to to BiCon?

[reddragdiva]

I've used it for ten years. The long-term effect has been that I party harder. Some would call this detrimental to the health, I find it gives me a spring in my step and a sparkle in my eye.

I will probably do BiCon when Liz is healthier!