Embracing My Glass Eye

I have never been a big "makeup" person, basically if it takes longer than 5 minutes, it becomes a chore for me.

I watch all the videos on Social Media on blending and contouring and have no clue where to even start.

These women are magicians and look like entirely different people with a full face of makeup.

Good for them but I just don't have the patience.

I wear a moisturizer, a bit of foundation, blush and lipstick and that is it!

When I  look in the mirror  it looks "okay" to me, but I can't help wonder if I could do better.

Lately I have noticed in my IG pics (without sunglasses)  that my eyes look really small.

Probably because they are and I don't wear any eye makeup, ever!

“Why?”, you ask?

Well, when I was a toddler, I had eye cancer, retinablastoma to be exact and I lost one of my eyes.

And even at 62 I am still very self conscious about it. 

I wear sunglasses most of the time and definitely don't want to draw any attention to my "flawed" eyes.

I used to love the "smokey eye" look but didn't feel this was an option for me. Sunglasses are definitely my security blanket. 

They make me look just like everyone else.

As I get older (I'm 62) I realize how silly it is to be so self conscious about anything really. 

Personally I don't even notice other people's imperfections, so why am I so focused on my own?

Do I love my prosthetic eye, no! But I don't want to hate it any longer either.

My prosthetic eye is actually made of glass. There are not many places that still make true glass eyes, so I travel to Germany to have mine made.

It's a very fascinating process. The eye basically gets blown right before my eye(s). I'm in and out in about an hour.

The fact that these people (Augen Mueller) have been in business for over 150 years and travel all over Europe tells me there are a lot more people like me out there (I knew that, I just don't know anyone personally). 

I have been on social media for over 4 years now and tried to hide my eyes this whole time but no more!

It is too hard and frankly I don't care any more. So at 62 I am entering the world of eye makeup.

I will be trying out different products and will let you know which ones are worth the hype.

I have actually already found a great cream eye shadow from www.trinnylondon.com called eye2eye that I absolutely love.

It's so easy to put on and looks very natural.

Don't expect to see me with super long eyelash extensions or heavy eye makeup, I think that ship has sailed, but a nice natural eyeshadow and maybe an eyeliner could work.

I will keep you posted.

Love,
Renate