Even a never-pregger like myself can understand that nine months of growing a whole new person inside yourself, followed by one of the most physically demanding and painful experiences known to humanity, might entitle one to a reward.

I am not, however, sure this is the right reward.

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Do people really do this? Do they really decide that, what they truly need in the last trimester of pregnancy is to bid adieu to those humdrum surroundings, friends, family, and support systems (like doctors) and fly halfway around the world in search of relaxation? Are they that eager to wear the snazzy lead-lined smock they borrowed from the radiology department through a crowded airport?

Am I completely out of touch, dear readers? Is this now de rigeueur among the reproductive set? Help a clueless maiden aunt out in the comments section, if you would.

When I was younger (in my late teens, early twenties) I used to think that I had no need for mascara.  I was blessed with fairly dark, fairly long lashes.  Then a co-worker suggested that I try mascara for some extra pop, and I’ve been hooked ever since.  Thanks, Monica!

Since Lorac went ahead and changed their formula or something (hello flakes where there used to be none!) I have been searching for a suitable replacement.  Many of them were good, including the Lancome High Definicils I’ve been using, but not quite what I was looking for. 

Then, along comes Givenchy Phenomen’Eyes. 

Mascara wands have been the same pretty much since, well, the introduction of mascara.  A long wand with a long band of bristles at the very end.  Now, the bristles would sometimes be fat, or thin, or a combination thereof.  Recently they have been changing the bristles to rubber instead of nylon, and doing crazy things with the size, the angle, making it double-tipped, curved, you name it.  But the basic shape and style of the brush was always the same.

Givenchy decided to change all that, and it’s about time.  Instead of a wand with spaced out bristles, it has a full, spherical tip that gets to lashes in a way those other kinds of mascara can only dream about. It gives you lashes where you didn’t think you had any. We are talking crazy, crazy lashes.

This is not a mascara for the timid. It is not a mascara for the weak. And to be honest, it probably isn’t a mascara suitable for the PTA meeting. But, if you want knockout lashes, this is THE mascara to get.

Do your worst. No, seriously, DO IT!