Seeing Clearly

For as long as I could remember, I have worn glasses ...

I'd worn them since a pretty young age and they were the cause of my teenage angst.  Okay, they weren't really.  But they didn't help either. I remember every time I would get to shop for a new pair of glasses, I would try to find something chic and cool.  However, those types of frames were out of my budget - actually out of my parents budget - which meant I had to always settle for a less cool pair.  It was at least 5 years of bad frames on a geeky me.  And then in grade 10, I managed to convince mother to let me wear contacts. And I never looked back ...

Until I became a mom.  I've learned that throwing on your glasses is much more easier. 

For the past two months, and not by choice but by need (tore my last pair of contacts - soooo not my fault), I've returned to wearing my glasses. And it ain't that bad.  Mind you, I now have control over how much money I spend, so I've been able to choose better frames.

Anyway, I've managed to add a couple of more minutes to my morning by relying on my glasses.  No more struggling to get my contact in while my child is crying for another bowl of cereal.  No more rubbing my dry eyes.  No more needing to clean them and store them properly at night while my other child is crying for a bedtime story.

What I do have to remember is that sometimes my eyes can get lost behind my funky cool frames.  They can fade and be barely noticeable.  When wearing glasses, its a must to define those eyes. Therefore in order to make sure people can see me and not my glasses, I rely on two eyeliner pencils and some mascara.

I take a dark navy pencil and line the upper lash line and drag it slightly outward and upward.  I don't smudge it, nor do I draw it too thick or too thin.  Just enough to be detectable.  I then take a dark grey liner and go over the navy line, but also draw a line inside the inner and lower rim of the eye. I curl my lashes and then coat them with lots of mascara.

I find that adding a little bit of definition to the eyes makes wearing glasses look a little more like a fashion accessory than a necessity.  Glasses look especially fashionable as well now that you can get them in D&G, Burberry, and Prada ... :)

-bp-