Eyelash Madness in the Times

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Things you can do to your lashes, according to today's New York Times: coat them in lash-growing eyeliner, put stuff on them to make them stay in your face longer, slather them in no-chip semi-permanent mascara, moisturize them with vitamins and stuff, pay $200 to dye them, or just use plain-old mascara—which, as a product category itself, has exploded and gotten all high-tech. Who knew that these teeny-tiny hairs that are ostensibly meant to protect our eyeballs would one day become such a vanity project? [NY Times]