so, one of my dear friends (and extremely talented jewelry designer), danielle, was in town this weekend, and she was all a-flutter to tell me about this new mascara she found that forms tiny water-resistant "tubes" around your lashes and is therefore smudge/run/flake-proof.  i told her she was full of shit.  she then proceeded to drag me into the bathroom, splash water on her face, and show me these rubbery black "tubes" in her hands.  i told her she full of shit and crazy.  then, she had me try this stuff.  and then we went out and drank and danced and schvitzed all night.  and then i looked at my (blurry) reflection in the mirror and realized--holy crap, the woman is neither full of shit nor crazy, but rather, a genius because this was the first time i came home from a bender of a night without looking like tammy faye messner's evil asian twin. 

blinc kiss me mascara.  life-altering.