Eyelash Epedemic

Over the past year or so I've been noticing more and more ads on TV about making women's eyelashes longer, fatter and just more of them. Having light color eyelashes myself I understand why people want to have their eyelashes noticed. And I agree that wearing mascara does make my eyes stand out more. But I'm not quite sure why there has been so much attention to this recently. There are tons of mascara products out there today, from CoverGirl's LashBlast to Maybelline's Define-A-Lash Volume mascara, just to name a few. But now there is a commercial running for Latisse, "a prescription treatment for hypotrichosis used to grow eyelashes, making them longer, thicker and darker." And to make it sell, they hired actress Claire Danes and Brooke Shields as their spokespeople. Who knew Claire Danes was plagued with crappy eyelashes? She always looked pretty to me but maybe that's just Hollywood magic.

In case you're wondering what "hypotrichosis" is like I was, here is WebMD's definition:
Unlike alopecia, which describes hair loss where formerly there was hair growth, hypotrichosis describes a situation where there wasn't any hair growth in the first place. Hypotrichoses (plural) then are conditions that affect individuals right from birth and usually stay with them throughout their lives.

So this makes me wonder...can one use Latisse for other areas of the body? Eyebrows maybe? Is this the cure for male baldness! On that note, here's a clip from Seinfeld.

Mad Men

I'm so glad that a new season of "Mad Men" has started! It's been three episodes so far and I'm totally into it. And the best part is that there aren't a ton of commercials (except for those annoying Apple Face Time commercials that have been playing non-stop lately) and the first commercial isn't until 15 minutes in. This really allows the viewer to get involved with the story rather than cutting to commercial after the first five minutes. But besides that, It's picked up right where the last season left off and you're not left wondering what's going on or where a certain storyline went. The thing I love most, besides watching Don Draper self destruct, is that it takes place in the early 60's, so the sets, the clothes and the whole culture is just fascinating to watch. I can't wait to see what Joanie wears each day! It's great to actually have a real show to watch with talented people and writers rather than the crappy reality shows that make people famous for either being a bitch, drunk, crazy or fat. I do tend to get sucked into watching those shows as well, but if there were more shows like Mad Men on TV the world might be a better place.

LOST & Found

Last night was another amazing episode of LOST! It was a breath of fresh air to finally have an episode about Desmond (all cleaned up with no visible open shirt chest hair) and no mention of the smoke monster and Locke. I would really like to know more about the good vs. evil focus, but I was happy to see the writers get back to some things that were mentioned many episodes ago and to see how Desmond's "flash sideways" played out, especially with Charlie. And it was interesting to see how they realized that the flash sideways are not real life. I'm very much looking forward to next weeks episode which looks like it will be about the always entertaining Hurley.

And if you want more of some of the actors on the show, ABC's FlashForward, V, and the new Happy Town all have various actors. It's amazing to see that "Juliette" landed a main role on V now. I have not had any interest in watching that show but I have caught a few of the beginning episodes of FlashForward and thought it was decent but not good enough to keep me coming back each week. I can't wait for MadMen to start again to fill the void once LOST is over!