Okay, I am a Consumer Reports Shopsmart junkie. I absolutely love this magazine because it is a condensed, female friendly version of the trusted Consumer Reports. I have been on a huge organizing kick lately so I had to pick up this months issue. To my surprise a great report on bad beauty claims was on page 20.
I mention this because I get a lot of questions about lash growing products. I also mention it because I am trying my new Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara today (loving it by the way!) since I so desperately want HUGE lashes myself, but have never tried these lash growing products, nor do I ever intend to. I have extremely sensitive eyes and have to be very careful about any mascara, eye cream, eye shadow, etc. that I even put on, so something that claims it is going to make my lashes “grow” longer makes me hesitant. It is with good reason apparently.
Lash-growth products have to be regulated by the FDA. An alternative product you will see is a “lash lengthener.” So the real deal according to Consumer Reports,
“No cosmetic can make lashes grow longer, or it would
be classified as a drug,” says Perry Romanowski, an independent cosmetic chemist. “If a cosmetic makes your lashes grow, it probably contains a misbranded drug and could have unknown side effects.”
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