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TwistedxKiss asked in Beauty & StyleMakeup · 1 decade ago

eyeliner solution? nearsightedness?

I am extremely nearsighted. In order to apply eye make up, I have to take off my glasses and get within an inch of the mirror. This works for eye shadow and mascara because the brushes are small enough and/or I can manipulate the angle enough to make it fit. But I CANNOT fit an eyeliner pencil between my face and the mirror and still get the angle necessary to apply the liner. ... so do really nearsighted people just not wear eye makeup? Any ideas?

(A magnifying mirror does not correct my vision so that does not work, and I have tried contacts three times and I just hate them. So that won't work either.)

Update:

I have tried a bunch of different brands of contacts. I have very sensitive eyes, a VERY strong prescription, an astigmatism, and I've been wearing glasses for 18 years-- since pre school. I just don't feel like me without my glasses, and the contacts are so irritating.

Trying a different kind of mirror may help, breaking the pencil in half may help too. I will have to get creative. What nonsense we women put ourselves through! XD

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Break the pencil in half. You can have both of the pieces sharpened, so you'll just have two shorter pencils.

  • 5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    What if you had a small vanity mirror on a stand, and then you have it to where the bottom of the mirror stops at the bottom of your eye and then you have room for your hand and the bottom of the eyeliner.

    Something like this:

    http://www.amazon.com/Rimless-One-Sided-Vanity-Mag...

    ...but without magnification, since you said that doesn't really help. I was thinking more of a square or rectangular shape would work best, but I haven't been able to find one yet.

    When you tried contact lenses, what did you hate about them? I am wondering if another brand of contacts may have felt better. I've been wearing them for over 10 years now and I know that some brands work better than others.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I'm pretty nearsighted but I think my vision might not be as bad as yours. What I do when I use make up (which is rarely) is get as close to the mirror as a can and then guess the rest. Then I put the glasses on and see how it worked out. It sucks I know.

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    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Could you wear your glasses and lift up the glasses on side of the eye you're doing so you can see out of one eye and are putting makeup on the other, then switch?

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Do one eye at a time

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