I am glad that it is not just my own awful issues with mascara! My mother gave me such grief during high school pictures because I pitched a fit about wearing it.

('You need to wear mascara or your eyelashes won't show up in the picture, and you'll look weird!' she said. 'I would rather not see my eyelashes than feel like I'm looking through dirt!' I said. We did not come to a satisfactory agreement over this.)

Though all of this reminds me that I need to send you an email soon about cosplay-wig-related stuff!