Scotch Taped Eyelids

I don’t know if they did this where you grew up, but if you grew up in Hawaii during the ‘60s, you may remember that young girls (Asian girls, to be specific) used to covet double eyelids.

Aside from having eyelid surgery, many of them snipped little strips of Scotch Tape and applied them onto their eyelids just above the eyelashes, resulting in double lids.

To disguise the tape, they’d apply eye liner on the tape. I won’t say it made them look any better, but if it made them feel good, then what the heck. I will say it was easy to spot a girl who used the tape.

This morning, I saw an ad on TV for Dream Look™ Instant Eye Lift and thought, “My God, they’re selling the damned things now!” They’re targeting adult Caucasian women whose eyes are beginning to droop.

An introductory order of 64 invisible lifts plus 64 bonus lifts will set you back $19.99 plus $7.95 shipping and processing, plus additional $7.95 shipping and processing for the “free” bonus lifts. Sign up to get a fresh supply of 64 lifts a month and pay only $19.99 a month after your introductory offer runs out, and no more shipping and processing.

Let’s see now … your first order will be $19.99 plus $7.95 plus $7.95 for 128 Dream Look™ lifts. That’s $35.89, or 28¢ per lift. What if you bought a roll of Scotch Magic Tape and snipped off your own? You can get a dispenser containing a roll of 25 feet at any drug store for about a dollar.

Or, why not just skip the whole thing altogether?