I'm currently going through chemotherapy for stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and decided to start doing makeup videos and tutorials for others going through chemo. I hope this helps in some way! :)
Thank you so much for this! I am losing all of my eyelashes and eyebrows during chemotherapy and I have never even tried out false lashes but I know that they are mostly geared toward blending into eyelashes that are there. Your tutorial was a great help and it was also great to hear that there are products that are designed for those of us that are missing our natural eyelashes
thank you so much for doing this. i am going through chemo for stage four breast cancer. i really appreciate your makeup videos. sending you love and support.
I'm currently fighting AND WINNING Stage 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and I wear false lashes but never heard of Thrive. I will definitely be going to their website!!! You look beautiful!!! Know that you have a friend in NC rooting for you!!!!!!
Erin, thank you so much for posting this video. I'm struggling to put on falsies, I'm ok on one side but rubbish on the other side. I will again try today, following your tips for application. Just finished 6x FEC for breast cancer & having a lunch out today & really would like to have beautiful eyelashes as mine have gone from great to stumpy over last 5 months of treatment. I hope that you are now well & best wishes for the future, for all of us! Kindest regards Nicola X
I’m having my second Chemo session in one day. I was losing my hair already so I had my husband buzz the rest off. I’ve been wondering about lashes. I still have some so I’m wearing FlutterHabit lashes. But will need my next lash. Thank you for sharing this!
I am going to be getting my first round of chemo in 4 hours. Just diagnosed wit breast cancer about a mont ago. Have no idea if I will loose my hair or not. It has been on my mind and was thinking about trying false eye lashes. I was amazed when I say you video. I will let you know how it goes.
Emily - Nope, it's synthetic! It's the Jon Renau "Zara" in Shaded Praline. I got it from www.wigsbypattispearls.com, and they're actually having a 33% off site wide sale right now. :)
Yay! Thank you! I'm just starting my 3rd month and the lashes and brows are almost gone. I've never done this before so I'm practicing on a pair of cheap Halloween lashes I bot a few months ago. But I just bot some nicer ones. Hopefully I'll get this down before New Years!
Hi Erin, thank you so much for this video! You are just gorgeous. I am about to order these lashes. Also, you look beautiful in your wig! May I ask what kind of wig that is, where did you get it from? Thank you so much. Right now I am supporting a loved one going through chemo and your tips are so, so helpful. Much love to you, hope you are well.
What is your favorite method to clean your false eyelashes so they stay shaped and conditioned for next application? And how many applications do you get out of your pair of falsies? Thank you!
How long do the lashes last normally... And how do I go about getting some?! I have stage 3 breast cancer and my hair has started falling out and I've noticed some thinning in my eyebrows and lashes but nothing dramatic yet... but I would like to know as much as possible so I can be prepared... please write back if available! thank you! 😘
I just lost my eyelashes on the weekend. I am going through stage 4b endometrial cancer which I vlog about. I really feel naked without lashes! I need to try this!
I am going to be starting chemo soon....if that is a wig, can you please tell me what brand?? It looks amazing! Also, are your eyebrows your own? I need all the help I can get.
I have alopecia and don't have any eyelashes so when I use false lashes they just point downward since there is nothing to help hold them up. :/ I wish I could wear falsies!
Hi thank you so much… wondering, why type of wig? Looks phenomenal and natural. Lace front? Appreciate your time Dawn. About to start chemo on fri. AC 4 cycles then taxol for 12
She has a wig review on the channel describing her fab wig. It''s the Zara 12FS8 (Shaded Praline). I just ordered mine (lost almost all my hair this week and shaving my head on Monday)--so excited to wear it. I'm getting my third chemo next week and on the same treatment as you. God bless us all and give us strength in our journeys. ♥️✨🌈🙏😇
I'm currently having chemo for stage 3 bulky hodgkin lymphoma. My hair has started to fall out but I'm more concerned about eyelashes and eyebrows. I've noticed on your video that you do have some eyelashes, is it possible to get some kind of permanent eyelashes?
I am going through treatment for stage 3 for Hodgkin's Lymphoma stage 3. Thank you so much for this video. It helps me hve courage. Please check out my twitter and Instagram, Chemoqueen75! I wish you strength!
I sincerely hope you never have to find out what things you'd worry about if you were battling cancer. But many people who do fight cancer just want to do whatever they can to look and feel normal again. Did I wear fake eyelashes every day? No. But it was nice to have the option to wear them if I wanted to.
Erin Leigh Well, hey, I probably have cancer right now....who knows? I've been experiencing symptoms that are remarkably similar to the disease since 2009, and I've yet to receive a diagnosis, despite going from one doctor's office to the next. I literally drain out my bank account trying to find answers. The symptoms I'm experiencing include coughing up blood, blood in my stool (and even sometimes in my semen), hair loss, weight lose (especially in my waist area), persistent pain in my waist/pelvis area, persistent cough, constipation since 2009, soar between my nose and cheek (on both sides) that hasn't healed since it appeared in 2009, shortness of breath, constant tiredness/fatigue, black stooling every now and then, vision problems, difficulties focusing, etc. I am not considered to be diabetic at this point (although my A1C level just recently elevated to 6.1 and my doctor said that I am now pre-diabetic). They ruled out thyroid and HIV/AIDS. I keep telling my doctors that I believe it could be prostate cancer (or some other form of cancer), but they just don't take my concern seriously. Each time the doctors conduct PSA lab tests, the results come back normal. And they just leave it as that. Recently, I did some research on PSA test and discovered that it is not always 100% reliable. And I think those doctors are aware of that. During the time when my symptoms first began, most of the doctors I visited kept telling me that I don't have anything to worry about (whenever I described to them the symptoms I'd been experiencing), because I am not of the age in which people are considered AT RISKS for prostate cancer. That was from 2009 when I was 36 years old. Whatever is inside my body has been taking a toll on me, from day one since I first began to experience it. Sometimes I experience SO MUCH PAIN (especially in my waist and pelvis area) that I can hardly walk upright. Right now, it seem to have progressed, because I am experiencing lots of sweeling, edema and poor circulation, especially in my feet. But I keep fighting from DAY TO DAY, taking it one day at a time. And I am still searching for answers....Just saw a doctor again last week. And still no luck yet. But I will NEVER GIVE UP. What else can I do? If I am told that I have cancer, and I was being treated for it....HAIR LOSS and LOSS of EYELASHES would be my least concern (even if I were a woman). ALL my attention and focus would be set upon doing the best that I can (along with what my doctor can do for me) to successfully win my battle against the cancer. And if my doctor says that we have won the battle and I am now cancer-free, ONLY THEN will I worry about hair loss, etc. But, until then, it is my survival that would matter to me. That is all I am saying.
tmat04 As a young girl battling cancer at the moment i am EXTREMELY insecure about not having eyebrows and eyelashes. You will never know the feeling until your lashes/brows/hair is actually gone.
Tmat, how about you just do you and let everyone else do them. All the little things count, things that make up who we are... They are the things that bring a sense of normalcy to life... It's not the BIG things
