Wednesday, 29 January 2014 09:09

Skin Care MYTHS: Petroleum jelly makes your eyelashes grow.

Written by   Dena Bruckman, L.E., marketing director at Grande Naturals, LLC

STATEMENT: Petroleum jelly makes your eyelashes grow.

Facts: Coating your lashes with petroleum jelly to promote eyelash growth is a popular statement that has spread like wildfire over the years. Using petroleum jelly (an emollient) on your eyelashes will help condition and moisturize the eyelashes, but will not make them grow. Applying it on your eyelashes keeps them stronger and less prone to falling out. An illusion of thicker eyelashes is caused by petroleum jelly sticking to the lower base of the eyelash root.

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