In my case, yes, fake lashes caused my real lashes to fall out and when they came back, they were never as long as they were before they fell out. I had such long thick lashes that everyone thought they were fake and accused me of lying :o After I had my baby, I found that I didn't have time for the time consuming ritual of applying 3 layers of mascara and meticulously separating them. Ah ha! I'll wear flash lashes. Oh I was in heaven! Mascara and I have always been the best of friends. NEVER leave the house without mascara, lipstick and perfume (as I've gotten older, I've had to add concealer and eyeliner to the list) :o Anyway, not sure how long it took but eventually the glue from the flash lashes dissolved my real lashes. JUST SHOOT ME NOW! I think God was punishing me for being so vain about my eyelashes <lol> If anyone knows of a glue that doesn't cause you real lashes to fall out, I'd love to know about it. I'd love to be riding the false eyelash bandwagon since age is not being so kind to my once long and think lashes! Oh and pastel hair. Someone on QVC beauty forum was asking as "rose gold" hair color. I looked it up on Pinterest. It's stunningly beautiful! :) As for Christina and Tarek, there were so many comments on the "Fixer Upper" thread about not liking how they are interjecting their family/personal life into the show and it should be more like "Flip or Flop" where it was all business. Rut ro...looks like the producers are introducing more of their family life. Personally, I don't mind. I like their show about as much as I like Fixer Upper. I don't record it but enjoy it from time to time. Plot is the same with each episode. Design is usually the same look but that's expected. I like it for what it is...entertainment. Seems like Tarek only wears flip flops. Hey, maybe that's a play on the name of his show...FLIP or FLOP <g>

I think I have HGTV, I'll have to check - I swear we have every cable channel there is - or ought to have them all considering my monthly bill. I will have to track them down so that I can check out the flashy eyelashes and flip flops. I readily admit to watching TV in the evenings but for some reason I seldom watch the decorating shows. Now I'm going to watch this one so that I'm in with the cool crowd at GW. Ok, Comcast has it and I can watch every one of their shows on Demand - all 74 of them. Naw, I think just one or two will suffice! Maire

I like both but do favor the lighter for now. I thought about herringbone but decided on brick lay as you see from my pic. I chose that bc I also picked a tonal tile with 3 shades for texture & interest wo being too busy (see pic) & chose grout to match tile not counter. My tile is 2 1/2” x 5”, Ztile Melange, Green Tea color. Looks gray! My advice to pass along on picking BS is to ”wait until the countertops are installed”! I’m so glad I did. I .read that over & over from Houzz Pros too. I took the advice to heart bc the person at countertop company told me to just wait! I had narrowed my choice down to 2, which it looks like you have done. Once tops were in I did a 180 change on BS tile I’d decided on & went with my second choice. And I was looking at multiple pieces of the 2 tiles to get a better idea. A surprise to me for sure that I changed. All of those whose opinions I’d solicited also seemed amazed at difference in look sitting on top of new counter. And, I solicited opinions from every trades person in my kitchen as well as friends & neighbors! 99% of them changed their pick after counters in too. Reason is that until counter is in, you’re looking at a small sample and a huge vertical slab. Light hits the counter very differently on the horizontal & in your home light. The BS tile as well. So, make sure both of your picks are available on quick turnaround & just wait. BTW, at this point, my pick for you is lighter tile Bc I Like it better with darker cabinets & tile will be right next to cabinet color next to frig. When I look at BS my eye goes down not up so I see base cabs more. Love your counter & cab together.

@Beth funny! We're smack in the city so neither location is super convenient, but probably NoHo closer. We went out there to look at Vadara and Ceasarstone quartz slabs. We are "this close" to ordering Vadara Sereno Bianco, at $1800 for a jumbo slab. So unless a Carrara slab can come close to that (or Danby? but I'm guessing I'm nuts to think...), we'll need to stick to Vadara. Too many change orders as is :(