Mascara! Get out of this relationship RIGHT NOW! I'm sorry to sound harsh. But, Mascara, I'm not telling you anything you don't know when I say that this is going nowhere fast. There is nothing in it for you. I don't care if the guy looks like Johnny Depp, thinks like Einstein, loves you like Romeo, has money like Bill Gates, and sings like Frank Sinatra -- there is nothing to look forward to here but disaster. STOP focusing on distractors like - whether he is inconsistent with regard to his son - whether the mom is to blame, lazy, irresponsible, inconsiderate, radioactive, purple or polka-dotted! She is completely irrelevant. - whether he is fair or right or wrong in preferring, in any sense, his son's needs to yours You are focusing on all this stuff to avoid looking at what you know you really need to: what is in the future for you. That's human nature; everyone does it. It's so much easier to think about blame and fault and chances and clues in remarks than to look at the harsh facts. But you have to get past it. (Some people never do -- they are pathetic at best and self-destructive at worst.) For a while there you were on the right track, but it sounds like you've backslid a bit. That's okay, but it's time to get back to the hard work of ending this. I think you know that. I think that's why you posted here. It's just too hard to tell yourself this (also human nature), so you came here for us to do it for you. That's okay, too. (I have to say I have been wondering where your own mother has been.) But, honey, you really have to get out of this mess. That little family has enough major problems without having to worry about your (very legitimate) 19 year old needs and insecurities, and you have enough on your plate without having to deal with - a very sick little boy -- and by the way, 6 years old is PLENTY old enough to be aware of whether his father is there for him. - an unreliable boyfriend (with an alcohol problem and a broken foot) - his ex-girlfriend You are more than entitled to be thinking about your own needs -- indeed, that's what everyone here has been telling you. But you are NOT entitled to expect everyone else to put your needs first all the time, and especially not right now: there is a 6 year old boy undergoing a kidney transplant! His parents will need -- for quite a long time -- to focus 100% on him and what will help him and make him the most comfortable -- whether it is more or less convenient for one of them or whether he has a broken foot, and even if it is totally unfair to you. Even if he were married with 3 more kids, his wife and kids would have to take the backseat right now; indeed, they should pitch in. If he ditches that sick child to go drinking with his friends, that's awful; but it's hardly less awful to do so to be with his girlfriend. I think the thing holding you back is what you said in an earlier post, that you don't want to give up while there is still a little shred of good in this relationship. Big mistake. And also a very common one. (Goes for quitting a job, moving, changing a major, etc., too, not just relationships, by the way). But when it's time to move on, you move on, even though there are indeed some great things remaining in the situation or relationship. That's what makes it so hard -- if it were all already 100% bad, it would be easy. But think about it: would you enter a situation that was only 25% good? Even 50% or 75%? Then why stay in one? You know what to do. It seems you just needed someone to tell you to do it. So reread all these posts if you need that push. (The fact that you two have had some nice times lately doesn't change anything; the problem was never that he was an ogre.) He is not speaking to you; he may actually be the one to end things. If he does, that may even make it easier in the end. Again, I'm sorry to sound harsh. I really am in your corner. This is exactly what I would tell my own daughter. Good luck to you -- we are all rooting for you.

I find my eyes gets a weird film too when using a make up remover for mascara. I recently tried Too Faced Better Than S#x mascara (non waterproof)...I didn't really care for it. DD used it and it make her lashes look amazing. Besides not really impressed on how it made my lashes look, later I had rubbed my eyes and it smudged which I've never had happen before. DD said she likes the mascara, but will go back to drugstore mascara, she gets good results with the cheaper brands.

Best eye makeup IMO is Makeup Forever‘s Sens’eyes. Like the name suggests, it’s gentle on sensitive eyes, yet removes really stubborn eye makeup. I squirt some on a Shiseido facial cotton, wipe my eye makeup off one eye, then flip the cotton over, squirt some remover on that side, and clean my other eye. Lancôme Bifacil is also very effective, but I found it left a filmy residue behind. Sens’eyes doesn’t. *FWIW, a pack of 160 facial cottons sells for $12 at both Sephora or Ulta, and a smaller size pack (?) costs $5. You can get them cheaper during sale or prestige coupon events). I like them way better than the inexpensive cotton rounds used years ago. They don’t leave cotton fibers behind like the cheaper ones did.

Sorry I don't have a recommendation for mascara but wanted to say that the skin on your eyelids can react to something even when the rest of your face does not. Not telling you anything you don't know but that skin is different, thinner and can be more sensitive. I have dealt with itching eyelids off and on for a long time. Changing products sometimes helps for a while, using no products sometimes helps but often makes no difference. I've never found 'the one thing' that causes the itching, redness and dry patches on my lids. It comes and goes, not seasonally so can't even blame dry weather or allergies. My dermatologist had me try cortisone cream for a bit and that did offer relief but cannot be used on eyelid skin long term - since it's so thin the cortisone can reach the eye and that's not good. Then another doctor recommended Pro-topic which can be used safely on eyelids. So that's what I uses when needed. Hope you can get some relief - it's one of those really annoying things.