Beauty & Style

Danger: Sharing Eye Make-Up!

You need some mascara if you're going to look presentable, and you need it NOW! You want to ask a colleague if you can borrow hers, but now that you think about it, her eyes have been looking awfully pink. What REALLY happens when you share eye make-up? Enlarge

Danger: Sharing Eye Make-Up!

You need some mascara if you're going to look presentable, and you need it NOW! You want to ask a colleague if you can borrow hers, but now that you think about it, her eyes have been looking awfully pink. What REALLY happens when you share eye make-up?

Step 1: Best Case

You borrow the mascara and your eyes look great.

Step 2: Worst Case

Eye make-up can be a hotbed for germs, and if contaminated make-up touches your eye, watch out! This is a good way to get pinkeye or a staph infection. You can also pick up a bacterial infection, the Herpes virus or a skin disease.

Long lashes v. pinkeye. Tough choice. You have the facts, now you make the call.