Don’t put this in your eye

This is not an image of my own eye. Although it’s rather how I imagined my eye would look. Hint: it didn’t work

A 73-year old woman by the name of Margaret Kimpton was taken to hospital earlier this week after mistaking superglue for eye drops. Just take a minute to digest that. Try NOT to blink while you think about squeezing glue into the corner of your eyes.

Now try not to think less of me when I tell you about my very own Kimpton moment.

I was about 14 years old and hanging out with my BFF at her house getting ready for a big night which probably involved staying at home and talking about going out. But still, it was very important that we put on loads of make up and spend many hours doing our hair and nails. Because in my day that’s what 14-year old girls did.

But “my day” was long ago and there was no such thing as fancy, shmancy, glittery eyeshadows – there was however an impressive range of nail polishes.  I really, really liked the colour of the nail polish on my friend’s shelf, I remember it with the lucidity I was about to lose. It was clear with silver glitter suspended through it. I also remember thinking it would make a REALLY good eye shadow.

If only I had left it to my imagination but no, I did what any girl (with absolutely no sense) would do in the situation. I improvised and painted my eyelid with the nail polish. (I was smart enough to stop at one eyelid but this may just be because when I finished painting that eyelid I couldn’t see a damn thing)

Let’s just say that while lipstick can sometimes be substituted for blush and if you are in a really tight spot you can use blush on your lips, you should NEVER use nail polish on your eyes.

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But just like Margaret Kimpton I am not alone

The Sydney Morning Herald reports

“More than 900 people from NSW put superglue in their eye instead of eye drops over eight years, a review of calls to the NSW Poisons Information Centre between 2004 and 2011 has found.

Superglue was not the only culprit causing emergency room visits. Nearly 1300 people accidentally mistook medicines such as antiseptics, anti-fungals and nasal decongestants as eye drops.

More than 75 per cent of those who made the mistake were adults.”

Oops – just realised those stats were all about mistakes and I walked into my er, mishap knowingly. I blame my youth and the fact that my eyelids aren’t a little tougher.

What is the stupidest make up or cosmetic mistake you have ever made?