WE all have a tried-and-tested make-up routine that we reckon compliments our features the best.
But after years of sporting the same eye make-up look, one woman shaved years off her face by ditching one popular step – and people can’t believe the difference.
The blonde beauty and TikToker Jen Jeep joked that it wasn’t until she hit menopause in her 50s that she realised she had fallen victim to ”eyeliner blindness”.
Before that, Jen would ”religiously” apply jet black liquid eyeliner on the bottom waterline – a key step in her routine for the past five years.
”It was pointed out to me that this is no longer in style, that this is no longer acceptable.
”I just don’t understand how black eyeliner could ever, ever go out of style underneath your eyes – I was planning on wearing this until I was 85.
”The kids would be taking me to the nursing home and the first thing that I would do is ask ‘Did you pack your mum’s black eyeliner?’,” she joked in a recent video.
But although getting used to the more natural look was by no means easy – with Jen bravely admitting she wasn’t sure whether she’d even make it past an hour – the mum eventually got there.
It’s now been more than a year since Jen ditched the heavy eye make-up look – a milestone which she celebrated by posting an epic transformation video on her page.
The video, which has been viewed close to a whopping 750k times in just two weeks, sees Jen sharing what she looked like before the makeover – and after giving up the black eyeliner.
Not only did the viewers insist her eyes looked brighter, but hundreds of people were stunned by how much youthful and fresh Jen appeared.
One social media user was lost for words, writing: ”Wow! You look so much younger and fresh faced makeup free.
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Someone else chimed in: ”THAT TOOK OFF YEAAAARRRRSSS.”
”You look PHENOMENAL,” a third commented.
”You most certainly do not look 51!” said another person, as many reckoned Jen now looked like a famous Baywatch star.
One mum wrote: ”I’m telling my kids this is Pamela Anderson.”
Responding to all the kind comments – almost 400 so far- Jen also noted that saying goodbye to her eyeliner routine was all thanks to TikTok users.
”I’ve come so far, and it’s all because of all of you on here.
”Habits. All of them. Are hard to break. Love all of you for getting me here.”
She went on: ”I look back at these pics and was like why didn’t I see it. Definitely had black eyeliner blindness.”
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