Lash Love.

Eyelashes are much more than a universal symbol of beauty, they protect your eyes. Your lashes keep particles and dust from damaging your eye's surface. Surprisingly, your eyelashes have a relatively short growth cycle, lasting for approximately 30 to 45 days. 

We all want longer, thicker and darker lashes. Many products claim to be able to do so, but in such a short time period it is hard for any product to last longer than the lashes 1 month cycle. The truth is, it's much simpler to introduce your body to a natural routine that will continue to improve lashes with each cycle. Here are some suggestions from all of us at Shear Style ...

1. Diet - Nutirition is key for maintain proper hair, nails and even lashes. Eat your greens and limit your trans-fat intake!
2. Natural moisturizers - olive oil, petroleum jelly (Vasline), vitamin e  and castor oil all work to strenghen lashes. Apply the product around the top and bottom of your lid before bed and wash it off in the morning.
3. Never sleep in your make-up -  Make-up should never stay on your face for longer than 15 hours.
4. Don't touch your eyes! - Toxins, allergic reactions, eye infections, and constant eye rubbing, contribute to eyelash breakage and prevent eyelash growth. Try to always keep your hands away from your eyes when irritation sets in.
5. Vitamins - Here are a few vitamins you can add to your morning routine that will work for you throughout the day...

• Vitamin B-3, also known as niacin, stimulates eyelash growth, eliminates dry and brittle eyelashes, improves blood flow to your hair follicles, aids in cellular reproduction, prevents your eyelashes from falling out and helps your body metabolize keratin, a protein that supports hair growth. (suggested foods: beef liver, salmon, tilapia, tuna, sunflower seeds, peanuts, mushrooms and asparagus)

• Vitamin C is an antioxidant that strengthens your immune system and protects your eyelashes from infections, toxins and diseases that can inhibit hair growth. (suggested foods: cranberries, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, pineapples, oranges, tomatoes, grapefruits, kale and strawberries.)

• Vitamin E is an antioxidant that improves immune system function and protects your hair follicles from damaging free-radicals that can prevent your eyelashes from growing, (suggested foods: rich in vitamin E include almonds, hazelnuts, kale, spinach, sunflower seeds, safflower oil, blueberries, peanut butter and avocados.)

How are you treating your peepers protectors? Let us know if this was helpful to you! Tweet us at 

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Mens Long Hair Styles

Please accept our sincerest apologies. Our previous blogposts have been all geared towards women - new styles, great hair products, funky solutions and more. It's about time we provide some content about men. It may not be him who's reading this blog, but certainly YOU can pass on a few simple suggestions to help influence his next hair decision. That's what friends are for! And guess what?

Shear Style does haircuts for men as well!

When it comes to experimenting with guys' hair, the more the better. Lots of men refer to long hair as "FLOW" and although they may claim not to pay too much attention to their hair, they really do. If you talk to hockey players, they will tell you they invented the look and that it exudes power. Anyways, let's explore some suave styles for guys with long locks, and by explore we mean browse through this gallery of long-haired dudes. Perhaps some of these cuts will captivate your senses.

Celebrity Ben Barnes, UK actor who 

One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray with ahead of hair just long enough to make our list.

Celebrity Garrett Hedlund with golden locks

Sweeping flow, looks good with the sport jacket!

Long bangs, slicked back, very GQ

Long side bangs, very wavy

These guys have gone a bit beyond simply shaking their head like a dog when exiting the shower. It's not the 80's anymore, but what do you think of the long-haired look on guys?