I agree with you! I also work in the field of dementia and would like to add how important this routine could be for OP’s mom. If OP goes the semi permanent makeup route, she’s removing a vital routine from her mother’s life.

Routines provide comfort, stability, and even a reason to get up and keep living. When everything around you (and even your understanding of yourself) seems to be changing, our routines are what ground us. Heightened anxiety can arise from a lack of purpose or routine.

I have seen several ladies with dementia absolutely NEED to go through the motions of makeup applications. They either enjoy the routine and still take pride in how they present themselves, or are so used to it that it’s just an ingrained part of daily life.

Eyesight worsens in dementia, so even if you dyed her brows/lashes, 2 things could happen: 1) she could be terrified by what she sees in the mirror (which you pointed out in the above post) or 2) she could just not even understand/see that there’s permanent makeup applied and keep applying on top.

While OP’s question is clearly coming from a good place and is trying to help, Removing the ability to do her makeup routine could lead her to start using non-makeup to do the job—I’ve had a lady that used Sharpie on her eyes when the family didn’t think she needed it anymore.

Good luck, OP. I hope you, your mother, and family have the support you need. Dementia sure is one wild ride, but between all the devastation there still are some beautiful moments.

This is a great, unexpected answer. God point.

What can I say? I am such a gracefully flawed wordsmith….

I’m not even going to edit the change one of the “kids” into “lids.” (Without any context, that’s one wild sentence.)

Thanks for the solidarity! It’s funny but I just always feel like I look like a clown with color on my lips 🤷‍♀️

I hear you…my lashes sound similar to yours. I started only applying on upper lash line to experiment and after this week am convinced my eyes look bigger without both lash lines done.

Hmm. I bought some when they first came out but didn’t like either color u bought. I should check out what shades they make now. Thanks for the tip!

I really enjoyed your typo of “kids” instead of kids.

Mascara is tough. I have very short, fair, straight lashes and have started to intermittently only do my top lashes bc of how messy even waterproof mascara ends up looking on me at the end of the day.

Raises hand I also cannot put anything on my waterline. I’ve tried so many different products and nothing sticks, let alone doesn’t irritate me.

Your comment is making me realize I have never ONCE gotten ready/done makeup with another woman before. I must be missing out!!