Eye Lightening - Day One

2011-04-21T17:15:00.000-07:00

So, yesterday I took a giant step.
I put honey in my eyes.
Before you guys go all "WTF ARE YOU CRAZY?" on me, I'd just like to point out that the honey was diluted with 1/2 water, boiled over the stove, cooled for an hour, and then lightly dipped into the eyes.
...and my mom didn't notice a thing.
Now, my mom doesn't need to lighten her skin tone or her eye color, so she'd be completely apposed of me doing it. That's why I have to sneak these things from her.
Okay, what I did...
I took some Kroger brand 100% clover honey that we had in the pantry and squeezed a fair amount into a small pot. (I mean fair because - you're treating this like an eyedrop. You don't need to make a giant tub-worth of "solution", as I call it, because you're literally dripping the mixture into your eyes. You'll just have a lot left over). I added a little bit of cold tap water into the pot, and then heated it on the stove, stirring it with a wooden spoon. Since I only made a tiny bit, it didn't take long for the water to start bubbling and steaming. I let it cool completely (because who likes basically microwaving your eyes?) for about 15-30 minutes and then poured it into a tiny bowl.
This mixture is glazed like honey, but watery like...water. I dipped my finger in and touched my eyes "like applying a contact"...nothing. After a couple more tries, I ended up lavishing my finger with the solution until the point of dripping, and then holding it right above the eye the moment before the solution all slipped away.
The burn? More like a tingly sensation.. Like if you ever put in eyedrops for the fluorescent. Then I went to sleep, awaiting sparkly hazel eyes.
...no luck. One of the most severe thunderstorms in the century hit Atlanta last night. I was tossing and turning and staring at the lightning flashing out the window all night.
In the morning? My dark chocolate eyes did look a little lighter...but it was just an illusion, probably.
Okay, so I'm going to start on tackling my homework now, and then tomorrow I'll post Day Two of eye lightning!

The Lightening Process

2011-04-21T17:03:00.000-07:00

Most people that I know wish that their eye color, skin color, and hair color was different.
My being 3/4th Irish, I have the accumulating freckles and dark red hair that any Celtic woman has. But unlike the creamy, pale skin that comes with being a natural redhead; I have more of a dark olive tone.
My mom has almond colored eyes, olive skin, pale freckles, and used-to-be-ketchup-and-now-dyed-brown hair. My dad has dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. My brother Tyler (hi, Ty! Having a fun time at UGA?) strongly resembles my dad but with freckles.
Greeeat, I'm the redhead of the family :\
Nobody in my long line of Irish blood has green eyes. What's an Irish without green eyes?
Thus begins my quest for hazel- or at least almond-colored irises, creamy Irish-worthy skin, and a CLEAR COMPLEXION ^^
After hours of spending homework time on researching, I've hit the gold.
Slowing down the Melanin, or the pigmentation that gives people dark skin, eyes, and hair, will stop producing these pigments.
How to do this?
...lemon/lime juice and honey.

The Irish Buzz

Eye Lightening - Day One

The Lightening Process