An Update on - The $25 Eyelash Growing Serum (2024)

1 year ago I conducted a 3 month long experiment. I put inexpensive eyelash serum on ONE eye for 3 months because I figured that was the best way to see if it worked. These are the initial results and my one year follow up.

I can probably just stop the post here and head right into the sales pitch. You don't need to squint, guess, or get out a measuring tape to know which eye I put the serum on.

I wasn't expecting such obvious results but a cheap Amazon eyelash serum actually worked and it worked really well. If that's all you wanted to know you can go ahead and buy it. No need to read further.

If you think you have no reason to believe me because I'm a blogger on the Internet, you're right. I could lie, I could Photoshop, I could do so many things and you have every right to question me.

I'll only dedicate hours to growing my own potatoes - not eyelashes.

It boasts "Natural" ingredients, but you and I are educated. We know that statement is useless (much like the perforations on any cardboard, press your thumb here, box.)

This serum doesn't contain hormones or other things that are generally considered bad by people in lab coats.

Ingredients

For you science loving types, this is a list of the ingredients in the Terez & Honor lash and brow growth serum:

(But first to reiterate, this post isn't sponsored and I'm not faking the results)

Aqua, Glycerin, Myristoyl Pentapeptide-4, Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17, Biotinoyl Tripeptide-1, Aloe Ferox Leaf Juice, Wedelia Calendulacea Extract, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Serenoa Serrulata Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Arginine, Panthenol, Biotin, Panax Ginseng Root, Biotin/Folic Acid/Cyanocobalamin/Niacinamide/Pantothenic Acid/Pyridoxine/Riboflavin/Thiamine/Yeast Polypeptides, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pentylene Glycol, Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract, Xanthan Gum

3 Types of Lash Growth Serums

Lash growth serums are built 3 different ways.

Chemical/Hormonal compounds

These are the ingredients in prescription serums, like the I tried, Latisse.

• Prostaglandin serums: Use hormone-like compounds, banned in cosmetics by Health Canada.
• Available only by prescription from a doctor.
• Sold as medication, not cosmetics, due to lack of long-term testing.
• Potential side effects: drooping eyelids, skin darkening, iris color change. (really quite rare occurrences)
• Long lashes last only with continuous medication use.
• Key ingredients: Prostaglandin (Bimatoprost) or analogues.

Botanicals

• Botanical extracts can improve lash health.
• Botanical products may cause allergic reactions in sensitive skin.
• Natural products have shorter shelf life after opening.
• Beneficial botanical ingredients include DHT blockers: Natural Grape & Pumpkin Seed Extracts, Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract, Panax Ginseng Root.

Peptides

• Peptides promote lash growth by lengthening growth cycle.
• Different peptides serve different purposes targeting each phase of the lash growth cycle for.
• Look for listed peptides like Acetyl Tetrapeptide-3, Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17, and Biotinoyl Tripeptide-1.
• Peptide serums often contain conditioning and moisturizing agents: Biotin, Arginine, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Panthenol, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Arctium Majus Root Extract.

This Terez & Honor serum is a combination of botanicals, peptides and a bunch of other things like pumpkin seed extract that deep down you'd never believe would actually make your lashes longer and fuller.

But it works, and I wanted to tell you about it.

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TEREZ & HONOR

Enhancing Eyelash Serum

Get it on Amazon in the US

$30 US (but now on sale for $25)

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TEREZ & HONOR

Enhancing Eyelash & Brow Serum

Get it on Amazon in Canada

$35 Canadian

Update 1 Year Later

• It still works. 🤷‍♀️
• You need to remember to apply it a few times a week to maintain the length. Otherwise you'll wake up one morning with a bald eyeball.
• They now apparently make a different version of the same lash serum that's exclusively for eyebrows with a different applicator.

If you're really hard core into lashes THIS is information you need to really understand everything about how eyelashes grow.

Eyelash Growth Cycle

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1. Active Growth (Anagen Phase) :
   • This is when the eyelash actively grows from the follicle.
   • Duration: 30–45 days.
   • 35–40% of your upper lashes and 15% of lower lashes are in this phase at any given time.
2. Transition Phase (Catagen Phase):
   • Active growth stops, and the follicle starts to shrink.
   • Duration: 2–3 weeks.
   • This phase ends when the lash is fully detached from the blood supply.

WEIRD, RIGHT?! Did you ever think of your eyelashes as having a blood supply?

3. Resting or Shedding Phase (Telogen Phase):
   • The lash is fully formed and remains in place until it naturally falls out or is shed.
   • Duration: 4–9 weeks.
   • A new lash begins to grow underneath the old one, eventually pushing it out.

• Each lash follicle operates independently, so your lashes don’t all grow, rest, or shed at the same time.
• The entire growth cycle, from growth to shedding, takes approximately 3–4 months per lash.

If you tried this serum when I first mentioned it almost a year ago, let me and everyone else know what your experience was like. Did they lengthen? Did it itch? Did you smartly apply it to both eyes?