After having their eyelash product seized by federal marshals in the US, Jan Marini now has European agencies to worry about. According to this story, the company is now under investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK. Apparently, they are still selling some of the product in Europe despite their legal problems at home. 
Like the FDA, the MHRA is concerned that the company is selling an unregulated, untested drug for cosmetic purposes.
This may be the final straw that scares Jan Marini out of the eyelash lengthening business forever. According to Jan Marini herself, “We believe it makes sense to suspend these products while we strategically review our options.”
This means that they will focus on skin care products like their Bioglycolic Facial Cleanser
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Hi…I’ve used this product and thankfully it didn’t alter the color of my iris, but it didn’t do much for my lashes either. However, something that has worked is the KGF lash product from skinactives.com…and it’s not nearly as expensive…even with my professional discount.
HI!
I have a couple of questions. First, the above comment dated Jan 23 concerning Jan Marini and the MHRA, is that 2008?
Second, Does anyone else know of any other products or ingredients that are also effective for lash growth.
That’s from 2008.
No. There really aren’t any proven ingredients that will increase growth of lashes.
Well, what about the Bobbi Brown treatment?
Has anyone used it? Does anyone think it works? It’s $99.00. Is it meant to be a treatment or a cosmetic? What other brands make a lash growth product. Can someone please just tell me everything they know about this topic?
I’m dying to figure it out.
DM
Go look up “eyelash growth” in the Beauty Brains forum. There is more written about it there. Also, do a search on the Beauty Brains site. We’ve written about the subject a few times.
Incidentally, we don’t recommend using it.
I used it and it was absolutely fabulous. I know a pharmaceutical company is goiging to steal the potion ASAP…the FDA will have no problem as soon as “proper” testing as done. Anyway, we shall see.
Is there something wrong with requiring “proper” testing? These “proper” tests ensure that people aren’t inadvertently poisoning themselves with cosmetics.
Yay! Let me run out and put a drug on my eyelid that, when applied directly to the eye, has the medical purpose of reducing occular pressure. Never mind that my eyelid is THIS close to my eyeball, and that my occular pressure is just fine the way it is. Um, on second thought, I’ll happily wait for viable REPRODUCABLE clinical studies to show that it not only works but is safe. Those that want to try it now – more power to ya. If it works, you’ll beat me to the longer-lash party by a couple years. If it ends up having nasty side-effects, or not working at all, well then I will be hale and healthy still, and a few grand the richer.
I am desperate for longer eyelashes, and have used every conditionaing lash primer there is available (from reputable cosmetic companys).
But I am a scientist, and having read this article, and tried my own research (admitedly online only) I can safely say I will be waiting a few years before buying any of the new wonder eyelash enhancing treatments. Revitalash, LiLash, and Jan Marini do not in my opinion have any valid research to back up their claims, and if they do work I would be concerned as to what else they are doing to the eye area, as they must contain a drug.
If research does prove their ‘ingredient’ to work, rest assured that reputable cosmetic companys will certainly jump on the band wagon, and I am happy to wait for this. Large companies have reputations to protect and would face huge lawsuits in the event of any health damage to end users of their products.
I would recommend sticking to using a white eyelash primer followed by a good quality mascara. It may be time consuming, but better than permanently darkening the eye area, or doing other unknown damage.
What about the product sold at Nordstrom and other department stores, Enormous Lash? Many people are very happy with those results.
I used enormous lash but stopped using it cause it irritated my eye. i bought the new formula its all natural, it works, my eyelashes on the corners curled up but since i stopped using it, i coudnt see the end results, i think i’ll wait for the newest one in a few yrs
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