False Eyelashes
[ 16 November 2007 ]
Okay, it sounds like a lot of you have trouble attaching false eyelashes, so I am here to light your way!
I had actually never used false eyelashes myself before last weekend! I was always put off by the difficulty factor, but it’s actually nowhere near as hard as it seems. One hint I have, though, is to never buy those awful blunt false eyelashes. You want them to wing out: shorter at the start & longer at the end. This looks more ‘natural’ (if that’s at all possible) & less clown-like.
How to apply false eyelashes
Using liquid eyeliner & a brush, paint a line along your lashes, from one end to the other. Make it narrow at the furtherest points, & a bit thicker in the middle — this will make your eye appear more round. The reason for doing this is that false eyelashes tend to have a bit of a band holding them all together, & if you can only see that, you will look like a bad drag queen. The eyeliner effectively disguises that, as well as making you look like a sultry little minx!
Apply a thin coating of glue along the base of the false eyelashes. Usually you get a little tube of it in the package. I don’t have any info on what the best kind of glue to use is, but I assume they’re much of a muchness! Blow on the fresh glue to help it get tacky quickly.
Bring the lashes up to your face with much trepidation. No, no, that’s optional! Take the false eyelashes & press the far edge against the outer corner of your eye. The glue should still be kind of soft, so you can wiggle the lashes around for a while yet. Push the lashes down as far as you can — you want them to sit along your natural lash line.
Press the rest of the strip down in a similar fashion. Remember to wear them as low as you can!
Examine your eyelashes obsessively in the mirror; think about how gorrrrgeous you look! Apply a thin coat of mascara & get ready to dazzle!
P.S. If you buy good quality false eyelashes, you can re-use them by gently peeling the glue off & putting them back in the storage container. Cheap eyelashes will tend to lose their shape, so spending a little bit more is really worth it.
Simple, hmm? In the picture above I’m wearing some false eyelashes by Chi Chi which are decorated with little pearls. I am very fond of them. They retail for about $12 in Australia, but I can’t find any information about them online — sorry!
Here are some lovely falsies that would be proud to make an appearance above your peepers…
Shu Uemura Radiant Blue. Not strictly blue, though — more a lovely peacock-esque combination of blue, black & green. Delicious. I love the shape.
Shu Uemura Premium Brown Feather. These are very strange, & kind of make me think of a flurry in the chickenhouse. But I guess if you weren’t wearing denim overalls & a straw hat, it could work…
Shu Uemura Slant Blue. True blue, baby, like Madonna. These are very Hackers, dontcha think? Just call me Kate Libby. (Oh, I wish you would!)
Shu Uemura 79. For those of you who are just dying to be Twiggy, these are the falsies for you. Golly. They are certainly voluminous. I might even go so far as to say… sumptuous. Plus, they could easily double as a dustpan & brush in an emergency — très useful!
Shu Uemura Dazzling Diamante. Inspired by the pair that was created for Madonna, which featured REAL diamonds, here is a set for those of us who are more shoe-string than bling-bling. This set has real FAKE diamonds. (Does anyone else remember that Jellybean “for real sweet girls” brand?!)
Shu Uemura 01. The classic, the tried & true. A good “starter lash”, if there ever was such a thing. Shu Uemura’s most popular style, for subtle glamourpusses everywhere.
You will notice that these are all made by Shu Uemura. What can I say? They’re the best, baby. Kryolan do amazing false eyelashes too, but they don’t have much of a web presence so they might as well not exist. Shrinkle also sells incredible falsies but I don’t know where she gets them from, sorry. (Maybe you should buy them from her direct!)
I hope this information helps you bat your new eyelashes winsomely into your future. Just be careful not to bat them into someone’s drink!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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You have really nice eyebrows! Like the sparklies, too. Makes me think of Christmas…but then, everything makes me think of Christmas this time of year. :)
Thanks Gala!
I’ve been wearing falsies on special occasions and in shows for years and I never once thought to put eyeliner on first! Der! What a great idea!
I would wear them everyday if I could get them to sit right.
Have a lovely day – I’m so jealous that you get to spend the day doing fun things in Melbourne.
I’ll be thinking about you frolicking all day…
Lady
xxx
Oh my this reminds me of those Givenchy lash pearls, it looks like a clear liquid you dab onto your lashes and they dry into tiny little pearls!
HAve a look on ebay!
I have huge lashes (yay!) so I never wear falses, I need to get myself a bottle of pearls.
Krista — Merci beaucoup! I pay good money for my good eyebrows, haha :D
LadySmaggle — It’s just practice, I think! I wear them around the house, I love them, haha. & thank you, I will do my best!
Zoe — Oh, I didn’t know Givenchy had done it. I know that Revlon did, but I had heard that it was kind of rubbish, so I never gave it a go!
Megan — You should tint your eyelashes crazy colours! That would be sooo cool. & my makeup lessons are amazing but I don’t know if I have that much to share yet! I’ve been making notes so I will probably do a big post sharing everything I can. It’s so tricky because a lot of it is in the tools or the hand movement, rather than “use this colour & blah to create ____”, you know? & YES! The Kryolan store is totally magnifique. xx!
shrinkle also sells some amazing eyelashes on ebay! my favorites are the pink feather lashes, they are gorgeous.
As far as I’ve found, Duo makes the absolute best glue.
I know it’s sold at MAC, not sure if its exclusively though.
&&the best way to keep it looking natural is getting the individual ones,
they take more time but I think the end result is worth it.
haha, yeah so I have a lot of love for the false eyelashes so this tutorial was awesome.
&I learnt a few tricks I didn’t know, so thanks!
Does anyone else remember that Jellybean “for real sweet girls” brand?!
hahaha i used to have their peel-off nailpolish, i still have the empty packaging somewhere
michelle — Excellent, thank you for the glue recommendation! I’m about to learn about applying individual lashes in my makeup class, hee. xx
sarah — Oh my god YESSSSS. & everything was pink with white polka dots. Though I secretly liked the piratey boy brand more. Jolly Roger or whatever? Hmm.
http://pursebuzz.com/?p=221
The most amazing, feathery lashes!! I want to get some so I can wear them everyday and look craaazy!
wow i used to have heaps of jellybean real fkae diamond rings and all sorts…purple peel-off nail polish, exciting!
eeyelash.com sells lots of amazing eyelashes (some identical to the flamboyant makeup forever ones sold at Sephora) for super cheap!
Ardell (for those in the States) sells individual and strip lashes that match any more expensive brand in quality—and they’re available at your local Drug Emporium or CVS!
I wear the three-lash clumps when I have to go somewhere or look particularly nice—my lashes are long as hell but thin.
Do yourself a favor: If you want to wear full-strip lashes and make them look more natural, do two things:
1. trim the lashes by clipping a bit off each hair at an angle with a pair of nail scissors, and
2. buy the sort with the clear strip, not the black strip.
I have been dying to try false eyelashes at some point!! Actually, I tried a couple years back for a costumed dinner party (I was dressed as Waterhouse’s romantic painting of Ophelia), but alas—the cheapie ones I bought didn’t stick and gave me a rash. :p Ick. So thank you for this very helpful tutorial—now I’ve just got to find the occasion and then the perfect false lashes! Oh gosh—wonder what the boyfriend will think when he sees me with extra-extravagant lashes? rofl!!
i have those feather falsies and wore them to a fashion show. i rocked! hahha
As much as I adore your new hair color, I’m dying (I made a pun, haha) to see it in Atomic Turqoise so it matches your gorgeous eyes ;) The close up of your eye made me think of it.
My advice for lashes is to be careful smootching with your lover on hot sticky nights :)
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I love my falsies and i love yours too!
We love to dress our mannequins up with gorg lashes and lots of sparkles! It is great practice for putting them on myself too. They are all so pretty!
Lashes are a big thing in Japan! Maybe because long, thick lashes don’t come naturally for some ??
Lash implants, lash extensions, lashes, lashes, lashes
You can buy the hugest range of them from the 100 yen ($1 ish) shop and they are not bad for a once or twice wear. Although I prefer mine alot fatter and chunkier.
My favs come from a dancer/stripper shop in Harajuku (with a pole in the dressing room!! YAY) called Dance Diva. They have lashes to die for at great prices!
I love the picture of you! Stunner!
wow, that is so weird. lol, i was thinking that it would be great if u wrote something about this the other day, cuz i was having trouble applying mine! freaky! lol. maybe im psychic? lol. xo
I HAVE THOSE EYELASHES!
Chi Chi, and very nice :D
however, after too much very enthusiastic wear, the a pearl fell off.
sob.
That’s it, tomorrow I am going and buying myself some false eyelashes.
They will be FABULOUS :D.
My friend has amazing lashes and I’m so jealous. Occasionally I just stare at them and it freaks her out a bit :P.
IMPORTANT!!! dont forget to trim the length of the lashes to fit your eyes :) almost always (unless you are buying half lashes) your lash strips will come much longer then what most people need. this is so that it caters to everyone!
be sure to trim the furthest ends off (the side closest to the outside corner of your eyes), this will make wearing them much easier and of course look much lovelier and professional.
the best thing about false lashes now is that they seem to be everywhere! spoil yourselves with designer lashes for special occasions but dont snob boxes of 2$ ones that you can wear once or twice then throw away without guilt!
p.s. gala, check these ones out, i think they would look AMAZING on you! (eee i hope i dont mess any of the tables up with this link
_)http://www.asos.com/Eylure/Eylure-Tokyo-Strip- Feather-Lashes/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=211674&clr=Yuko Blue&SearchQuery=eylure&sh=0
they are very apparent to be uh “inspired” by those Shu Uemura ones you posted, but i like them just a little teeny bit more :)
love you!!! XOXOX
I received some AMAZING tips from a shy makeup artist — here’s what she said!
* The band on most falsies is actually too long for your eye -ie, when
you apply them, you’ll find that they extend out past where your eye
ends and head towards your hairline. You need to cut them to size, by
firstly holding them up to your eye to see how much you need to cut
off, and then by taking a pair of nail scissors to snip off the
excess. Note: you’re not cutting the length of the lashes, but the
length of the band.
* If you apply mascara first, it gives the lashes something to stick
to, and makes them easier to apply. Once the lashes are on, if you
need to blend your real lashes and your falsies a little more, just
apply an extra coat of mascara, and hold the wand on them until they
“stick” up onto the falsies.
* Re glue: you’re better off buying a separate tube of glue. MAC sells
one for about $15, and it’s fab, and lasts forever (both in how long
the lashes stay on, and in how much you usage get out of the tube). I
was taught to apply glue to the back of your hand first, which warms
it, and then use a cotton-bud to apply it to the band. If you apply it
directly from the tube, you risk ending up with way too much glue on
the band. Oh, and you’re perfectly right about waiting for the glue
to go tacky before applying the lash -it really does make all the
difference!
*The best way to press the lashes down is by using something hard and
flat (fingers are just too chunky). I use either the end of an
individual mascara wand or a hard eyebrow brush I have. I read a tip
from a celeb make-up artist the other day, where he recommended using
the end of an emery board –haven’t tried it myself yet, but sounds
like it would do the trick.
* I prefer to apply eyeliner afterwards, as I find it helps disguise
the band of the lashes better. As the band creates a line on its own,
I just apply a very thin line on the very edge of the band, to make it
look like it’s all just eyeliner. Also, as the band of the lash won’t
extend into the inner corner of your eye, you’ll find that you’re left
with an obvious “start and stop” point (which is a dead give-away to
the fact you’re wearing falsies). To fix this, I use a brush to apply
Bobbi Brown’s gel eyeliner into the very inner corner, and blend it
into the band so there’s no longer an obvious start point.
* I like my falsies to be as natural as possible (ie, so they don’t
look too false, and people just think I have the best eyelashes ever). I find make-up schools the best places to get them, as even the most
natural ones from MAC are a bit too OTT. However, have recently
discovered “Soft Lashes” from Shu Umera’s Tokyo Lash Bar, and it is
instant and undying love! These lashes criss-cross, which makes them
look fuller and more natural, somehow all at the same time! They are
the best things ever, and now I can never go back to any other brand!
* To help the falsies to come off easily at the end of the night, I
take a cotton bud and dip it in eye make-up remover and run it along
the band several times, until the lashes loosen enough for me to just
gently peel them off. If you just try to peel it straight off, you
risk pulling some of your own eyelashes off with it (and I learnt this
the hard way!).
Thank you, shy genius girl!
Ahh False eyelashes – I tried these once and it went terribly wrong and I have never tried again since. I really like the single lashes that Napoleon and MAC sell but I’ve been too scared to venture back to the full false look. On you however – it looks great!Andjxx
Since you brought up accessories, I wanted to share these with you :
http://shanalogic.com/item.php?item_id=1457&category_id=48
and…
http://shanalogic.com/item.php?item_id=1395
I saw them, thought of you, and smiled big time!
Mmmm, exciting! I’m so tempted to dress mine up again. I’ve got really long eyelashes anyway, but got quite a dramatic effect using MAC’s little winged out outer lashes, they’re about a third of the length of the eyelid.
I love photographs of women with incredible eyelash shadows, my heart leaps
xx
I also like to apply eyeliner afterwards. If I put it on first I find that the glue has trouble sticking..
Also, the thing that most people have trouble with is the glue… Unless they have a fast drying glue it is best to let it sit 30 seconds – 1 minute to let the glue get to that almost.dry.tacky point. It has to turn from a pure liquid into a semi-solid and then it is really easy.
Uhhh anyway, Awesome lashes Gala!
Oh & ps. I came across your site about 2 weeks ago when I googled tips for creating a beehive & I’ve been reading it daily ever since!
xxxo
I use a simple toothpick to apply the glue to the lash. Squirt out a blob (about the size of your pinky nail) of the glue on the back of your hand. Then dip the tip of the toothpick in it, like you’re using the world’s smallest paintbrush. Use the toothpick to apply a verrrrry thin line of the glue on the lash – a line about the thickness of a paperclip wire is plenty for me.
Also, I find it easier to press the lash to the inner corner of the eye first, and then press it down moving to the outer corner. The reason for this is so that I can get a “consistent” starting point when I do the next eye.
“Plus, they could easily double as a dustpan & brush in an emergency”. You rock Gala. :D
How cool! I would love trying false eyelashes some time, somehow I’m most attracted to the most extravagant ones … I think those feathers are so cool! But probably REALLY hard to pull off! I got a really great book on make-up from the library, where the artist suggest decorating just one eye with feathers (there it were real feathers and they were applied around the eye opposed to on the lashes). It looked great! Maybe it could be cool just to use one of the feathered lashes …
hey… i left a message before, but it seemed to disappear.
what dye are you using for your current shade? it may well be the same as mine, but yours looks slightly more purple than mine. and not in the reddish way you get with some dyes.
I wear falsies every day :).
For beginners, I recommend using tweezers to put em down…so that they won’t stick to your fingers and you can put them closer to your lashline.
My favorite are Ardell’s 110.
I love your lashes!
As a burlesque performer who frequently wears (and battles with!) false lashes, I have some advice: once the lash is set in place, keep your eye closed for at least 30 seconds. Sometimes if you open your eye to soon, and the glue hasn’t set yet, it shifts the lash up a little bit, and the gap can be visible.
xo
Polly
I’ve always wanted to try falsies, but never have. I’m going to now, once I have some money to go get some good ones. Thanks for the advice!! ♥
Sorry this is a late reply, but oh my gosh jellybean! You totally just brought back my childhood! Also, can those chi chi lashes be re used? I’m excited because you can get those in New Zealand too, and i want to try them!
Pinky — Yay! & yup, I have been re-using them like mad!
Thanks!! I need to re-attempt ASAP! I loveddd the pic also, you look stunning! Kisses
Hi, I wear a lot of false eyelashes and you got some points right and some yet to learn.
Always put mascara on your natural lashes before applying the false ones, just use a light weight lengthening formula.
I have never used the individual or small clump eyelashes and have always used strip ones.
Not all eyelashes have a visible band, try Eylure (http://www.eylure.com/) I believe priceline have just started stocking them(wow), for some fabulous natural looking lashes with an invisible band.
Their 010 style are very natural and beautiful looking.
At the other end of the scale if you are going for all out glamour try wigsonline (http://www.wigsonline.com.au/shopping/products.asp?id=12) for some of the glitteriest, feathery and diamante’d lashes you will ever wear.
Just be aware that super-long or diamante styles are not as flexible as the more natural ones, get some practice on the regular ones before you try them.
I always push/hold the ends of mine in place while the adhesive dries by using the rounded end of a hairgrip/bun pin. Others recommend using an orange stick to hold the end in place for a couple of seconds while they dry.