Tip #85: False Lashes

LOVE false eyelashes now that I am not afraid of them :)  I wore them to my 20th high school reunion (see picture).

1. Separate your own fringe evenly by applying a lightweight mascara.  If you curl your eyelashes, curl them gently/lightly.
2. For individual lashes, handle with a slanted-tip tweezer, dab on a pinhead of glue. Gently tap lash to your palm to remove any excess.  Allow adhesive to partially dry by fanning for 5 seconds.
3. For full eyelash set, squeeze eyelash glue onto the back of your hand and run the eyelash along it. Blow softly from edge to edge to make the glue a little less runny to apply your lashes. Press from end to end and hold until the glue dries (30 seconds to a minute, or sometimes less depending upon the adhesive). This allows the glue to set so that when you lift your fingertips from it, the lashes won't come along for the ride.
4. Position false lashes at the roots of your natural ones.  Apply from outer eye, three quarters of the way to the center of the eye.  Once you've placed them, you're done! False lashes don't need more mascara.

The biggest mistake people make is applying the false lashes above instead of just at, or a little below their own lash line.

Put on eye makeup before lashes and foundation, so you don't end up removing foundation when wiping away flecks.

You can trim down falsies after you've applied them if they seem too long.  Use manicure scissors to snip from the inner to the outer corners of your eye, leaving the outer lashes longest.

The following are the best lashes listed most expensive to least (as consistently reported on various websites):

1. SHU UEMURA
2. MAC 
3. EYLURE
4. REVLON
5. ARDELL