Luscious Lashes

I don’t know about you, but what makes a night out for me is getting ready. I love the whole experience: Pre-night out clothes and shoe shopping, pampering bubble bath, doing my hair, trying on about 25 different outfits before I find the right one, make-up. I love getting my girlfriend round, having a glass of wine and listening to some music to get in the mood whilst primping and preening.

These days I don’t feel completely ready to go out unless I’ve got my false eyelashes on! Thick, full eyelashes are becoming more and more fashionable and celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry and Cheryl Cole are rarely to be seen without fantastic, full lashes.


False eyelashes were actually invented in 1916 by a movie director - D.W. Griffith was working on his silent film Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages. He wanted his leading lady to have eyelashes long enough to brush her cheeks when she blinked, so he invented some! These original false lashes were made of human hair woven through a small strip of gauze. However, it is only within the last few years that they have banished the tacky tag and become a real trend. Sales have soared in the last couple of years and there are now a myriad of eyelash choices available.

But that doesn’t mean I like to look like I’ve got two pet spiders having a party on my eyelids! False lashes can look enhancing and natural when the right lashes are used and they are applied correctly.

So which to choose? False lashes come as strips (either pre-glued or with a separate tube of adhesive), individual lashes and individual cluster lashes which have about 10 hairs in each cluster.

For the most natural look, I like to use individual cluster lashes. You can control exactly how thick and full you want your lashes to appear and they are easier to position than the strip lashes. They also come in different lengths to blend in with your own eyelashes and should be longer towards the outer corner of the eye. Although they can be more time consuming to apply, the results are more than worth it.

How do you apply them?

1.) Using clean, dry tweezers gently lift an individual lash cluster of the appropriate length from the tray.

2.) Hold the lash with tweezers and touch the knotted end of the faux lash to the adhesive on the wand.

3.) Starting at the outer corner of the lash line, place the lash on top of natural lashes with the knotted end close to, but not touching the eyelid.

4.) Hold the lash in place for about 5 -10 seconds until the adhesive sets.

5.) Moving from the outside corner of the eye to the insider corner, apply the remaining lashes until the desired effect is achieved.

6.) Apply mascara until both natural and faux lashes are covered and blended.



I love Jane Iredale Professional Faux Lashes - Professional quality, individual faux lashes in two different lengths with latex-free adhesive. They look and feel fantastic!

Long eyelashes can make eyes look bigger, fuller and more inviting, but not all of us are blessed with sky-high lashes. Thankfully, modern civilization invented false eyelashes. If you learn how to put them on correctly, no one will ever guess that they're not yours.