If you have been following me on Twitter (oy, follow me so we can chat!) you’d know that last weekend I went to a dance club (!!!) and brought out the fake lashes for that extra little touch.
Plus, I was planning to road test it because I want to write a how-to, since it’s party season. (I hope you also enjoyed my tips on how to survive a night of partying and still look good the next day!) I encourage you all to try out false lashes at some point, you may learn to love it - they make eyes look just that little but more sexy and sultry.
Whether you want them out-there like Lady Gaga or as understated and simple as Angelina Jolie (below), false lashes can be a great way to enhance and bring attention to your eyes. Here’s my guide on how to apply false lashes, whether it is a full strip or individual ones.
What to do:
(First and foremost – get your tools! You’ll need your false lashes, eyelash glue and tweezers.)
1. Squeeze out a bit of eyelash glue to the back of your hand or a piece of paper. Make sure it’s in good reach!
2. Take your tweezers and place it on the lashes – not the root – and pick it up.
3. Place the base of your lashes into the glue, so that the full line of the base is covered in glue.
4. Blow on it for about 5 seconds, and let it cool for about 10 seconds. You want the glue to feel ‘tacky’ instead of runny, or it will run all over your eyelids and will slide off!
5. Once the glue feels a little tacky, place it on the base of your lashes, as close to your lash line as possible. Try not to blink if you can and use your fingers or tweezers to gently ‘push’ the false lashes down.
6. Again, try not too blink too often for the next 20 seconds and allow it to set.
7. Once it’s set, I will take my normal mascara and apply it to my lashes and the false lashes, so that they ‘bind’ and stick together so that there will not be any weird two-layer of lashes going on. The false lashes are supposed to look like your own, so putting it with your natural ones will look the best.
8. Last but not least, though this is optional: You can apply liquid liner on the top of your lashes to ‘hide’ the false lashes line. Liquid liner was pretty much made to hide away the false lash line. ( I recommend this liquid liner, it’s amazing.)
Extra Tips:
- If you want a very natural look and fill in a bit gaps, you can buy individual ones to fill them in. These are the ones I used and will continue to. The reason is that you look like you have naturally full, thick lashes.
- If you’re trying out a full strip false lash, place it on your lash line to see if it’s too long, and trim it so it fits your eye. Also, trim the lash on the inner corner – trimming off the outer corner, where the eyelashes are the most dense, will cut off all it’s flare.
- A lash glue I would reccommend is the one by Revlon – my goodness! It is SO sticky that you will never fear that your lashes fall off mid conversation. (I’ve heard horror stories.)
- When removing the false lashes, do not do so quickly after you come home. I mistakenly tried to rip them off but lost about 4 precious lashes in the meantime! Instead, run your lashes under some warm water to ‘release’ the glue and it will be very easy to gently pull them out.
Do you wear false eyelashes? Would you have any other tips to add? 
Oh, and which are your favorite brands to recommend? I’ve heard Shu Uemura and MAC are the best, though I haven’t tried them yet!
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It’s probably a stupid question but do you think that I can wear falsies even if i’m wearing my glasses ? Considering that my real lashes sometimes touch the glass (lens? I’m not sure about which one is the correct word in this context) already x)
Nah, not a stupid question at all!
I guess you could, but it would touch your glasses’ lens that could be quite uncomfortable 
Hey ren, love the review..though i prefer the small ones…i go clubbing and i find girls who shouldnt have any eyelashes have huge ones plastered on their eyes and its a bit freaky and scary in the dark..like 2 giant wings flapping..anywaz..love the review
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Haha, quite true, Danielle! I totally agree, the huge ones are scary
And thanks as always for your comment!
Hi Renee! How r u? I have to be honest here and say that I’ve never tried false eyelashes, maybe because they are not my style ( I don’t wear so heavy makeup) or because I don’t know how to apply them (maybe the most important reason). Your post is just great, full of tips and infos so maybe I will give it a try very soon. I’m expecting some false lashes from Revlon any time now
Hey! I’m great thanks, how have you been?
Ooh don’t worry, they are quite easy to apply when you get the hang of it, and it can look very natural – not a lot of eye makeup is needed! You can try individual ones someday, they are very natural looking. They’re the ones I tried and they were really nice! Unless, of course, you are blessed with very long eyelashes already, you don’t need false ones!
I have a bunch of false lashes, but can’t seem to get strip lashes on correctly. I agree with you on the individual lashes. I’ve worn them and no one even knew I had them on! I’ve never tried expensive lashes since Ardell from the drugstore work great on me.
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Ohh yeah, I got some really cheap no brand ones to try them out first
I’ve heard great things about Ardell so they are next on my list! Maybe someday we’ll both master full strip lashes, they are def much faster to put on on a whole 
You could also “paint” the top of your false lashes BEFORE you put them on. Just let the liquisliner dry and then apply (lash glue doesn’t have any color to it anyway). I think that would be easier! EnKore has a great video about this, I’m sure you’ve seen it
Thanks for your tip, Roxanne! I think that could work, but the liquid liner is applied on the eyelid rather than the lash strip. Or rather to disguise the two? I don’t know, I’m a total beginner! Is that what you do?
Oh no I’ve never heard of EnKore … tell me more?
Oops, I commented a while ago but it seems it didn’t get through! Oh well…
Anyway, what I meant was: you can apply the liquid liner to the white strip at the bottom of the false lashes before you put them onto your own lashes. That way the strip is already black, no white gaps!
I can’t believe you haven’t heard of EnKore yet! He’s very talented and has a YT-channel with loads of how-to’s, reviews, tips and tricks, you name it!
Here’s his YT-channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/enkoremakeup?blend=1&ob=4
And here’s a movie about prepping/applying false lashes (the second part is somewhere on the right, I’m sure you’ll find it
): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niie45Bpqy4
Temptalia is terrific as well (Please tell me you know Temptalia?).
Ah ok, got what you mean.
I had no idea the strip’s were white! I tried individual ones so the base was black, but yes, that’s a great idea!
Yes, I am so behind, I’m like a grandma! I’ve neevr heard of him. ;’( He looks really good though, just browsed his page and MY GOODNESS he’s done a lot of videos, what a star. Just saw his false lash video and he’s really good. He’s a professional makeup artist, right?
Haha and yes I know Temptalia… I guess I am not that behind, hehe
I dont have a comment but a question, and that is I would love to wear false eyelashes on the bottom of my eyes to match the top. I cant find them in the stores any where! I’ve tried using false eyelashes that are for the top, on the bottom but they are waaay to long can I trim them shorter and if so, how do I do that and have the left eyelash and the right eyelash even?
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