Emotional Stages Of Applying False Lashes

False lashes have the power to transform an ordinary make-up look into something glamorous - but the struggle is real, it’ll cost you your sanity.

Seriously though, if any of you out there can apply them perfectly every time, TELL US YOUR SECRETS. Because the rest of us usually end up going through this rollercoaster of emotions:

Stage 1: Excitement

It’s always an optimistic beginning: false lashes at the ready, glue successfully opened, tweezers on stand-by and the hope that Katy Perry-like peepers are only a few minutes away.

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Stage 2: Intense concentration

Trimming the lashes to the best size can be make or break for the end result. Measuring and cutting both strips precisely to the millimetres is so intense, you sometimes forget to breathe.

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Stage 3: Struggle

Time to pick up your lashes with your applicator tool (bh loves Ardell Dual Lash Applicator, but you can also just use tweezers). Unfortunately lashes are slippery little suckers and it can be a real struggle to grip them properly.

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Stage 4: Frustration

False lashes should be applied at the base of your lashes and not on your eyelid - but it’s easier said than done. With one eye closed, the pressure of drying glue and trying not to smudge your eye make-up - you’re a miracle worker if you manage to get it on the first try.

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The majority of us are left reapplying glue and trying up to 500 times to get it in the right spot. (Thankfully most lash glues dry clear, even if you end up using multiple coats.)

Top tip: Try applying your mascara after your lashes to avoid unecessary smudging. We like asap pure mineral mineral mascara - the brush head is great for seperating your lashes (especially if they've become a little stuck together from the glue.)

Stage 5: Blindness

Too much glue + too long with your eye closed = an eyelid that has been stuck shut.

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Stage 6: Panic

When you can’t see out of one eye and your fingers are too sticky from the glue to prise your eye open, a slight freak out is inevitable.

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Stage 7: Relief

Deep breaths, clean hands and some extreme eyelid strength enables you to see again.

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Stage 8: Determination

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False lashes WILL NOT defeat you. You reset them in your tweezers, put on just a smidge more glue and apply them for the final time.

Stage 9: Acceptance

The left one is most definitely stuck to your eyelid and the right is too long - but they’re on.

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False lashes we love:

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Do you have any tips on how to apply false lashes? What’s your go-to falsie set?

117 Member Comments

caitlins_beauty 5 Nov 2017 8:55 PM

I have never related to an article as much! loveeeee this.

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blackkittykat 5 Nov 2017 8:08 PM

I only tried applying them once and I failed, badly! Very frustrating! I envy those who can actually apply these haha.

Sam91 5 Nov 2017 8:53 AM

I'm SO bad at applying false lashes. I usually get a girlfriend to do it for me if wearing them for a night out. I might try a lash applicator.

Bohemian.Wanderlust 3 Nov 2017 11:45 PM

I never have had any luck applying falsies. Even pre glued ones!!! I follow tutorials and take my time etc but still have had no luck; one day I will conquer the false lashes!

MerryGoRound 3 Nov 2017 6:11 PM

I've always been too scared to try falsies (i think glue + eyes + unsteady hands = emergency room). But I'll tag this page in case i decide to get brave one day.

Trish_D 11 Nov 2017 3:34 PM

You have put this perfectly, MerryGoRound. The idea of poking myself in the eye doesn't appeal in the slightest!! Or ending up in Emergency with something I'd done to myself!

alice1908 3 Nov 2017 5:16 PM

I have never used false lashes, I'm too scared to I feel like I would poke myself in the eye haha.

joannachiem 3 Nov 2017 1:07 PM

Honestly such a struggle

Pumpkiin 3 Nov 2017 10:02 AM

I've tried falsies a couple of times and then gave up forever after experiencing every step in the article. to much pressure to much stress

Trynzee 2 Nov 2017 11:59 PM

That’s the best title to any article yet!! I was like... how do you “emotionally” apply false lashes?? Lol

Mirelle 2 Nov 2017 9:35 PM

Great article. So so true about cutting them to size, but it has to be done, otherwise the eyes look like a social club for caterpillars !! They can be a hassel at first but worth it for the end result. I use a WASP applicator, it does help and saves time too.

skincare junkie 2 Nov 2017 4:06 PM

I have a pair of glam lashes from the BH bday party goody bag. I have to try it!

Trynzee 3 Nov 2017 12:03 AM

I have the shortest lashes. So short, my beautician had trouble when I seen her the first time. If you don’t mind share with me what serum you’re using?

Beauty Obsession 2 Nov 2017 12:28 PM

It's totally hard! I love the look and a friend of mine nails it! For me it's like contact lenses you wanna wear them but the effort it takes to put them in/on just makes me not want to!

ErinLady 2 Nov 2017 10:49 AM

I have never managed to apply my falsies to the base of my lashes, they always end up on my eyelid! Perhaps practice makes perfect and I just need more of it? Eh, I'll stick with a good mascara and call it a day.

Marguerite Aimee 2 Nov 2017 9:22 AM

I've yet to find the perfect falsies for me, I have smaller eyes and some of them really swamp my eyes. And I want something really light weight that doesn't feel like I'm wearing anything!

bebeautiful34 2 Nov 2017 8:16 AM

Oh my gosh, this is so true. There's nothing more nerve wracking than applying falsies!

MelissaFay89 2 Nov 2017 12:05 AM

I don't wear false lashes

Shopaholic555 1 Nov 2017 10:19 PM

haha that's truly accurate, love the look of false lashes but i haven't applied them enough to be good at it or for it not to be a stressful ordeal. I did buy some individual lashes to try them cause they look stunning! but i haven't made myself do it yet

Snailor 1 Nov 2017 7:34 PM

I've tried false lashes before but I always glue them on to my eyelids - arghhh!

skye_nicole_ 1 Nov 2017 4:29 PM

I've never worn false lashes before as I have always been afraid of accidentally gluing my eye lids shut (lol) but after seeing how pretty they are and how they can really open your eyes I would love to give them a go.

PrettyPrincess 1 Nov 2017 11:59 AM

I find better quality ones are a bit easier to work with, I brought some cheap ones to ‘practice’ with, but honestly they where so much harder

Hayley644 1 Nov 2017 7:58 AM

I've never worn false eyelashes.

Beautybabe140194 1 Nov 2017 1:02 AM

Haha so true. Luckily I have not got to the stage of glueing my eye shut haha.

Jenniqua 31 Oct 2017 11:48 AM

Bwahahahaha, I literally just laughed out loud. I am so glad that I am not the only person that can find false eyelashes, terrifying.

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