Beauty Binge: The Road to Porn-Star Lashes!

I've never really had to fuss much about my eye lashes because I am blessed with long curled ones. But I wish they were thicker, which is why I love voluming mascaras more than I do lengthening ones. If I could have big, fat tranny lashes, I'd be the happiest cat in the world!! My husband, J, on the other hand has long, thick lashes, and he'd bat his lashes at me everytime I put on falsies. My friends have jokingly said many times: how they wish they can tie him down and use lashings of mascara on him!! J has such gorgeous lashes!!

I learned to put falsies on when I did stage shows, hosted ground events and such. I started out not wearing any which made me look a little plain on stage. I'd have some put on me for photo and TV shoots but it was always by the make-up artists. I remember buying a pair and trying putting them on only to have them poking my eyes instead! I've done it all - had too much glue on until my fingers stuck to the lashes and eventually pulling them off, not waiting for the glue to get tacky so I had sticky mess on my lids, or not having enough glue so one side was hanging off ... my learning curve with falsies was a hilarious one! But having falsies on stage made me look a little polished, and I noticed all the celebrities I've bumped into or worked with, have falsies on even when they are not doing shows! No wonder they looked so stunning and wide-eyed in magazines!!

These days, I have falsies on for special occasions: birthday/anniversary dinners and events, which I occasionally go to.

Over the years, I've collected all sorts of styles only to find that I liked the short ones better as they make my lashes look thicker.
This glue has served me so well over the years. It's so reliable, my falsies stick on from day to night without any issues. It goes on white and dries clear, has a brush applicator which makes application to the bone of the lashes cleaner and so easy. I bought this at SaSa.

My ex co -host introduced me to the self-adhesive ones, when I moaned to her how difficult it was to wear falsies, and those were so much easier to wear for beginners before I graduated to putting the glue on the falsies. The self-adhesive falsies I find most reliable are the ones from SaSa under the Cosmos brand. These falsies are a little stiff but they stayed on even under harsh lights.

Having tried so many different styles of falsies, I like the short ones better as they make my own lashes look very thick. I love this one from Cosmos, and I was elated when I found SaSa has the large pack which carries 5 pairs. I normally re-use these up to 5 times before I toss it out. If I had mascara on the falsies, I'd throw them out after use. I just couldn't be arsed to clean the gunk out!! Which is why I generally don't use mascara with falsies on - I put mascara on first, before sticking the falsies on.

The make-up artist I was working with on one of the shoots taught me to snip off 2-3 strands from the outer end of the strip before putting it on, to not have them poking my eyes out! And not having glue all over the lids when putting falsies, took a looooooot of practise before I had the confidence to wear any on stage!

I found this pair for RM5 at Daiso, The Curve. I'm liking this half lashes, they're easier to put on, and look very natural. I wish they have more variety.

I recently acquired these Taiwan-made falsies. They are so much cheaper than the SaSa ones and so much softer, almost like natural hair. These apparently are hand-made, which means nothing to me really! The Taiwan-made ones have longer lashes, which made me look ... scary! So I'm not too fond of these. Too bad because they're really comfortable to wear.

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