How to Get Longer Eyelashes

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Make your eyes look bigger and brighter by lengthening your lashes.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Silicon
Castor oil
An eyelash primer
A curling iron or an eyelash perm
A lengthening mascara
False eyelashes or eyelash extensions
An eyelash growth product
An eyelash transplant

Step 1: Get more silicon

Eat foods containing silicon, a trace element that promotes hair growth. Asparagus, cabbage, cucumbers, olives, green beans, beer, rice, and oats are all good sources.

Step 2: Oil your lashes

Apply a daily drop of castor oil to your lashes with a cotton swab to help them shine.

Step 3: Curl them

Use an eyelash curler to make lashes appear longer than they are. Or get an eyelash perm at a beauty salon; it will last about four months.

Tip: For best results, use an eyelash curler before and after applying mascara.

Step 4: Prime them

Use an eyelash primer to condition and coat the lashes. Then, apply mascara made specifically for lengthening lashes.

Step 5: Wear falsies

Attach false eyelashes, either one by one or as a set. Or consider eyelash extensions, where dozens of individual lashes are glued onto your existing ones. They last about two months.

Step 6: Use an eyelash growth product

Try eyelash growth products, available in beauty stores. They contain peptides, amino-acid derivatives that supposedly stimulate follicles. Because the side effects vary, consult your ophthalmologist before trying.

Step 7: Discuss a prescription with your MD

Ask a dermatologist about a prescription for Latisse, an FDA-approved daily treatment that contains chemicals that stimulate eyelash growth.

Warning: Side effects of Latisse include eye redness, itchy eyes, and darkening of the eyelid skin. It can also cause the iris to turn brown permanently.

Step 8: Some may consider a transplant

Some people actually undergo an eyelash transplant, a medical procedure done under local anesthesia. Hair is taken from other parts of the body and implanted onto the eyelids. Unlike natural eyelashes, transplanted lashes need to be trimmed regularly.

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• HealthBeauty
• eyes
• eyelashes
• makeup
• beauty
• fashion
• style
• lengthening
• longer
• bigger
• brighter

[Bellabeastbeauty]

HER EYEBROWS PISSED ME OFF

[SaPpHiReArA]

As a normal asian girl I eat rice everyday. My lashes aren't long. Why?

[geezwhatswrongwithu]

hair from your body and on to your face? eww

[DramaQueen9324]

@magicmusic32976 that's right :)

[rachaelly1]

Heehee my eyelashes are already long......but I didn't do anything to them cuz 'i was born this way'

Lol fail.............

[magicmusic32976]

So if they can take hair from my ass and put it on my eyelashes?

[sunders1]

@15randomperson actually, anything for the eye can also be used as a laxative. just like if you put eye drops in your drink and then drink it, you're gunna have to go to the bathroom A LOT. hahahaha

[15randomperson]

@IsAbElmiaumiau okidoki thanks :)

[IsAbElmiaumiau]

@15randomperson your welcome and if Castor Oil does not work for you try almond oil or olive oil avocato oil and there are many choices :D but my fav is castor oil cuz it kinda thick so it sticks well to your eyelashes and for me it gives results fastaer than vaseline ^^

[15randomperson]

@IsAbElmiaumiau ok well it isn't expensive so I might as well try it, thanks :)

[IsAbElmiaumiau]

@15randomperson i use castor oil iand I swear by it works just buy it and be carefull aplying it before you go to bed :D

[julesalinas]

Ha a girl did a eyelash growing thing and when she woke up.. her eyelashes burned off! All of them