How to Get Longer Eyelashes
Make your eyes look bigger and brighter by lengthening your lashes.
Instructions
- 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.
- : 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.
- FACT: A chemist invented mascara in 1913 when he mixed coal dust with petroleum jelly so his sister could enhance her lashes.
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