Comments on How to Curl Eyelashes

I've found that heating a metal eyelash curler with a lighter works well. Let it cool for about 30 seconds before using it.

I have straight-as-a-board eyelashes and I have found that using waterproof mascara after curling keeps them curled without making them straight again like regular mascara.

If you do not have a heated curler, try running your curler under hot water before curling your lashes. Just make sure to check that it is not too hot and dry it off throughly before usage. Good luck!

Dust loose powder or light eye shadow on your curler pad and a little on the top rim of the curler. This will make sure your lashes don't stick on the curler and fall out. Dust darker shadow on the curler, and you could use it after mascara.

Curling your eyelashes with a metal curler sometimes isn't enough by itself. For really super volume, curl, and thickness, you may need three steps. The first, of course, is to heat a metal curler with a lighter or blow dryer and work from the base of your lashes up to the tips, pumping the curler as you move up the length of the lashes. You should get in 4 or 5 pumps of the curler before you get to the tips. Then try one of the new lash-extending mascaras (I use Maybelline XXL or Loreal Double Extend). These usually are made up of two parts: a lengthening base and a mascara. Do not use the actual mascara, only use the lengthening base, as the mascara itself tends to be cheaper and not very effective. While lashes are still wet with the base, apply a mascara with a curved brush. I use Maybelline Great Lash, but you can buy regular mascara and a spoolie, which you can bend to form a curve yourself.

heat eyelash curler with blow dryer for a few seconds to set eyelashes for longer curl.

For a more natural and longer lasting curl, a spoon will do the trick. Use a round spoon, such as a soup spoon. Place your thumb in the belly of the spoon and your index over the arch. Put the base of your lashes in between the belly of the spoon and your thumb, swipe the spoon through until you hit the tips.

I use a metal curler, so I'm not sure about a plastic one. Turn on your hair dryer to a medium setting on low airflow. Hold the curler 2 inches from the hair dryer for about 2 seconds. This will warm it up, but it won't be very hot.

This is such a great idea i figured out one day. After you have applied your mascara clamp your eyelashes at the base with your eyelash curler. Clamp as tight as you can and comb your eylashes with your eyelash comb. One you have comed them release your eyelash curler it gives you beautiful curly unclumped lashes!!