It may sound crazy, but Babaian says with daily use of the curler, "you can actually train your lashes to curl." Initially, lashes are more resistant to curling, so you may have to hold down on the curler longer for the first few weeks. But she says eventually they will learn and you'll see a difference, so don't be discouraged after the first few times and continue to curl dutifully.
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Tip 2: Curl to offset uneven eyes
Sometimes, women can have one lid that has a crease while the other doesn't, which causes one eye to look bigger. Babaian says curling the monolid's eyelashes more will help even them out. "When you curl your lashes it puts weight into the base of your lid and it'll actually push your eye open," she says. "It makes a humongous difference."
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There are some things in this world that are inexplicable: What really happened at Roswell? Or what came first, the chicken or the egg? Sure these may not keep you up at night, but one mystery Total Beauty was intent on solving involved stubbornly-straight eyelashes. When it comes to Asian makeup, the most common complaint is lashes that seem to be forever answering the question, "Where's the ground?" "Down there," they say. Straight down.
While this is most prevalent for Asian women, those of Eastern European and Spanish descent also deal with stubbornly straight lashes. After much investigation (and talking to celebrity makeup artist Taylor Chang-Babaian, author of Asian Faces: The Essential Beauty and Makeup Guide for Asian Women), we can finally take this case out of the Unsolvable Mysteries file.
We've learned lashes that don't curl are primarily due to a lack of a double crease. The monolid forces lashes to grow straight down. Plus, the lid covers the base of the lashes making them look shorter than they are.
Curled lashes make eyes look prettier, finished, feminine and sexy. And now there's no reason why you can't have them too. Look no further than this guide to finally get those darn lashes to curl — and stay curled.
While we may never know what happened at Roswell, at least this makeup conundrum is solved. See tips on how to fix straight eyelashes now.
