What you need to make your own false lashes:
- Fabric, something thin and easy to take apart, I’m using organza which is perfect
- Small scissors
- Hair Straightener
So first thing’s first you need to cut a rectangle of the organza, the easiest way to do these is to use the selvage (finished edge that comes off the machine when the fabric is made) as the base. To prevent the organza from fraying and coming apart the side edges are finished like this:
So cut most of the selvage off but leave around a 1-2mm edge on the bottom, this will form the band of the lashes which will eventually hold the glue! Make sure you leave enough there that it doesn’t completely unravel.
You will need the rectangle to be as wide as you want the lashes then as tall as you want the longest part of the lashes. Better to leave them a bit longer than you think because you can always trim down later.
This is where it gets a bit tedious! What you need to do is slowly pull out all of the horizontal bits of thread in the fabric. You can use a pin to pry them free a couple at a time, nice and easy but very boring.
What you’ll end up with is something along these lines and a bunch of little threads all over your work space:
Getting there but they don’t fit the shape of your eye yet so gently pull and coax the base into a semi circle. It should have a little bit of give to it so it will hold shape. You can see the before and after below.
I made mine very wide because I didn’t know how long I wanted them to be, here’s one of my other lashes beside it.
So trim them down to the correct width.
Use the little scissors to cut the lash threads into whatever shape/length you want. I wanted them to be small in the middle then wing out. I also wanted to make the lengths more natural so I make sure not to cut straight across but instead by pointing inwards and snipping in small strokes.
Snip snip…
Taadaaa. Awesome but they don’t curl like lashes should so if you were to wear them now they would look pretty silly!!
To curl them we need heat but not too much heat because it’s effectively made of plastic and we don’t want to melt them!
The first thing I tried was to smooth the lashes carefully (VERY CAREFUL SO YOU DON’T BURN YOURSELF) over the curved edge of my straightener.
While indeed that did work, it wasn’t the smooth curve that I was looking for.
What came to the rescue in the end was my laptop tray table’s metal legs! Perfectly curved and conducts heat well. You can use anything this shape which conducts heat without melting (so no plastic!).
I held the lash on.
Covered it with a piece of fabric to hold in place and avoid burning fingers…
And used the heat of the straightener!
Bam lashes!
Gigantic lashes :D Spindly, long and fun to wear!
These are the kind of lashes that make me want to make smouldering faces XD
SMOULDER!!
So there you have it! My first attempt at making lashes went pretty well, I’m happy with them and I want to make a heap more of them in different styles :D I kind of want to try it with patterned fabric too and make some multi coloured ones, so many possibilities!
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OMG.. Violet you really full of imagination. Now you can even DIY your false eyeslash. It look really nice when you put it on.
Great Work.
Thanks Winnie <3
your fantastic! what will u think of next? lol xx
Hahaha I don’t know but I’ll post it when I do XD
… OMG YOU ARE SO AWESOMELY RAINBOW MUFFIN UNICORN AMAZING! Imagine with coloured material~
Yeeees patterned fabric, want to make!
How awesome!! You are so clever!
XD Thanks lovely!
Oh wow how creative! I had no idea that fake lashes could be made like this :O You’re so clever, Violet :)
It’s definitely an interesting concept huh? :D
Talk about uber smoldering right there. XD Maybe I should try this out!
Bring on the smoulder :D
they look great! u’re so creative :p
Thanks Naka, you are too!
And my mother told me it was cheaper to buy fake eyelashes than to make them!
Hahaha it probably is if you pay yourself for the time XD
patterned material would look AWESOME!! you’re so creative :)
xoxo
I know right? I totally want to get some more patterned fabric to try!
I wonder where do you get your ideas from? =DD Creative, indeed! I should definitely try these, too! ^_^ Great lashes!
Haha too much thinking XD
Wow this is rad! I’m amazed, these lashes look so nice! I’ll definitely try it! :D
Let me know how it goes!
Violet, would it be weird if I told you I was in love with you? I won’t tell my husband, I swear!
Lolololol no weird at all, I promise not to tell James either ;)
You = AWESOME!! *O*
You are too sweet!
Wow! This is an excellent idea!
Thanks Rabbit!
Impressive! I have never thought about actually making lashes before. Maybe that’s because I don’t use them that much. With different fabrics the possibilities are endless! I have one question though; are these lashes sturdy? Storebought lashes usually bounce back into shape and that sort of thing, what about these?
I found that these ones aren’t as sturdy as store bought ones in the band but they still work well when coaxed back to shape gently. The curve stayed put in the lashes as well as store bought ones ^_^
I love this! What a cool idea!
Thank you!
So cute! Think of all the colors we make now :)
I wonder how the curling would work if you put them on first, and tried to use an eyelash curler? They even have ones that are heated. I’m afraid of burning my fingers :p
I have a heated one, I’ll have to try it out, thanks for the idea!
wow o.o I’ve never though of useing organza in this way…you are to creative for your own good sometimes…..o.o
XD Totally no such thing!
Wow! I didn’t know that you can make eyelashes out of ORGANZA fabric of all things. xD You are truly creative.
So I take it that you can’t use an eyelash curler for these “lashes”? Probably doesn’t, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. xD
For some reason, the left one looks a little weird to me. Haha. Just letting you know.
No clue if you can or not, I don’t generally use eyelash curlers whether I’m using falsies or now, I’ve got a heated one which I imagine would work though ^_^
This is so cool! I never even thought making your own lashes was possible :O
They look great by the way!
:D Thanks Luhivy!
Ohhh my goodness! That is just INCREDIBLE and creative! How are you able to come up with so much awesome things?!
Hahaha too much time thinking about random silly things results in this!
“SMOULDER!!”
That made me laugh. XD
I would have never come up with making my own eyelashes; it’s fascinating! :D I think you did a really good job; I never would have known that they were handmade out of fabric. :D
Hahaha why thank you :D *smoulder*
Seriously- how clever are you- that is amazing!!
Thank you so much <3
So awesome *claps hands*. This seriously beats the alternative method of making them by saving your natural lashes once they have fallen out and then gluing them together once enough are collected to some fishing string or dental floss, LOL, just kidding.
Oh yeah, I wanted to mention, another option to curl those lashes is to use a heated eye lash curler instead of the hair straightener, it might be less bulky to handle and easier to manuver, maybe, LOL. You’re awesome.
I have one of those! I think it doesn’t put out enough heat to melt the plastic but definitely worth giving it a try!
Hahaha that would take sooooo long XD
You’re just so talented in DIY.
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and I have to say that I’m always impressed by your ideas.
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Thank you! <3
Thanks so much Neko, you’re very sweet :)
Wow! that is amazing!
:D Thanks Anna!
They are absolutely gorgeous! I was just wondering, what did you use to stick them on? normally store bought lashes have a little tube of glue, did you just use some of that? Brill post! :) <3
I buy my tube of glue separately because I’m allergic to most of the glue that comes with normal lashes ^_^
Holy crap! You are brilliant! <3 I am so gonna try this.
Let me know how it goes!!