How To Store False Eyelashes

by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 21, 2011 | Baking, Craft, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial

A lot of you have probably seen the tutorial I did on making an eyelash storage solution in the shape of a yummy cake. Well with the direction my house decorating kick is heading the whole cake thing doesn’t really go with my theme. The limited bench space also doesn’t leave much room for a several layered cake so time to find a solution which was pretty and also space saving.

This is what I came up with:

What you need:

• Cardboard
• Lace
• Sticky tape (the type of tape is important)
• Glue gun
• Clear plastic or plastic wrap
• Pretty wrapping paper or fabric

Cut the cardboard to the shape and size you want the finished product. Make sure there is enough room for all of your lashes, no point going to all this effort and then having no space for future purchases! ^_^

Measure and cut enough wrapping paper to cover the front of the cardboard. From this point the photos have a bit of glare on them unfortunately because the paper I was using is slightly reflective.

Fold the edges over and tape in place…

Fold over the other sides and tape too…

Now it’s time to cover the whole thing in clear plastic or cling wrap. This will protect it from any water that happens to splash there.

Tape the edges of the plastic over and around the back too.

Now you should have something like this:

Lay out your eyelashes and decide how many rows of pairs you have room for. I decided on three.

It’s now time add the part which will hold the lashes in place: wide strips of tape sticky side out. You need to be careful about what kind of tape you use, it needs to be sticky but not so sticky that you can’t get the lashes back off! Gaff and duct tape are too sticky, you want to use something like this clear plastic tape which is not particularly sticky. I suggest testing it out on an eyelash you don’t want anymore. It should hold the lashes securely when you put a corner on but it should not be at all hard to remove them by gently pulling the corner which is not attached.

For each row of lashes I put down 1 strip of tape, sticky side up.

Then fold the edges around the back and tape them im place. So you now you have 3 sticky stripes which are almost invisible.

To decorate it a little more I added a border of lace using the glue gun to hold it in place.

You could also do this same idea in an ornate picture frame just taking the glass out so you could access the sticky strips easily.

Last thing to do is add on the lashes! Lightly press the inside corners of them into the tape, you really don’t need much pressure at all and certainly not enough to disturb the curve of the lashes. Done!

And this is it in action in my bathroom!

It fits the current tone of my bathroom more than the cakes do and takes up so much less space! Do you all like the cakes or the board better?