Ladies, don’t be frightened. I realize the very concept of eyelash curling may be a stretch for many of you, and I want to help assuage your fears. Eyelash curling is painless, quick and easy, and does wonders for opening up those beautiful eyes of yours. We brown girls are blessed with amazing eyes. Let’s flaunt them!
Okay, let’s backtrack. This is a standard eyelash curler:
It works by pressing your lashes into shape.
*Please your thumb and forefinger into the grips and clamp down on your eyelashes, making sure to clamp far enough away from the eyelid so you don’t pinch yourself. This should be painless!
*Clamp down, move out a bit towards the end of the lash, clamp down again, move out a bit, lather, rinse, repeat until you’ve curled the entire lash.
Reasons to use a lash curler? If you have naturally long lashes but they don’t quite curl the way you want, this can do the trick. There’s no chemical anything involved because its not make up, its simple mechanics. Regardless of the shape of your lashes, it truly opens up the eyes in a way regular mascara does not.
Eyelash curlers can be used with mascara as well! I like to curl first, then apply the mascara. The result is both flirty and elegant; matching wide eyed innocence with just enough female intuition to represent the bombshell you really are.
If you’re ready to procure your own eyelash curler, you should know that they generally look like the one above. There will be slight variations in design, for example, rubberized finger grips for comfort, or rubber pads on the clamp for the same reason. The mechanics will be the same. That being said, here are some of my faves:
ELF’s Mechanical Eyelash Curler: Cheap, easy to use, and gets the job done. 
As you can see, the finger grips look a bit different, but the tool is essentially the same.
Tarte’s Picture Perfect Eyelash Curler: This one uses padded grips as well, but doesn’t feature the ring design that the standard curlers do. For me, it makes no difference, but many find it more comfortable to work without rings.
And if you’re ready for the big leagues, try Sephora Brand’s Heated Eyelash Curler. Lashes are just little hairs, and if heat curling can do wonders for
your hair, why not for your lashes? It’s designed to be used after mascara application to get perfectly curled lashes that stay put. Yes, it looks different from standard curlers, but that’s because it’s used differently. If you’re a fan of eyelash curling and want to up the ante on your regular, check this out.
Thoughts on eyelash curling? Still scared to pick one of these doohickeys up? Holla at your brown girl






















