False Eyelashes - Strip Eyelashes

Putting on False Eyelashes:






Tools:
False Lashes (this tutorial is for strip, not individual cluster lashes)
Adhesive (glue)
Applicator (usually in the kit)
Tweezers
Small scissors
Tissue
Q-Tips (optional)

Get all your tools together and put your lashes in front of you according to which eye they go on, now start:

1. Start with the left eye and put the false lash up to your eyelid to measure the length. Trim the lash if it seems like the lash will be too long. (you want the false lash to match with your existing lashes and not extending beyond your natural lashline)
2. Next apply the lash adhesive directly to the lashes. You can do this directly from the tube, with your finger or with a Q-Tip- whichever you feel more comfortable using. Then wait a few seconds and blow on the adhesive.
3. Apply the lashes now to your eye after the adhesive is tacky (not liquid). Starting from the outside, place the lashes as low as you can on your eyelid- as close as possible to your natural lashline. This is the key- as low as you can! Keep placing your lashes as low as you can working your way from the outside to the inside of your eye.
4. Once your lashes are in the right place (open your eye just to make sure there's no gap)then run your finger along your lashes, making sure they're stuck on like a sticker.
5. If you feel you want to, you can blend the lashes with some black or dark brown eye shadow to soften the line. Also, if you want you can follow up with more mascara but usually its not needed.

Now follow the same steps with your right eye. Take your time and don't panic- just keep working with the lashes.

You can apply lashes before or after your full makeup. I prefer to do it after because I think putting on eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara is more difficult when your false lashes are on (you have to deal with the plastic line and the adhesive). Some people like to do it first because if your eyes water, it won't ruin your makeup. The best thing is to try both and see what you like.

Also, don't get lashes and try them for the first time 15 minutes before you go out. Do a trial run- it will help you in the long run.

Remember you can do this! Have fun and let me know how it goes!

DIY Beauty Blog Launch

Hello Beauty Lovers!

I am officially launching this blog as a place to learn different beauty products, test new tools, and celebrate all the things we use for the sake of beauty. My goal is to give you videos, posts and recommendations on how to accomplish your best look- all by yourself.

Women tell me all the time "I would wear makeup but I don't know how to do it, I always look like a clown." Well, here is the answer- I will teach you how to do it yourself and you will NOT look like a clown. And you will find YOU can do it, all by yourself and You will feel beautiful on the outside and confident on the inside.

I hope that this may also create an opportunity for women to display on the outside the beauty that is within. As my mother sings to my 6-year-old niece "you can't put makeup on an ugly inside".

Women, you are the crown jewel and beauty of creation- lets not hide it anymore.

~Lindsay

All Laid off and nothin' else to do...

Recently (1/9/2009) I was laid off from my job. It was a bittersweet moment. I was glad to leave in some ways because I wasn't passionate about it. I was sad to leave because we need money.

So, in the spare time I have had in between job searches, phone calls and resume sending, I have been forced to face some of my most unfavorite questions: "What are you passionate about?", "What do you feel called to?", "What do you want to do?" and my all time favorite "What is God telling you?". So far my response to each of these is, "I don't know, I am in crisis right now, I can't think."

I can recall that even in high school the things I enjoyed never paid well. Like for example, volunteer work. I love it but it's voluntary. I love ministry with Landon, I love the prayer room, I love worship, art and graphic design...each of which I can't get anyone to pay me a salary for. I have just enough courage and faith (or immaturity and short sightedness not sure which yet) to just throw caution to the wind, do ministry and the prayer room and pray that God would pay the mortgage. It scares me to death.

The question in the bottom of my gut that I don't like to deal with is "What are you going to do with your life?" Because I want so badly for my life to be significant, meaningful and without regret. I want to die knowing I didn't hold anything back for Christ to be revealed in me and to the world but at times I feel so powerless to make that happen. I feel powerless over my life having significance...there I just articulated the thing that's been foggy this last week. I feel powerless in having a significant life. Wow, blogs are helpful. I guess I must begin there and work my way up. I'll keep you posted.

I am creating a blog

I heard a joke the other day. A mother gave her son a diary and he read the front and said aloud "Dairy? Does this have to do with a cow?" The mom laughed and said "No son, you just write down your thoughts and feelings in it, sometimes it can help you think." The son's face turned into a realization "Oh, like a blog on paper, right?" Right...

The days of paper journals is slowly fading for me, mostly because I have more face time with a computer than free time to write but also because my thoughts come out at the speed of sound it feels at times, and I can type faster than scratching on paper.

This blog is to show family and friends what is going on in Landon and I's life (just trying to keep things current) and maybe someday inform friends and parteners of ours what their support of us has created.

So, Dear Diary,

I am about to write publicly the things that are normally private, too bad these things aren't supposed to have a pink heart shaped lock on the front...