How to get great eyelashes
One tip I employ on a daily basis is called "backing the lashes".
Use a fine brush to apply a long-lasting liquid or gel eyeliner into the spaces between your lashes (lift the upper eyelid to make these easier to see). Anywhere you see those tiny areas of flesh, just dab or dot with inky liner.
The moment your lashes appear to "link up", they appear twice as thick to the naked eye. Allow to dry, then apply mascara, getting it right into the roots of your lashes where you want it to be thickest, then "wiggle" the brush from root to tip, side-to-side for the best result.
HOW TO GET GREAT LASHES
1 Gel liner
Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner n Black, £14, a favourite non-budge, easy-to-apply eye liner to ink out fair lashes, making them appear fuller.
2 Volume
Diorshow Mascara, £20, one of my all-time favourite does-everything mascaras that still manages to apply well after three months' use.
3 Liquid liner
YSL Easy Liner, £21, the best for hold and control.
4 Primer
Lancôme Ôscillation PowerBooster, £24.50, a white mascara undercoat that helps double the lashes' volume and length to the naked eye.
5 Fine liner brush
MAC 210 Precise Eye Liner Brush, £13, perfectly paints out the base of your lashes for thicker-looking lashes.
6 Definition
Estée Lauder Sumptuous, £17.50, makes lashes look more spidery and long.
7 Lash comb
Sonia Kashuk Lash Brow Groomer, £11, brilliant for parting lashes before, during and after applying mascara for maximum impact. Don't bother with plastic ones.
8 Value
Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara, £10.99, makes lashes bigger, fatter and longer without clogging.
9 Fake it
Take advantage of the new trend for lash bars and get an expert Blink & Go lash service, available at 600 salons nationwide from September. In just 20 minutes and for £45 you can get a full set of lashes, thanks to the treatment's high-tech weaving technique.
