You can do either way. If you put your lashes on first, you don't have to touch up your makeup, and you are gluing them to your skin, so they are slightly less likely to fall off.

If you put your makeup on first, then you can use black eyeliner to conceal that you might not get the false lashes right up against your lash line. But if your makeup is not great, it might adhere to the flue and peel right off your face. I personally put my makeup on first, then my lashes, then touch up my eyeliner.

Your lashes may need to be trimmed. Most falsies are too long out of the box. Trim from the inner eye, one clump of lash at a time until they are the right length for your eye (usually the edge of your iris).

Don't put on too much glue and let it get tacky before putting the lash on your eyelid. I like to squeeze up a a little dollop onto the top of the tube and then drag the lash through it. Then you need to wait at least 30 seconds for it to get tacky, some glues take longer. If your glue is near the end of its shelf life (6 months btw), be sure to really kneed the tube before applying any.

When you apply lashes, start from the middle. I use the wrong end of a paint brush or makeup brush, because I usually have gunk on my fingers, and they are big and clumsy. Go carefully, tapping the lash down to the lash line and holding it. You will need to hold the inner eye area longer than anywhere else.

Don't glue the false lashes to your eyelashes. It will pull out your natural lashes when you go to take them off. To get the two sets to meld as one, curl them together (wait a good minute after you put them on, you can use this time to touch up eyeliner, or apply bindis while you have the glue out). Then comb them together and apply mascara to the bottom (your natural lashes).

Don't worry about blending them too much though, it really isn't that important, unless there is a big difference.

When you remove your lashes, put them back in the box, adding a touch of extra glue if you need to. This will help them keep their curl and curve.

I have found that if your eye makeup is oil based, then it works better to put the eyelashes on before the makeup. A good example are some of those eyeshadow pencils, **especially** the GREASY ones by CoverGirl. Otherwise, it is better to do before.

I put a thin line of glue on the lashes and then let it set for 30 seconds or so to get the glue tacky. I put mine on from the inside to the outside.

Also consider cutting them to your eye length. Many of them come too long anyways. Sometimes cutting them in half and only using one half (glued from the middle of your eye to the outside edge) gives a nice look.

For some reason, I find it easier to put fake lashes on other people than myself.

Thank you guys. Great information, I like the curler idea...I have one of those things:) It is easier for me too to put them on other people, just not myself.

Im glad to know I'm not the only one that has a problem with these little things. I had given up on wearing them cause they never seem to want to stick to my eyes, but i was told to put them on after my makeup i'll try the before option now.

I do everything the same as Shawna, except I use tweezers to place my lashes on after the glue has become tacky. Its very accurate and I can set them exactly right every time.

You can do it either way, but I like to put on my makeup first then the lashes. I swear by them, they make your pictures look great. Be sure to use plenty of glue on your lashes, take you time, that important. What I have done is go to a Beauty Supply store and buy a bunch, practice putting them on, even if you are not performing! It takes some getting use to them. I like the strips best, but the individual lashes are ok, I use them too. If you have BIG eyes, then use the BIG lashes, it will make a difference on you. And be sure to use good quality lash adhesive! It takes time but it's worth all of the trouble, you will get it together in no time!

Look at my album some of the shots I have lashes on. You will wink to the person in the back of the room wearing them.

Good luck, let me know how it turns out.

I find I can re-use the lashes more (don't reuse too many times) if I put on my eye liner and mascara on my real lashes before I put on the fake ones. I put on mascara because it helps my real lashes blend with the fakes. Sometimes I might touch up the eyeliner a little bit after, but usualy not.

Jess