Special Article: Asian Double Eyelids.

Being Asian and born with not so perfect eyelids, from a young age I have wanted double eyelids since that was the definition of pretty in my cultures. As I grew up, I was exposed to different methods of achieving the double eyelid look without surgery, having tried the methods that were the most common, here are my thoughts about it.


1. Double eyelids glue/ eyelash glue:

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After doing my research about this particular method, I found out that lash glue is essentially the same with the double eyelid glue available in Asia. Making this the easiest method for me.

After using a hair pin to identify the possible position of my "crease" I have applied eyelash glue to the line and waited for it to become tacky, and after that I will poke the line with the hair pin used previously. This method did create a double eyelid, but it was... not very natural looking, since the crease is glued up, it looked shiny due to the glue and when I blinked... it hurts. So if I don't use a big amount of make up to cover the line, it will be very obvious that you have a fake crease.

2. Double eyelid clippers:

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Okay, I bought these clippers from eBay due to an episode of uneven eyelids that occured during summer and I have to say... it takes longer than the instructed 5 minutes for you to get the right crease.


For me these are surprisingly not painful. But the clippers annoyed me a bit since they will only have the best result if you put them on closed eyes and for me, it took 30 minutes with closed eyes to achieve a long lasting result, after a while, the rubber bit on one of the clippers fell off too! These produced a much more natural looking crease, but is very time consuming. I normally do it half an hour before I was due to wake up for the day and then sleep for 30 minutes and take them off when I wake up.


Those are the only 2 methods I have tried, I have seen people with the tape on and its not very natural looking either. My conclusion was to accept my eyes since I was born with them and I have realised that without the crease they don't look that bad anyway and I can still play around with make up to alter my eye shape. So for me, the best way is to accept the features I was born with and enjoy it.


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Becubie. <3