If you ever need to bring your A-game or step up the playing field, fake lashes are the way to go. If you’ve already thrown up your hands to this idea, don’t. Go to Holt Renfrew and head to Shu Umera’s Tokyo Lash Bar. With the purchase of any set, they will give you a free one-on-one tutorial. It's probably the best lesson I’ve gotten. I just so happened to go during a showcase and their world renowned make-up artist volunteered to teach me. In case you’re wondering, yes, he is Japanese.

I told my friend Aerie about them because I know she's fascinated by lashes as much as I am. I was so on the mark. She is now a Shu Umera convert and owes me one (right Aerie? She's going to disagree; she says I owe her because I fuelled a new obsession).
The most natural lashes they have look like this.

I know it’s funky, but trust. I wore them to a wedding three months ago and got so many compliments my head wouldn’t fit out the door. Also got some numbers, just sayin.