How to Make Eyelashes Bigger

Long and thick eyelashes are natural protection for eyes; lashes protect eyes from sun rays, dust, perspiration and small particles. The lashes act as a sort of dust collector that protects the eyes. Human eyelashes perform the same function as cat's whiskers - warning of environmental hazards. Lashes, just like whiskers, are sensitive and help an eye to react quickly to any unexpected dirt, small particles and sand.

Eyelashes are frames for the eyes, that make eyes look beautiful and healthy. These luscious eye frames considered to be one of the marks of physical beauty for women. But not everyone has long and thick lashes.

There are many reasons why someone may have sparse, short or not enough eyelashes. Vitamin and nutrition deficiency, genetics, hormonal changes, aging, cancer therapy are, among others, most common reasons for not having enough eyelashes. Loss of eyelashes called ciliary madarosis or milphosis. Hypotrichosis is a condition of not having enough lashes. Allergies and irritation are often reasons for losing lashes.


Long, thick, luscious eyelashes have been a sign of health and beauty for ages. Long and thick lashes, just like long, thick and shiny hair mean that body gets enough nutrients and vitamins, because nails, hair and eyelashes get their portion of nutrition last, after vital body organs are nourished. Women have been trying to improve appearance of their eyelashes for years. False lashes, extensions, primers, eyelash clusters, mascara with fiber and so on.

Some women apply Vaseline, castor oil and almond oil to try to grow eyelashes. While moisturising lashes and eyebrows helps to stimulate growth, but impaired vision or possible eye infections may accompany these results. Lash conditioners or lash growth serums became very popular within last 5 years because women prefer to grow their own eyelashes instead of applying layers of mascara or using false lashes or extensions, because overuse of mascara, false lashes and extensions may cause eyelash loss.

Lash conditioners had been designed to moisturise lashes from roots to ends of eyelashes and usually applied with mascara wand. Eyelash conditioner should have vitamins and nutrients that promote eyelash growth, moisturise eyelashes and protect from UV damage. Lash conditioners help to moisturise existing lashes, make them longer, but not very effective in growing new lashes. Eyelash serums proved to be more efficient for growing more eyelashes, new eyelashes, thicker eyelashes.

Lash growth serums help to grow new eyelashes and make existing eyelashes longer. There are few great products on the market helping women to grow new eyelashes if they experienced sudden or continuous eyelash loss, or even have never had long eyelashes.

There are also several tricks to make eyelashes look bigger using makeup. Best start with eyelash primer or booster, like Lancome Cils Booster XXL. This white solution need to be applied to eyelashes from bottom to ends. After it is fully dry, lash curler comes to play. First application of lash curler is done as close to roots as possible without pinching the skin. For next application curler need to be moved only for couple millimeters, so as the following application. It usually takes 5-6 applications of eyelash curler to get perfect curl.