Eyelahes + Spoon= ?????????????

What do Eyelashes.................

and a teaspoon...............

Have in common?

CURLY LASHES!!!!

Yes ........................ you can curl your lashes with a spoon!!!!

Sounds crazy, right?!?!??!!! The other day I had a client sitting in my studio getting her makeup done. When I grabbed my trusty eyelash curler she spoke up........... "You know what? My friend curls her eyelashes with a spoon! Can you believe that?"

WHAT!?!??!!?!?!?!? I was shocked.............. how had I lived 28 years, half of which was around beauty tricks and products, and didn't know about this?!?!?!?!

I did some research........ Watched a lot of YouTube videos and tested it out.

There were a few different techniques when it came to "Spoon Curling" (That is the term am calling it from now on hahhahaha)

This is what women used to do before our modern day eyelash curler.

You take the handle in the palm of your hand and face the bottom of the spoon toward your eye. This is the side of the spoon that will stick out towards you. This is not the concave side. The spoon acts as the top part of a typical eyelash curler. You extend your thumb directly underneath the spoon. Your thumb will act as the bottom, cushioned part of the curler.

Hold the spoon above your lashes and your thumb bellow. Move spoon right up against the root of your lashes.

Press your thumb up against the spoon for a couple seconds. This will cause your lashes to crease, flipping them up.

This is the step where some of the different "Spoon Curling" techniques differ. At this point you can press firmly and release or you can press down and pull up and out (like curling a ribbon with scissors) Just make sure you don't press too hard and pull out some of your lashes. One time on each eye is probably not going to be enough of a curl so you can work your way from the outside to the inside and repeat at desired.

I, personally, would do this before doing eyeshadow and mascara so they don't get messed up in the process. Some people choose to do it after. I would try it all different ways and see which way you like to "Spoon Curl". If you are doing the press and release method you might be able to get away with doing it after mascara. Just make sure you wait until the mascara is dry.

This may not replace the eyelash curler in my eyes (no pun intended) but in a pinch, if I can't find an eyelash curler, this is definitely a great substitution!!!! It makes me think of what our grandmothers might of done back in the day.

Try it out and let me know what you think. Make sure you do it with a metal teaspoon :)

If you want to see it done on video search on YouTube "curling eyelashes with a spoon" A lot of videos come up. Some of which the girls go on, and on, and on before they even do it!!! I was talking to the computer "JUST GET ON WITH IT! I Don't need you whole back story!" hahahahahaha

Good Luck Potential "Spoon Curlers'!!!!

xo Lindsay