Mega Man Lashes

So here it is, my first post.

I happened to be reading about false lashes the other day when I stumbled upon an article about paper lashes.  These ones in particular were made by a company called PaperSelf and the images speak for themselves.  They're beautiful and very detailed.  You can purchase them off of Sephora for $17-$19 per set.  I don't usually wear false lashes but out of curiosity I wanted to see if I could make some.



I'm a very forgetful person so I always try to jot my ideas into my phone when they come into fruition or I will definitely forget what they were.  I had a couple of themes I wanted to do but I finally settled on an idea (character, rather).  Mega Man.  I have absolutely no clue why I thought of Mega Man at 2 AM but into the notes it went.

I didn't take pictures of my process but will explain them below:

• Took a picture of my eyes, straight-on
• Pulled a picture of it into Adobe Illustrator and made them approximately life-size
• Found a picture of Mega Man I wanted to use
• Dropped it into illustrator, made it black and white (added some more black for structural purposes)
• Added a thicker black curve as a base to put on my eyelid
• Printed out 4 copies (I made extras in case I messed up -- and I did) on normal printer paper
• Cut out all the white with an X-Acto Knife
• Placed the cut-outs on wax paper then painted a couple light layers of black acrylic paint on front and back (to keep the cut-outs from sticking on to the wax paper, I kept the brushstrokes light and kept moving it around with the brush)
• After it dried, I put on some eyelash glue (I used Duo brand from the drugstore), did my makeup and stuck them on.
• I used eyelash glue to stick the jewels (Mega Man's "bullets") on 

That was my process and it probably could have been much simpler...but hey, trial and error.

I don't usually wear blue eyeshadow but I think this called for the occasion.  Colors on are from the MUFE flash color case, Victoria's Secret Dash Me a Line (black velvet), MUFE Aqua Eyes (gold) and Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara.

Side & Front view