The Viktor & Rolf x Shu Uemura paper clip lashes simply had to be done and in the end I justified the purchase to myself with the simple fact that I hadn't bought myself new cosmetics in 2008 AT ALL (I kid you not... I just don't wear the stuff... simple as that...) and also because the Shu Uemura lady said that they would fit the lashes onto you for free as many times as you want.  Well, that's the sort of 'dumb-down-false-lashes' tutorial that I just could nto turn down.

The box was such a big and hollow one that I was thinking the bulk of the money may have gone into the packaging but looking closely at the lashes...well they are a bit of a sculptural feat so they don't feel so terribly unreasonably priced.  I also found them a hell of a lot easier applying them than the normal finickety 'individual' lashes which fash mags often like to encourage us to daintily apply to the outer corners of the eyes.   They are a simple strip that sturdily attached itself to above my natural lashline and they felt like they'd stay put too.

The funny thing is that with my heavy fringe (which I've just had trimmed and there's no way this blunt baby is getting scraped back...) from the front, you can hardly see the lashes as they blend into my hair.  But a turn to the side and there they are...black wiry lashes looping out in an extraordinary way.  I guess I like that chameleon quality about them.  The Shu Uemura lady immediately asked 'Are you wearing them for a special event?' when I enquired about the lashes, as if to imply that these are not for everyday wear only but on my sans make-up face and with my fringe, these wouldn't look too out of place out for the casual nights out, gigs, pubs etc.  However...playing them up for the odd occasion would also be a hell of a lot of fun and for now it's just a matter of picking the date, the place to set the paper clip lashes out there...say, the Viktor & Rolf at the Barbican exhibition opening party next Tuesday?  Gosh, I hope I don't get into a paper clip lash tangle with a whole army of girls with the same idea in mind...