False Eyelash glues that are avaliable in the UK

False lashes are a staple accessory for any Gal so it makes sense that her lash glue holds her lashes well and lasts a long time and doesn't let her eye-makeup down.
I have had a few request in the past to write about glues at that are available on the UK high street so I shall talk about three of the most popular brands here and talk about my own experience, so I hope any of you falsie newbies or girls looking for a better glue alternative,find this helpful!

I recently became aware that it is possible to be allergic to latex so if any of you are, or on trying 2 of these glues it really irritates your eyes, please don't use  them. I pointed out the two glues that contain latex and the ones that don't.

Duo Lash Glue

So far, the only place I have seen this sold is at M.A.C stores or counters and it's pretty pricey at £10 [I think it used to be £8] per 14 gram tube. The tube is a soft squeezable plastic and you apply the glue by squeezing a little out of the top and running it along the lash bone. Duo is a latex based glue,.

Picture not mine, I don't have this glue anymore to photograph

Pros
. It sticks to the lashes well. The glue itself, being latex based, isn't sticky on anywhere except the lashes so it doesn't really stick ot anything else besides it. Yay, no sticky eyelids!

. It peels off your lashes easily. One pick at it and the glue should peel off in one with no glue sticking to your lashes!

. It's weather and sweat proof, and according to Kei, sex proof

. It doesn't wreck your falsies. The glue just peels straight off with the aid of a tweezers and you're free to use those lashes for as long as you can maintain their shape for

Cons

. It SMELLS. It's common knowledge that lash glue wreaks but once the glue dries, the smell of old jizz goes away

. It doesn't stick to skin well. If you like your Gal make with the outer edges of your lashes going past your natural lash line (onto skin), this glue won't work that well.

. Peels at the edges when your face gets greasy.


. The tube has a life of its own. Squeeze too soft, nothing comes out, squeeze slightly too hard, it explodes everywhere, which can cause two possible problems:

• If it gets in your eyes, it hurts so if it squirt i your eye, wash it out quickly and when putting the falsies with glue on your lashes, make sure you leave them to dry for a few seconds before you actually put them in your eye

• It doesn't come off clothes easily, if at all: I have ruined many pairs of tights and even a pair of tracksuit bottoms from a glue-exploding episode.

Revlon Precision Lash Adhesive

Skanky container is skanky!

You can pick this up from most Boots stores for around £5 (give or take a few pounds) and it comes in a nice hard plastic tube with the application brush. Revlon glue is latex free.

Pros
. It's easy to know when it's suitable for sticking. The glue will turn a pearly blue!

. There's a lot of it

. The brush applicator makes it really easy to apply.

You can see how the glue goes blue when it starts drying.

. It sticks really well. Lashes, going past/above/below your natural lash-line, SORTED and it will stay stuck for the entire day

. It doesn't smell bad.

Sounds amazing right? But in my opinion, the few cons it does have far outweight the pros

Cons

. It sticks really well. This means it sticks pretty much anything really well; your own lashes to themselves, eyeliner/shadow to your eye lids, your eyelids to themselves and it takes forever to get off your own lashes, you can still find clumps of it after you've removed your falsies and it hurts to remove. The eyeliner you applied before you stuck your lashes on will still be there after 2 days, even with vigorous scrubbing and even then your eyelids are going to feel sticky.

The glue mark has been there for a YEAR and that's with repetitive washing!

 . It WRECKS your falsies. If you're patient enough, you can get most of the glue off the bone with yuour tweezers, any glue that goes directly onto the hairs of the falsies will NOT come off, infact you're more likely to pull the bone out than pick out all the glue. Dead falsies mean that you have to buy more lashes, which means spending more money on new falsies and UK falsies are not cheap!

This is how your lashes look after you've picked off all the glue you can

. It wrecks your real lashes. Picking that glue out will rip them out and no one wants that, it hurts and it increases the chances of not having lashes when you're older.

and onto the last  glue

Eylure Lashfix

This is the cheapest of the three at £2.50 (give or take a few pence) a bottle for which you get a thumb-sized glass bottle  with 6ml of glue. You can find this in Boots (some, not all mind) and even in Topshop, thought the packaging is slightly different. Eylure glue contains latex.

As demonstrated by my lovely assistant, Stitch!

Pros

. It sticks well, lashes and eye-skin area, unless you sweat then you may need to apply more on the skin area

. It's easy to apply. The applicator is a transparent tube that's cut off at an angle, which traps the glue almost like a feather quill to ink, that you swipe with easy precision along the lash bone.

. It peels off your lashes easily and it doesn't hurt [as much as the duo glue]

. It peels off your falsies easily. One pull of the tweezers on the corner of your falsie and the glue peels off in one. Don't worry about getting the glue on the lash hairs because the glue can be removed from them just as easily.

Cons

. Again, it smells, it doesn't have the same jizzy/latexy smell at the Duo glue but it does smell a little of peroxide and on smelling it right now, I think they tried to make it smell less bad by adding something to it... not too sure what it's supposed to smell like

. The bottle is glass. I've never had it smash before but the glass is pretty thin and if it gets battered around in your bag, there is a possibility and the results won't be pretty.

. It's not really sweat proof. If your face tends to get greasy or it's a really hot day, you'll probably end up having to reapply the glue at some point in the day, unless you use a lot of glue then it should be fine
 

So there you have it! I hope it was helpful. It was strangely fun to write about too. If there are any glues that you can get in the UK that I didn't list, drop a comment and share your experience.

If you have any questions about the glues that I didn't cover, let me know and I'll do my best to answer.