She could see the individual lashes, and for a moment marveled at how thick they were.

But to go from day to night, we went with browns and coppers, plus a few individual lashes.

Use short, individual lashes rather than full strips -- they look much more realistic.

She gave me a bronzy/copper eye with some individual lashes to enhance the look.

The gadget is cleverly angled away from the face, providing access to individual lashes.

The individual lashes look natural, require no mascara or eyeliner and stay on for as long as two months.

Then, starting at the middle of the eyelid, add individual lashes, filling in spaces in between natural eyelashes."

"For individual lashes, use tweezers to apply them after barely dipping just the base of the lash into glue," Stern suggested.

The formulation is fantastic and you get great pull along the individual lashes, resulting in longer, thicker lashes with fewer coats of mascara.

Beauty companies contend that these updated wands work better at coating individual lashes and preventing mascara clots than traditional cone-shaped brushes.

In practice: In a lengthy application, Dr F's therapist (www.richardward.co.uk) painstakingly bonded individual lashes of differing lengths to create a natural look.

"The thing that separates a movie star from a regular person is individual lashes," Dubroff says, and she didn't skimp on Paltrow's lashes despite the pale-colored dress.

The process takes another 45 minutes but I nearly nodded off as Samantha glued individual lashes to my own, as the process is far more relaxing than you might imagine.

With her long, skinny legs tucked underneath her, the girl of the moment sits patiently on a sofa while a make-up artist applies individual lashes to her big blue eyes.

"Those with hard-to-reach blond lash roots can use a very fine-tip black liquid liner to accomplish what a bulkier mascara wand cannot by painting color directly onto individual lashes.

He thought about Claudia and realized with a small shock that her image was so clear in his mind he could almost count the individual lashes around those big honey-brown eyes and the tiny laugh lines at the corners of her mouth.

Because the new brushes are designed to coat lashes from root to tip to make individual lashes stand out, these mascaras are an easier route to the bold eye than false eyelashes, said Sonia Kashuk, a makeup artist whose cosmetics line sells at Target.