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| Most Asians are born with monolids |
For many Asians if not most having big eyes is desirable.
Especially in a country, where most people have monolids or a single eye fold.
The craze has gone so far that in Korea it is not uncommon that parents will
pay their children’s cosmetic surgery as part of their graduation gift. These
eyelid surgeries also called Blepharoplasty, are the most performed surgeries
in Korea and have become increasingly popular in the West. The cost for this
procedure is around $3000-$6000 depending on where you get it done. But
this type of surgery is not exclusive to Asians. There are also people with
saggy eyelids that go under the knife to have a more youthful look again. However there is an alternative.
As
someone who is half Asian and has monolids I can understand that wanting your eyes look bigger and more
beautiful however I would be too scared to undergo surgery especially because
there is no guarantee that your eyelids will turn out the way you want and once
the damage is done it will most likely be irreversible. So for me surgery was
out of the question and to be honest I almost settled with having monolids
forever but a year ago I came across a video and it was about eyelid tapes and
how to your these eyelid tapes to create a double eyelid fold. So I happened to
go to Korea and got some eyelid tape by Etude House and it was this surgical
tape cut into crescent shapes to fit on your eyelids. These where the first
ever eyelid tapes I got but it was a little too big for my eyelids and quite noticeable.
I ended up giving up on those simply because I don’t want to be confronted by
people asking me why I’m running around with tape stuck on my eyelids. But then
I found out that there is double sided eyelid tape, which is supposed to be a
lot better since it is hardly noticeable and because I didn’t want to give up
hope and that I could have double sided eyelids I bought the DUP Wonder Eyelid Tape. It comes with an applicator fork, which helps you to put the tape on
the right place to create natural looking double eyelids. It is error on trial
until you get the hang of it and find the right place to apply the tape but it
is fairly easy. Anyways practice makes perfect and sure I was positively
surprised to see the results. I finally had my natural looking double eyelid
and the tape was hardly visible (unless I look down or close my eyes). I also
researched and found out that you can create permanent double eyelid fold by
using this eyelid tapes on a daily basis but I have found that the DUP ones for
some reason haven’t really done that yet and I have been using this eyelid tape
every single day for 5 months now. That’s why I tried to look for an
alternative eyelid tape that would give me the benefit of creating a double
eyelid fold for the day but give me the result of permanent double eyelids.
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| D-UP Eyelid Tapes are double-sided and therefore hardly noticeable |
Eventually I found this website where I bought a bunch of different eyelid tapes and the problem is that what works for some doesn’t work for others
because everyone has different shapes and sizes. I finally got a double sided
eyelid tape that was a little wider than the DUP ones and they seem to be doing
the trick. After wearing it for a few hours and taking them off I can see that
my eyes will stay in a double fold for the rest of the day whereas with the DUP
ones they go right back to being monolids again. It is also a lot cheaper than
the DUP ones, which is great. The only downside about this new eyelid tape is
that it is not as sticky as the Wonder Eyelid Tape which means it will sort of
come off after 4-6 hours. But you would always carry around the tapes and pop
into the restroom to apply new ones or you can just wear them while you’re at
home.
I haven’t achieved
permanent double eyelids yet because I have just recently bought this new double eyelid tape
but I will keep you updated.
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