A lot of the cheap false eyelashes that you get from eBay say “100% human made” or “100% human hair quality” and come in a shoebox-type packaging with 10 pairs of lashes stuck onto a piece of cardboard. These sell for around a dollar. Now, that may sound like an awesome deal, and to some, price is everything, but when you think about what you’re getting, it’s not really worth putting cheap products on your eyes. There’s a reason why you get so many eyelashes for so cheap – they don’t last long, they’re obviously lower quality, and they were most likely meant for use on department store mannequins rather than human eyes. (Please don’t get all offended now. If you think about it, it just doesn’t make any sense to put high quality human hair eyelashes on plastic mannequins! Plastic people deserve plastic eyelashes, end of story.)
Having used and worked with both synthetic and human hair lashes, I can pretty much feel the difference right away. Human hair lashes are noticeably lighter and a lot more delicate than synthetic hair lashes. When you brush your fingers up against the length of the hair, it feels feathery and soft to the touch and has less of that tell-tale glossy sheen that is characteristic of synthetic eyelashes. (If you’re dying to know, all of our regular strip lashes [the ones that fall under the category “False Eyelashes” and are organized by density and length] are 100% natural human hair, so you’re guaranteed to be getting the best of the best in your false eyelashes!)
Another plus about human hair falsies: the band is much more pliable (soft), and can easily bend to fit any eye shape. Lashes made from synthetic materials, on the other hand, not only have stiffer hairs (making them much harder to curl), but also stiffer and thicker bands.human hair false eyelash vs synthetic fake eyelash
I myself am actually a huge fan of the Mystic Lashes which are made from synthetic fibers, and unlike most people, I actually like the stiffer bands as they create a crease for me in my fairly crease-less Asian eyes!