{"id":161603,"date":"2024-10-31T17:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=161603"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:25:32","slug":"flirting-with-eyelashes-from-hollywood-to-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=161603","title":{"rendered":"Flirting With Eyelashes; From Hollywood to Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A half-empty coupe of martini stained with red lipstick, the smoke of a cigarette, the chatter of people getting drowned by the sound of Louis Armstrong’s newest jazz single, and a red velvet booth that serves as the seat for a couple having a first date. The woman wears silver fox fur around her shoulders, with creamy pearls, partly covered by her blonde locks teased into finger waves, but the thing that draws everyone in the room towards her are her mesmerising eyes. Elongated by long, dark, and beautiful eyelashes<\/a> that accentuate her doe-eyed stare. She knows the importance of her eyelashes. She knows how to curl them, how to flutter them at her date as she takes a drag of his cigarette. Like many other women, she has perfected the art of communicating through her eyes, specifically, through her dark alluring eyelashes. But what is this seductive art? And how does she achieve it? Read more here in Flirting With Eyelashes; From Hollywood to Now <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image on the left: Josephine Baker, Murray Korman, 1936, vintage bromide print – National Portrait Gallery, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the beginning of time, people have used their eyes to say what words can\u2019t. Shakespear<\/a>e once referred to eyes as \u201cthe window of the soul,\u201d as they reveal our deepest emotions and thoughts without uttering a single word. The eyes are also a powerful communication tool, for example, when someone is not being truthful, they often betray feelings via their peppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c The eyes, chico, they never lie!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it didn\u2019t take long before women realised they could use this to their advantage. From ancient Egyptians to the present day, women have been using makeup and eyelashes to accentuate their eyes and amplify the allure and mystery from within their gaze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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