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LED eyelashes : Is this the face of the future?
View(s):By Martha De Lacey
We’ve seen the future, and it’s bright. Very bright. So bright is it, in fact, that even eyelashes are powered by LED lights. A London-based artist and designer from South Korea has launched the LED Eyelash Project and is currently developing a wearable contraption that makes eyes flicker with tiny lights.
Soomi Park began her art project to explore what she calls ‘the fetish of Big Eyes’: why women all over the world want larger eyes. She said: ‘Asian women tend to have stronger needs for bigger eyes as a standard of beauty, but relatively few of them are born with naturally big eyes. ‘Those without big eyes can only look for alternative ways to make their eyes look prettier, i.e., larger, by using a repertoire of skills such as putting on makeup and wearing jewelry.
‘Sometimes, the desires for bigger eyes can become almost obsessive, and many women opt for plastic surgery in order to make their dream come true.’ LED Eyelash is a product still in development that enables a woman’s eyes to become her main feature no matter how small they are. Soomi said: ‘If you wear it and move your head, LED Eyelash will flicker following your movements. It is as simple to use as wearing false eyelashes.
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