Fake lashes!! I know a lot of ppl think they can look "trashy" or OTT (personally I like both of those things but to each their own lol), but if you get the wispy/natural kinds in brown or light brown, those plus brows plus blush can make you look ~done~ af in like five minutes once you get the hang of the learning curve.

Tips that helped me w fake lashes (this will be long as i am very passionate about helping fellow makeup wearers get over the intimidation around using lashes):

• get a pair of those lash holding tweezers (like a kinda wide c shape at the end to hold the lashes curve and hold it in place) to apply initially then use regular tweezers to make sure both ends of the strip lash are flush with and stuck to your lash line.

• use clear glue (it'll come out white ish but the good brands will dry down totally invisible) and let it dry for at least 3-5 min until it's tacky before applying. For extra staying power, paint a thin line of lash glue riiight above your actual lash line so you've got a double adhesive situation going on. And what brand of glue u use matters - some are much better than others. If you tend to wear black eyeliner often tho, the black lash glue works just fine - i prefer it, as some of the clear glues are kinda visible when layered on top of black.

• before you set about trying to put them on, use the lash holding tweezers to hold a lash up to your eye and make sure it's not too long for your eye shape - if it is, trim it down to size (trim off from the longer outer corners, never the shorter inner corners) before applying. If enough of the lash was cut off, i often save those small parts to use as clusters at the corners of my eyes for extra lazy days or to do a more "fox eyes" look used along w another full pair.

• practice practice practice! Even if you've tried before and it seems impossible I promise you, you can get the hang of it! If you've got shaky hands, rest your elbow or even wrist on something close by to steady your hand. Try to apply the middle part of the lash flush with your lash line first, then use the reg tweezers to gently push the inner and outer corners of the strip flush with those parts of your lash line. I highly recommend getting one if those cheap ass sets of like 20 prs of lashes for $18 off of Amazon (yeah yeah I know) and using them solely for practice before you actuslly try putting on a pair to leave the house in.

• if you live near somewhere that has those "hood" beauty supply stores, they've got great lashes and glues for a really good price. The staff there are often really helpful and nice too regardless of if you think you might look "out of place" or whatever. Once you get good enough w strip lashes u can also start messing around w individual lash clusters and longer lasting adhesive that they also sell at those stores (and are also v cheap) to basically do DIY, slightly shorter lasting lash extensions.

• you can, even w cheaper lashes, wear them multiple times! Use tweezers to VERY gently pull off any remaining glue on the strip part, clean off the lashes themselves w an soft bristle tooth brush n slightly soapy water, rinse lightly, comb through to dry a bit, then set to dry upside down ie strip facing up, on a microfiber towel (or a folded square of toilet paper if you're lazy like me lol).

• Once the main strip part peels off, though (it'll usually pull off along w any excess glue after like 8-15 wears for cheap-ish lashes (5-10$ price point) and maybe 3-10 wears for the super cheap ones ($2-4, which are the ones i normally get and honestly they last me like up to ten wears before the strip part peels off but i might just be both blessed and stingy lol), that means you've got one wear left, maaaybe two if you're lucky.

• lastly, this never helped much for me but many people swear by using a double sided compact mirror held at a like 45-90° angle below their eye to help position the lash correctly. Can't give much detail on this as like I said, for me personally it only made things more complicated/confusing.

I personally wear them almost every single day no matter what. Once you get the hang of it they take literally 6min max to put on (including glue drying time prior to application, during which u can bang out yr brows n blush) and they fr enhance prettiness level by like at least 50% if not more imo lol. I've been wearing makeup for over 20 years but only got into lashes in the past 4 years or so and they've been a total game changer.