«Slam your eyelashes and take off, do not forget to dream", - these words are sung in the refrain by the Brothers Grim in their song" Eyelashes ". Probably, the song is about very lush and long eyelashes, otherwise the flight would hardly have been a success.
In addition to the main function of the eyelashes - to protect the eyes from dust and the ingress of foreign bodies into them, cilia are an indispensable part of the image. Women and girls everywhere pay great attention to eyelashes, some of them periodically increase. Indeed, if you look at the photos before and after, it is obvious that lush and curved cilia give the image a charm and even flirty. They make their owner cute and beautiful.
After reading the article devoted to the longest eyelashes in the world, and natural, but not extended, you can see for yourself how much they affect the image of not only humans, but also animals!
10. Arabian horse
Such a noble and majestic animal, like a horse, has served man for centuries. Many tales have been written in which the horse rescues heroes in battle. This graceful animal is admired, and those who were lucky enough to communicate with horses - say that this is love forever ...
Horses have some of the longest eyelashes in the whole world, but it has been established that compared to other species, the longest eyelashes are of the Arabian breed.
Interesting fact: eyelashes Arabian horses - This is a kind of protection, because for the most part they live on the Arabian Peninsula, where there is a lot of sand. Eyelashes protect horses from sand in their eyes.
9. Secretary bird
This bird cannot be confused with others - except for noticeable long cilia, it looks quite unusual.
The length of her body reaches 150 cm, the secretary is distinguished by long legs, which can scare those who come across a bird. Her legs end with short fingers with blunt nails, because of this it seems that the bird moves on stilts.
Walking majestically secretary bird watching the world around him from under the fan of his long and beautiful eyelashes.
Interesting fact: this bird was named secretary because of the elegant feathers on the back of the head.
8. Giraffe
Giraffe - the highest land animal that looks down at everything, patting its cilia. A very intelligent and peaceful animal lives in the savannahs of sunny Africa.
The giraffe has the longest and thickest eyelashes in the entire animal world, and it is no accident - they serve for survival, because the animal lives in Africa, and it is very dusty there, even when you walk along an asphalt highway. If the giraffe hadn’t had such long cilia, it would not have lasted long. Nature has foreseen everything, as always.
7. Camel
Camels - one of the largest animals living in arid climates: deserts, semi-deserts, steppes.
As in the case of a giraffe, the length of the cilia of a camel is determined by climatic conditions. Sandstorms often occur in deserts, usually during the warmer months. This is a very dangerous and unpleasant phenomenon, a camel without long eyelashes would be difficult. They protect the animal from powerful desert winds.
Interesting fact: the camel’s eye has three centuries, two with eyelashes protect from contact with sand, and the third (the thinnest) works like a wiper, washing its eyes from dirt. This eyelid does not move as usual, but horizontally.
6. Oksana Shikalyuk - 1.85 cm
Oksana Shikalyuk - a girl from Ukraine, who probably had to hear a similar question repeatedly: "Where did you build such beautiful eyelashes ?!"Or admiring compliments:"You have such beautiful eyelashes!»
That's just the girl did not build them, Oksana by nature has such enviable and long eyelashes - 1 centimeter and 85 millimeters. Her hairs were measured directly on the air of the TV show “Record of Ukraine: the longest natural eyelashes”, for this they pulled out one eyelash, straightened it and put it under the glass, then measured it. For comparison, they took eyelashes and other girls who are in the studio, but all of them were much shorter.
5. Valery Smagliy - 3.4 cm
Another carrier of very long eyelashes is a man from Ukraine, Valery Smagliy. He was able to grow 3.4 cm long eyelashes, although he did not want to share the secret, despite the fact that many women turned to him with questions.
The only thing he talked about was that in order to grow such chic black cilia, Valery needed special nutrition.
When the record was registered, the man immediately went to the beauty salon to cut off his eyelashes. According to him, they interfere with sleep.
Well, the man did not want to give out the secret of long cilia, but we can share with you one way that the girls use - they apply castor oil from the pharmacy to the eyelashes. Judging by the many positive reviews, it really helps.
4. Muin Bachonaev - 3.5 cm
Muin Bachonaev Born in 2001, he had a bewitching and expressive look from infancy. Looking at him, it seems that a special make-up was applied and eyelashes were glued, but they are natural! At 4 years, they reached 3.5 cm in length, and, most likely, Muin will become a world record holder, because eyelashes continue to grow ...
The boy said that he does not feel any discomfort from his long eyelashes, and he accepts the attention of adults with joy.
Interesting fact: Muin’s cilia grow by 1 mm in half a year. The Russian got into the Russian Book of Records, but with such an eyelash growth rate, he will soon become a super-champion.
3. Phuto Rav Mawli - 4.7 cm
Eyelashes of a 63-year-old Indian Phuto Rav Mawli reach 4.7 cm in length, and reach the lower lip! But this happens at the moment when the man closes his eyes (that is, every time he blinks).
A man is not worried about what others will say about him, but in his youth he had to constantly cut them, so as not to stand out among his peers by his peculiarity.
Interesting fact: Representatives of the Guinness Book of Records discovered Phuto Rav Mauli quite by accident when they arrived in India to find the "oldest cow."
2. Stuart Muller - 6.99 cm
Stuart Miller - A resident of the state of Florida, USA, boasts the length of their cilia - they are with a finger! Their length is 6.99 cm, but not all (this is the length of the eyelashes on the left eyelid), the world record is set only by a few cilia, and the rest are smaller by Stuart.
American eyelashes were measured in Gainesville on December 7, 2007. It is not known how long Stuart’s eyelashes are now, and whether he has cut them, but in the past he was against getting rid of them, still a record!
1. Yu Yanksia - 12.4 cm
Yu Yanksia - An amazing 49-year-old woman from China, looking at which, it is difficult to take her eyes off. Her eyelashes are very long, reach the lips, and the longest eyelash grows on the left eyelid and is 12.4 cm.
In the battle for the charming eyes of women everything goes - oils, mascara, fur of animals ... But sometimes the longest eyelashes are for those who do nothing for this, like Yu Yanxia. In addition, their growth does not stop.
Interesting fact: the woman’s eyelashes were not always so long. She decided to leave the office in which she worked, and moved closer to nature. She began to live in the suburbs, and Yu was interested in gardening. Yanksia was able to bring out more than 1600 new varieties of roses, for which she began to be called the "Fairy of Flowers." And along with her roses, eyelashes began to grow ...