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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/lavenderbbygirl on 2026-02-13 19:03:01+00:00.
I wanted my lashes to be "unshakeable." I bought a glue used by drag queens—literally "the stuff that stays on through a hurricane." I applied my lashes and went to a rooftop bar for a first date.
The wind was insane. About twenty minutes in, a huge gust hit us. The glue was so strong that the lash didn't fly off; instead, it acted like a tiny sail. It pulled my actual eyelid upward and stayed there. I couldn't blink my left eye. My eyelid was literally stuck in a "perma-wink" position.
I spent the rest of the date trying to look "mysterious" while my left eye was wide open and watering uncontrollably. My date asked if I was "having a stroke." When I got home, it took three different types of oil and two hours of crying to get them off. I lost nearly all my natural lashes on that eye.
TL;DR: Used glue that was too strong; a gust of wind turned my fake lashes into a sail and pinned my eyelid open for the duration of a first date.