美国国家公共电台 NPR How The Long-Lash Look Went From The Red Carpet To Everyday Life

 

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

Tune¹ into the Oscars this weekend, you'll see dresses, jewelry² and lots of false eyelashes. False eyelashes first appeared on the big screen a century ago. And today, they're considered an essential on red carpets, in weddings and in proms. NPR's Tanya Ballard Brown has this report.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BETTE DAVIS EYES")

KIM CARNES: (Singing) She's got Bette Davis eyes.

TANYA BALLARD BROWN, BYLINE⁵: If you want Bette Davis eyes, then you need to put on false eyelashes. She did. So did Joan Crawford, Lauren Bacall and Carol Channing. It gave them that old Hollywood glamour⁶ look. And the lashes⁴ made it into films, too.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "DINNER AT EIGHT")

JEAN HARLOW: (As Kitty Packard) I've told you a million times not to talk to me while I'm doing my lashes.

BROWN: That's Jean Harlow in the 1933 film "Dinner At Eight." And just listen to Sandy Dennis' despair in this scene from "The Out Of Towners."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE OUT OF TOWNERS")

SANDY DENNIS: (As Gwen Kellerman) Oh, my God.

JACK⁷ LEMMON: (As Jack Lemmon) What's wrong?

DENNIS: (As Gwen Kellerman) I lost my left eyelash.

BROWN: So where do false eyelashes come from? There are competing stories. A Canadian woman named Anna Taylor got a U.S. patent in 1911. But others have claimed they were really invented by both film director D.W. Griffith and Hollywood makeup⁸ artist Max Factor. Movie stars have loved them ever since, and so have models.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Twiggy⁹, the bean pole model girl who's turned into a fashion tycoon¹⁰.

BROWN: In the '60s, Twiggy made them so popular as many as 20 million pairs were reportedly sold in a year. But getting them on your eye wasn't so easy.

JENNY BAILLY: They were mystifying.

BROWN: Jenny Bailly is the executive beauty editor for Allure¹¹ magazine. She says that even though movie stars and showgirls have always worn false lashes, for the laywoman they were a lot of work.

BAILLY: There was the glue, the strips. How do you get these things on? And then, how do you get them off?

BROWN: In a 1998 interview with VH1's "Pop Up Video" creators, Oprah snatched hers off for the audience. Then she couldn't get them back on.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW")

OPRAH WINFREY: I have nothing to hide. I said years ago, in case you all have forgotten, not only do I have fake eyelashes...

TAD LOW: Yeah. Yeah.

WINFREY: ...I've tried all kinds. And I still think Walgreens are the best.

LOW: Exactly.

WINFREY: Here's what I look like without them. See?

LOW: (Laughter).

WINFREY: Now it's going to be hard to get them back on.

BROWN: Bailly says more recently, YouTube tutorials have helped people figure this out.

BAILLY: All I had to do was type in how to apply, and the first thing that comes up is false eyelashes. And then there's like a 130,000 different videos.

BROWN: That's helped more women bring the red carpet look to everyday life.

BAILLY: I do think the Kardashian effect is part of it. I think the show, you know, these women who wear false eyelashes every day, it's part of their everyday look, kind of normalized it. So I think the Kardashian moment was part of it.

BROWN: Plus, Bailly says, there are a lot more options now that are easier to use. So I decided¹² to explore one for myself - lash³ extensions.

JOSIE FELIPE: Try to relax your eyes. So just keep it closed throughout the whole entire process.

BROWN: OK.

I'm on a massage¹³ table at DC Lash Bar in Washington. Co-owner and lash technician Josie Felipe is taping my eyes taut¹⁴, separating the individual lashes and attaching a synthetic¹⁵ lash to each one.

Yeah. It really doesn't feel like anything.

FELIPE: No. And that's why most people feel like it's - someone's playing with their hair, essentially¹⁶. And that's when they fall asleep, so.

BROWN: I did not fall asleep, but I did chicken out on the full Kim, Khloe or Kylie look. Instead, I walked out with what I call 50 percent Hollywood glamour, and with my eyes open. Tanya Ballard Brown, NPR News.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BETTE DAVIS EYES")

KIM CARNES: (Singing) Stand-off sighs. She's got Bette Davis eyes. She'll let you take her home. It whets¹⁷ her appetite. She'll lay you on her throne. She got Bette Davis eyes. She'll take a tumble on you, roll you like you were dice¹⁸.

SIMON: Kim Carnes. This is NPR News.

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

4 lashes   

n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。

7 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

8 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

9 twiggy   

多细枝的，小枝繁茂的

参考例句：

• Twiggy was a little of both boy and girl a mirror of her time. 崔姬又像男孩又像女孩，是她当时真实的生活写照。

10 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

11 allure   

n.诱惑力，魅力；vt.诱惑，引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• The window displays allure customers to buy goods.橱窗陈列品吸引顾客购买货物。
• The book has a certain allure for which it is hard to find a reason.这本书有一种难以解释的魅力。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

13 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

14 taut   

adj.拉紧的，绷紧的，紧张的

参考例句：

• The bowstring is stretched taut.弓弦绷得很紧。
• Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了，因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。

15 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

16 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

17 whets   

v.（在石头上）磨（刀、斧等）( whet的第三人称单数 )；引起，刺激（食欲、欲望、兴趣等）

参考例句：

• Reading travel brochures whets one's appetite for a holiday. 看了旅游手册就巴不得去度假。 来自互联网
• The decade whets sword, frost blade has never tried. 十年磨一剑，霜刃未曾试。 来自互联网

18 dice   

n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险

参考例句：

• They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
• A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。