Eyelash
The short curved hairs that grow along the edges of the eyelids.
Also: lashes, cilia
Eyelashes grow in one to three rows along each lid edge, about 90 to 150 on the upper lid and fewer on the lower. They catch dust and trigger a blink when touched. Length, thickness and curl are largely inherited. Makeup has long played with them: mascara darkens and thickens, curlers lift, and false lashes, popular since the early twentieth-century film studios, add length. Kajal and kohl are often drawn right at the lash line.