Failure of the Day- Ardell 105 lashes

This isn't the fault of the lashes, i suspect, but mine, since i am utterly incapable of making falsies look at least decent on me. I don't know why, to be honest. I apply them (it takes me 15 minutes per eye) with the maximum concentration and attention possible, i measure them, i do everything possible yet i never wore normally-looking lashes; neither can i remember one single day, just one, when i felt really good about my Goldie Hawn-esque false lashes. They just don't work on me. I am going to find someone more lash-savvy than me and have them apply the falsies, see what happens. I've watched all the videos out there and read all blogposts...nada. Sigh *very sad face*

Today i put on the Ardell 105 falsies and i thought *quote* MOTHER&¤"*#¤@!!!!!!*
 Ardell 116 are my favorite lashes ever because the little clusters look natural. I can somehow manage with those and pull a decent eyelash look. But with today's 105 it was a complete and total disaster.

In my previous post about these lashes i mentioned i found them natural and tasteful, and they were among the shortest there, so i thought 'these are lovely. full stop. i'm in love'.

Well...it seems that they hate me. I applied a thin coat of Max Factor Masterpiece mascara (everybody applies a coat of mascara first, right?) and then put on the lashes. I thought i was going to die. They looked HORRIBLE. Porn-star at best.

Too long, too curled, and the little 'dome' they form when you look the eyes straightforwardly was waaaaayyy to accentuated. I looked like Dame Edna :( i suspect it's my eye size combined with my arch and eye shape...and my natural eyelash curl. Though my natural lashes aren't amazingly curly or thick, i feel they somehow don't let the falsies lay properly on my lashline and that's how i always end up looking like a drag queen.

This is what my natural eyelashes look like with two coats of mascara (Max Factor & L'Oreal):

Quite unnatural contacts...

Now this is what the Ardell lashes looked like on:

Up front: i'm scared already. Are my eyes too small for these?

Way too porn-star-ish for my taste. I can't believe it! :( I liked them a lot when i saw them in the little case...they looked natural and nice, perfect for daytime, when i'm not in the mood for mascara. The way they looked in the box v. on me it's so different...they appear to be thick and natural, whereas when i put them on, i got tackly, long and uber thin lashes that were clearly not mine *gulp* i feel really disappointed. 

At least i still have my 116...and those i have worn before. With a bit of issues, a little clipping here and there, but i managed. The 105 were just...wrong.