How Lilly Ghalichi Revolutionized False Eyelashes

Lilly Ghalichi is a reality star turned ultra-successful beauty entrepreneur with her fan-favorite company, Lilly Lashes. Having had to build up her own synthetic lashes for years, Ghalichi was able to redefine false eyelashes by creating the industry's first comfortable 3D Lashes. Years later, her collection has grown to include cruelty-free and faux mink lashes for any eye shape or glam level.

SWAAY sat down and spoke with Ghalichi on how she was able to create a product line that enthralls celebrity makeup artists and beauty gurus everywhere.

Lilly Ghalichi

I launched Lilly Lashes due to my own personal need for them! I was filming a Bravo Reality Show at the time, and back then there were only 2 lash options- barely human hair, or ultra-fake looking synthetic lashes (...think Halloween).

To get the glam lash look I wanted, I had to stack 3 to 4 pairs of human hair lashes on my lids. Often times I had to cut them up and glue multiple pairs together just to create the unique styles I wanted. It was so time consuming, I would spend 30 minutes in glam just on lashes.

I decided enough was enough and decided to develop ultra-glam lashes for girls like me that wanted something more dramatic than human hair lashes, but something that looked more natural than synthetic Halloween lashes.....and Lilly Lashes was born.

I didn't really have a business plan in the beginning other than to create a product that I personally needed and didn't already exist. I decided to sell them in case there were other girls who also wanted glam lashes. Once I saw just how many girls there were like me out there, I realized this was a product SO many wanted. So I then sat down and created a plan to offer 3D Glam Lashes. My plan has since evolved into dominating the lash space, not just in 3D Dramatic Lashes, but in natural lashes, Faux Mink Lashes, Lash Tools and Accessories. We are growing so quickly that the plan evolves daily.

I love Nikita Dragun. I've known her for a long time and have watched her work hard to become the powerhouse she is today. She is unapologetic, and owns her individuality, sexuality and stays true to herself. Rather than following trends, she starts her own. I love that. As far as makeup goes, I live for Nikki's Tutorials, she is hands down one of the most talented makeup artists on YouTube and I am blown away by her level of skill in makeup with each video she does.

People always ask me this and the truth is, it always changes! Right now, I am obsessed with 3D Lilly Lashes in style "Hollywood"- a gorgeous, fluttery, dramatic lash. If you ask me next month the answer will be 3D style "Ela" because I'm into a Princess Jasmine type almond eye, so I want a wing-shaped lash. I'm honestly obsessed with them all!

I don't even think we are comparable. Our product innovation and quality is incomparable, and I'm not just saying that, it truly is! We create the trends in the lash space with everyone being a year behind. We are also the #1 lash brand among Celebrities, Celebrity Makeup Artists, Social Media Influencers, Youtubers and glam girls and boys around the world. It says a lot when every-single makeup guru and beauty celeb wears and loves your product.

I think most people don't even know I was on a reality show, so I think 100% I have separated the two. With that said, the show did help create a social media platform that absolutely helped my business.

Every single day! Failure (or challenges) are a part of success. Not every idea you have will be successful, and that's okay. What's important to realize is that challenges will occur, it's how you overcome them and learn from them that matters.

I always try my best not to get too discouraged from challenges and instead focus on how far I've come and overcoming it to be even better and go further- never making the same mistake twice.

SO integral! Lilly Lashes was started as a social media brand. Our brands’ advertising and promotion was exclusively done on social media, not just my own pages, but also my friends' pages and other influencers. In today's world, it is 100% the key to any e-commerce's business success in my opinion.

We entered all Sephora USA and Canada stores in 2018 and are also entering another major beauty retailer later this year, so be on the lookout for that. Both of these partnerships will make Lilly Lashes more easily accessible to every glam girl, which is a goal of mine.

You will also see a lot of new exciting products and collections being released towards the end of 2018. We have three new collections coming out with something catering to everyone's eye shape and style.