PURBALINGGA, Indonesia — Welcome to Purbalingga, Indonesia's capital of false eyelashes.
Regular, colored, decorated and Halloween are just a few of the popular models of false eyelashes made here to adorn the eyes of millions of women in Japan and other parts of the world.
Jun Ho Lee, managing director of lashes maker PT Royal Korindah, said that years ago Japanese makeup artist Shu Uemura ordered a special edition of lashes from his company for actress Jennifer Lopez to wear at the Academy Awards and for pop star Madonna to wear for a world concert tour.