The cost of false eyelash glamour - in pictures

A satellite workshop used by the PT Royal Korindah company about 5km outside the town of Purbalingga, Indonesia Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

A woman knits strands of hair onto a length of nylon twine in the first stage in the production of a pair of false eyelashes Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Factories in Purbalingga make products for big name brands including Katy Perry for Eylure, L'Oreal, Shu Uemura, MAC, Kiss, Make Up For Ever and Maybelline Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

A woman at work knitting false eyelashes in a workshop Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Friti, 20, gave birth to her first child two months ago and juggles childcare with making false eyelashes in her home outside Purbalingga. She averages 32 pairs of lashes a day, for which she is paid 2p each Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Kuswati, 20, was born with no arms. Working at home outside Purbalingga, she makes false eyelashes for another company supplying the US fashion market. She uses her toes to knit the individual hairs onto a piece of thread stretched across her small wooden loom. She makes 20 pairs of eyebrows a day, and is paid 1p [$0.02] for each one Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Young women at work in PT Royal Korindah's factory Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Women knitting false eyelashes at a satellite workshop Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Signs on display above the workers' heads at the PT Royal Korindah factory Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Setyanti, 34, who is paid 14p an hour to make false eyelashes Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

A finished set of false eyelashes ready to be packaged Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain

Katy Perry wearing her trademark false eyelashes. The singer endorses a line of fake lashes that are produced by Eylure using the PT Royal Korindah factories in Indonesia Photograph: PictureGroup/Rex Features