Summertime Eyelash Care

Summertime Eyelash Care

Music Festivals, Weddings, and events are all back this year and your eyelash extensions will get you through all of it.  Caring for them in the summer sun is something to consider but we got you!  Here is a refresher on what to do.

1.)    Wear sunglasses!  The bigger the better is the way to go when shading your flutter from the hot sun.  Remember, heat softens the extension glue and your attachment won’t hold long after that so if you can’t hide out in the shade, wear your sunnies.

2.)   No stacking.  What is eyelash stacking, you might ask?  It is when you don’t plan ahead for a proper fill so you try and fill in the gaps with little clusters.  This is always a bad idea but an even worse one with heat involved.  Cluster glue is made of latex and melts quickly in the hot sun so now you have soft latex stuck in your eyelash extensions and not even witches can save you. 

3.)   Surf and Wash.  If you plan on being in the ocean, wash the salt off your lashes when you get out.  Once the salt mixed with heat gets in between your lashes for long periods of time, it softens the glue by scrubbing it away like an exfoliant.  Great for the skin but not so much for lash extensions.

4.)   Bump up your fill appointments.  If you usually go one month between fills, bump your appointments to every three weeks.  Lashes grow and shed a bit quicker in the summer so keep them long and strong by three to four extra appointments during this time of year.

5.)   Moisturize your eyelids.  This may seem like a big no no but after you wash your lashes with a nice lash bath, moisturize your lids down to the lash line.  When your eyelids get dry, tiny skin particles shed into your lash line and it’s difficult to remove.  Wash, moisturize, repeat.

Your Wedding Lashes: What to Know Before you Decide

Clients email me all the time asking if they should get lash extensions for their wedding or if they should wear strip lashes.  With all the crying, make-up, photos, and honeymooning, they just aren’t sure if lash extensions can hold up so we broke down what you can expect for wedding lashes.

Ocean Water

Eyelash extensions are by far the way to go over strip lashes for your wedding.  Not only do you not have to think about them except for a daily fluffing and brushing, but they look much cleaner than mascara.  Now, if you are the kind of person that wears strip lashes on the regular, you may be fine with those but consider your honeymoon.  Are you going somewhere with ocean water and hot tubs?  Strip lashes are not friends with saltwater.  With extensions, you can play in the ocean as much as you want and just rinse the salt off after.

Crying

I’ve never known a bride not to cry on her wedding day.  While strip lashes may hold up through some tears, the salt from the water in your eyes can mix with the strip glue and cause very red eyes.  Even is you ditch the strip for waterproof mascara, the salt clumps with the fibers of the mascara and creates an unpleasant look.  Lash extensions are cured within 24 hours so if your lash artist is using a professional, high-grade glue, there shouldn’t be any stinging and definitely no redness.

Make-up

With all the make-up, powdering, sweating, and touching up a bride goes through in one day, it’s better not to have to think about if your strip is going to hold.  Few things are more embarrassing than having a conversation while your strip lash is starting to peel off.  This is something you never have to worry about with extensions.

Honeymoon

Why not wake up with gorgeous lashes as a new bride?  Sure, you could wear strip lashes to bed so you can wake up with them, but you are risking damage to your own lash follicle by sleeping in strip lash glue.  Skin sheds at night and when it mixes with strip glue, dirt and oil gets into the follicles causing clogs.  Lash extensions are superior when it comes to sleeping because the glue is attached to a lash and not your skin.

Should lash extensions be the way you go for your big day, timing is everything.  It is best to schedule ahead and book your appointment 2-4 days before your big day.  You want them new enough to stay full through your honeymoon but doing them the day before doesn’t provide enough curing time.