For aspiring lash artists, training kits are not one size fits all. Ordering a lash kit on Amazon and then watching YouTube videos to learn how to do lash extensions is a horrible idea for so many reasons. For starters, you are only searching for information you think you need to know. But we don’t know what we don’t know until someone more experienced teaches us. So, taking an actual lash training course will save you tons of time down the road by helping you avoid pitfalls and mistakes you won’t find in a search engine. Another reason is that YouTube tutorials and videos are often made to sell products. So, when you search “How to do eyelash extensions,” you’ll come across lots of basic videos, but each of them is selling you on anything from glue to likes so how will you know if your learning correct methods?
Now, this brings us to product. A good lash course is probably already going to have a product line to go with the training. It should be branded according to the program, and it should be what the instructor also uses on lash clients. Taking a generic course with someone who sends you items in a kit from random lines means this person hasn’t thought this out much and certainly hasn’t invested the time and money in making sure you’re getting quality. They also may not be around very long so by the time you discover you’ve been ripped off; they could be gone. Either make sure the company has their own brand and markets it accordingly and has been doing so for years, or make sure you’re learning from an artist who has been serving clients and has a reputation at stake.
So what should be in a quality kit? Here are the top things:
1.) Eyelashes on speed strips, boxed and branded according to the company you’re learning from. Loose lashes in a jar are unacceptable anymore and will make your learning curve much longer.
2.) Glue packaged in a Ziplock container that has been unopened, also branded accordingly.
3.) High quality tweezers for isolation and for lashing.
4.) A Lash palette large enough to hold both lashes and glue.
5.) A glue palette.
6.) Lash Strips to glue onto your palette or doll head for practicing.
7.) Foam Tape
8.) Gauze tape
9.) Mini scissors
Any other supplies included may be primer, remover, applicators, and bonding agents but again, all items (especially chemical) should be branded according to the company.
If you’re taking an online course and practicing from your home, you will need exceptional lighting, a massage table, a stool, and magnifiers. These are things artists usually need to buy separately.
STAY. Cosmetics makes an excellent kit for beginners and the online training course is a perfect pairing for aspiring lash artists.
