Imagine a young ingénue, the starlet. She saunters around the
room in the most glamorous dress. She then looks seductively at her
love interest and bats her full, lush eyelashes.
Thick lashes are another signifier
that we are youthful. WebMD states that we all initially start out with a set amount
of follicles. As youngsters, our eyes are relatively bigger in our tiny head, so
we can see these thick lush lashes. Once we grow into our size, the same amount
of lashes spread out.
As we age we also we rub our eyes, we spackle on mascara, we have poor
diets etc. All of these aging practices also pull out our poor fragile lashes
that leave us with puny, pitiful lashes.
For hundreds of years
women have been trying to capitalize on the “look” of full lashes. In Rome and
Egypt, women spread kohl around their eyes to extend the lash line. While Victorian
women dyed their eyelashes with the fatal “Lash-Lure” made with and acid known
for removing corneas!
So what can we do that’s effective, cheap and SAFE!? I came across
something recently that is making me go- duh! Why haven’t I been doing this before? With my teaching in Milwaukee, I come across
the most gorgeous made-up women with the highest maintenance routine: nails, hair,
eyebrows and eyelashes. This one woman with obviously fake lashes told me she
got fake lashes applied monthly at the salon once a month. $250.00!
I thought “too much money for too fake a look”, until I saw
individual lashes sold at a Sallys or WALMART for 7.00. Andrea Perma-lash is the brand cosmetologists use for their clients, and we can do it for ourselves. Now because I am not an expert, it took me
about a half an hour to figure out what I was doing. I did watch a video online
and practiced on my neighbor. But the results are startling. I can shower with
them and NO MORE MASCERA! I have already taken them off and reapplied to see
how that went, just fine. Now when I get out of bed, I look like I’ve had an
eye lift, and am wearing makeup. I can now not worry about mascara for one
month- outstanding.
I encourage anyone
else tired of mascara and want a semi-permanent eye lift to give it a try… or
wait for me to come over and I can do it for you;)
Here is some TLC for your new lashes:
- For the first 12 hours avoid getting the lashes wet to allow the glue to completely dry
- Do not use a steam room or sauna for the first 48 hours to allow glue to cure
- Be gentle and respect your new lashes. Avoid rubbing your eyes and do not pick and play with your lashes
- Resist the temptation to touch or pull at your stunning new lashes as this will pull out your own natural lashes
- Avoid getting them caught on clothes and towels
- When drying your face do not rub instead blot your face and apply a gently pressure to your closed eyes then allow the extensions to dry naturally. Don't try to dry them with the towel or hair dryer.
- Do not perm or curl the extensions using a clamp eyelash curlers
- Avoid wearing mascara as this will lessen the life of your extensions
- Do not use eye make-up remover that contains any type of oil products such as petroleum
- Do keep the eye area clean. This is very important. Some ladies love their lashes so much they don't even want to get them wet at all. Avoiding proper hygiene can result in an eye infection whether wearing eyelash extensions or not
- Try and sleep on your back to avoid crushing your extensions in the pillow
