Are they real
or fake??!
So what now?
You’ve decided you absolutely have to have these individual eyelash extensions that you’ve
heard so much about ,but you don’t have a clue what next to do. Well, here’s
some advice on how best to go about things:
Before your
appointment:
·
Find yourself the best expert you can to
work on you. It should be a certified aesthetician or cosmetologist. You should
expect to have a full, free consultation. Ensure that you confirm the type of adhesive
to be used. It should be non-formaldehyde. Also make sure that they have a wide
range of lash types for customising to your eyelashes.
·
Most important in this process is picking
the right consultant for this. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SUBJECT YOURSELF
TO ANYONE OTHER THAN A WELL- TRAINED EYELASH TECHNICIAN. Ask for a certificate.
Where none exists, here are some tips to know whether you are dealing with a
pretender or not. What to look out for:
1. You should
expect to be lying down (not sitting) on a salon bed and not sitting up.
2. Your eyes
should be protected with silicone pads. This is crucial to protect your eyes
against specialist razor sharp tweezers.
3. The glue
should not come in contact with your skin under any circumstances.
4. The eyelash
should indeed be single and not in clumps of any number. They SHOULD NOT look like this:
Rather they SHOULD look like this:
5. Look out for
professional equipment in use. This should not be a 15 minute “stick-em-on”
job. It’s a highly specialised technique, requiring the use of specialist equipment.
You should expect to see this:
It bears repeating: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
SUBJECT YOURSELF TO ANYONE OTHER THAN A WELL-TRAINED EYELASH TECHNICIAN.
So, my petit chéris, take care of yourselves because
you deserve it!
Once you have picked your qualified technician and had
your lashes installed, take care of them if you want them to last as long as
possible. In order to do that, do the following:
·
Do not wet your extensions for 1 or 2 days
in order to avoid re-activating the glue which may cause lashes to slip off or
clump together
·
Do not let them come in contact with oil
based products such as creams, shampoos, conditioners or even oil based eye
make-up removers.
·
Comb them out. To prevent them criss-crossing
and twisting, use a clean mascara wand. Close one eye and sweep the wand
carefully through them.
·
Try to avoid picking and pulling your new,
longer eyelashes no matter how tempting.
At Madam Butterfly Lash Studio, our lash experts are
highly specialised, having received their training in London, Paris and Lagos.
Reach us on any of the
numbers below for a consultation.
London
|
Paris
|
Lagos
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11 Kensington Close, New Southgate,
London
N11 3PU
+(44)
797 768 3166
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51 Rue de Longchamp,
92200, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Paris
+(33)
75 30 71 74 4
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The
Green house,
Fola
Osibo Street,
Lagos
+(234) 818 798 5907
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