Lash guide
Showering, swimming, the gym, makeup, sleeping, holidays. What you actually can and cannot do, without the scare stories.
Yes, after the first 24 hours. Keep your face out of the direct spray and you will be fine — it is prolonged heat and steam that costs you extensions, not water.
Wash your face normally with an oil-free cleanser, then cleanse the lash line properly with a lash foam. Avoiding your eyes entirely is the wrong instinct; a dirty lash line holds a bond worse than a clean one.
Swimming is fine after 24 hours, including the sea — one of my clients swims on holiday and her sets hold up.
Chlorine and salt both want rinsing off afterwards with fresh water and a cleanse, or you leave residue sitting at the bond.
Hot tubs and saunas are the genuinely costly ones. Prolonged heat and steam soften the adhesive, so expect to lose a few if that is your weekly habit — and book fills at two weeks rather than three.
Normal workouts are a non-issue. Sweat is not a problem; wiping your eyes with a towel is. Pat, do not rub.
Daily hot yoga will shorten your retention and there is no way around it. If that is your routine, a hybrid set at two-week fills is the sensible combination.
Cleanse the lash line after a heavy session rather than leaving salt sitting on it overnight.
Eyeshadow, brows, liner all fine — powder over cream where you can, and keep both off the lash line itself.
No mascara. You do not need it, and the removal is exactly what breaks the bond. Waterproof mascara is the worst possible combination.
Cream and oil-based products near the eye are the ones to watch, including that expensive eye cream. Read what is in it.
Eyelash curlers: never.
On your back if you can manage it. Face-down sleeping is the single most visible habit in a three-week-old set — one side is always worse, and I can tell you which.
A silk pillowcase helps if back-sleeping is not happening.
Flying is fine. Cabin air is drying, so bring your spoolie and brush them through when you land.
A week away is exactly the time to book a set before you go — that is what half my mini sets are for.
Twenty seconds a day: cleanse, brush, done. The rest of the time they should be entirely uneventful.
If having lashes feels like a chore, something is off — usually the length is longer than suits your routine, or the cleanser is wrong. Both are fixable at your next fill.
And the practical upside people mention most is time. Several of my clients say the same thing: they put on lipstick and leave.
Amber does an AMAZING JOB! You walk out looking like a million dollars. I just wear lipstick and out the door I go. I get compliments every day with my new lashes.
Twenty seconds a day and a fill every two to three weeks. Full sets from $120 in Pineville.
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