Lash guide
If your eyes water at everything, or you have reacted to adhesive before, there is a proper way to find out whether this will work for you. It costs $20 and takes two days.
I apply a small amount of the adhesive I actually use, away from your lash line, plus a few extensions so you can feel the weight. Then we wait 24 to 48 hours, because that is the honest window for a reaction to appear.
It is $20 and 30 minutes, and it is a separate appointment on purpose — a five-minute test at the start of your set does not tell you anything useful.
In her own words: for any sensitivity or allergies she highly recommends allowing the time, for your health and safety, before confirming an appointment for a set of lashes. Book the patch test.
Sensitivity is irritation: watery eyes during the appointment, a bit of redness at the lash line afterwards that settles. Often it is fume-related and manageable — better ventilation, a slower pace, gel pads placed differently.
Allergy is an immune response to the adhesive, usually cyanoacrylate. Swollen lids, itching that gets worse rather than better over a day or two. That is not something to push through, and if it happens the set comes off.
A patch test finds the second one before it costs you a full appointment and a miserable few days.
Any reaction to eyelash glue, nail products, medical tape or hair dye.
Contact lenses — take them out for the appointment, and bring a case.
Blepharitis, dry eye, styes, or recent eye surgery. Some of these mean waiting rather than never.
Recent lash serums. Some make lashes noticeably more fragile, which changes what I can safely apply.
If you are pregnant, lying flat for two hours is the part to think about, not the lashes.
A lighter set is the usual answer: a half set rather than a full one, shorter lengths, fewer extensions, and an hour on the bed instead of two.
Keeping the lash line scrupulously clean matters more for you than for most people. See aftercare.
And tell me during the appointment, not after. If something stings, I want to know while I can still do something about it.
A patch test is an appointment that makes almost no money and delays a booking by two days. Plenty of studios quietly skip offering one.
It has been on her menu at $20 the whole time, which is the only reason this page can say anything useful rather than "consult your artist".
If the answer turns out to be no, you will have spent $20 and two days finding out — instead of $200 and a reaction.
$20, thirty minutes, 24 to 48 hours before the set you are considering. Text (803) 431-4387 if you want to talk it through first.
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