Eyelash extentions

Now most people must of heard of eyelash extensions, they come under many brand names the first being Hollywood lashes, then companies followed like nouveau, lash perfect and the list can go on.

They are great for people with short straight lashes that want to have long thick curled lashes, but also great for people that have long lashes already that are looking for more of a glamorous look that you can't get from a tint and a perm. The lash technician should tailor make the lash look to you personally, using your own lashes and your desired look as a template. The lashes there selves come in many different lengths, curls and thicknesses. Depending on the strength of your natural lashes you can go as thick and long as you want! 

The lash extensions are literally like your natural lash, so they are adhered to an individual natural lash which gives them their natural look unlike individual lash clusters (bulbed lashes).

The only downfall to lash extensions is they need infilling. Due to the natural eyelash growth they grow out taking the extension out with it. So every 2-3 weeks you will need to go back to the salon to get them infilled to keep up to the glamorous amazing looking!

Now what everyone wants to see a few pictures of clients I've done myself!

    

  

Skin care: Art Deco products

Today I'd like to show you a little bit about my skin care routine. Before working in the salon I'd never really heard of Art Deco products. They are a professional product sold mostly in salons and spas, but can now be found in high end retail shops.

They have so many different skin care ranges, but the skin yoga range has to be my favourite, it's one of the cheaper ranges but still delivers great results! 

Art Deco also do a skin yoga:bio lab skin care range. It's offers at least 70% natural ingredients, without parabens(chemicals), preservatives or added fragrances, so basically they are super good for your skin and are great for sensitive skin too.
To find out more about Art Deco go to http://artdeco.org.uk/

This cleanser is one of the best I've used as its a cleanser and a toner in one, which is great when your lazy like me! 

I dont know if anyone else has found this, but I find sometimes with cleanser that they can be quite drying and makes my skin feel all tight. This one though leaves my skin feeling fresh, clean and still feeling supple. I love the fact that it contains goji berry extract too, as most people know goji berries have been on the beauty scene for a while. Known for their anti ageing properties and full of vitamin c,a,b1,b2 iron copper magnesium sodium calcium and various amino acids, this makes the goji berry the nutrient richest fruit on the planet! 

So to sum up the whole goji berry in the cleanser thing, its really good for nourishing the skin and protects against free radicals as well.

There isn't really any fragrance to it to be honest, it just smells...clean, with a slight floral scent to it, which is the only way to describe it really. It's an easy cleansing milk which you just apply to dry skin with fingers or cotton pads, and remove using warm water and voila you have clean fresh, soft skin! 

I love a good toner especially this handy spray as I can use it to spritz over make up when my skin needs a pick me up and refreshing. Definitely a holiday must.  It's best to use it after cleansing to minimise pores, which I really struggle with, open pores are the Bain of my life, and with this toner I feel like they do look less, hello there giant pores, and more soft even skin!

It isn't part of the bio lab range, but equally packed with natural ingredients like green tea pomegranate and lotus extract to protect and regenerate the skin.

I love the smell of this, it's fresh and zesty and even the smell picks me up.

Lastly the all day protection cream moisturiser. Part of the bio lab range again, its great for dry sensitive skin looking for some intense moisture but without the greasy feel some can leave. This is the kind of product that does what it says on the tin, packed with ingredients like canola oil, it protects against harmful things that can be floating around in the enviroment. It's made up of things that mimic the structure of your skin and forms a protective layer that acts as a barrier to help fight of those things that make our skin age, look tired and grey and helps it look fresh and perky and also has the added benefit of helping improve the skins elasticity, which even at 21 you should still look for things that help out that area, prevention is better than cure!

It's smells lovely aswell, just a hint of almonds to finish it off!

Dolly lashes, new way to perm

Well here goes my first post!

So has anyone heard about perming hair? Well did you know you can perm eyelashes aswell? I know strange right?!

Dolly lashes the new way to perm your lashes!

Perming eyelashes is a great alternative to eyelash extentions, as your using your own eyelashes to enhance your eyes, which is perfect for those who don't want the fuss of lash extensions.

Ways are changing for eyelash perming, making the lashes look longer than ever! All thanks to one small change, the rod.

Using a mild glue (ok for your eyes obviously) to stick your lashes to a rod, then covering the lashes in a special lash perm solution, leaving it to develop, then covering in a setting solution, would still give you lovely curled lashes, the new dolly lash pads are revolutionary!(From a professional point of view)

Dolly lashes which is similar to nouveau LvL uses the pads to lift right from the root of you lashes giving them that extra bit of lash to really make those eyes pop.

As you can see from the pictures of my client they really do make a difference. 

Now these should last from 6-8 weeks and are great before semi permanent mascara(which I will do a post on soon) there is no fussy aftercare just to nourish the lashes, which we should all do anyway! 

They cost around £40+ depending on area and salon, in our salon they are £40 and I think that is very reasonable for up to 8 weeks of awesomeness!