Damage from cluster lashes – NOT my work.
This client came to me after experiencing awful discomfort from wearing eyelash extensions. As you can see from the photos I removed her cluster lashes, which were applied by another eyelash technician in Norwich. The cluster lashes were extremely hard to remove and took over 30 minutes to get them off. I can only imagine that the person who applied these wasn’t correctly trained as it looked like she used an extremely strong glue. The client said the lashes felt painful and uncomfortable digging into her eyelids. I could see that she was unable to open and close her eyes with ease. When removing the cluster lashes I could see they had already pulled out lots of her own natural lashes leaving her with very sparse and thin natural eyelashes.
When picking an eyelash technician it’s important to find out if they are trained and insured. In my experience, if someone is willing to do your lashes the same day this indicates to me that they are not. When checking the photos of another eyelash technicians work look very carefully to see if they have used too much glue. I personally only recommend individual eyelash extensions and with these you can not see any glue at all. It should just be a thin coating on the natural lash, which definitely shouldn’t be visible on a photo. A lot of beauticians use ‘stock images’, which are normally purchased from i-stock.com. If the eyelash technician doesn’t have their own photos I would personally question why. Also check their gallery photos that the lashes are individual and not all stuck together as they will cause you a great deal of pain when they begin to grow out.
The idea of these cluster lashes are that they are quick and easy to apply lasting up 3-7 days. Cluster lashes are groups of lashes normally attached together with a knot at the end. Like these below. However some eyelash technicians use stronger glue, so they stay in longer. Cluster lashes are now available for the general public at shops like Boots and Primark. Personally, I never recommend anyone try to apply these themselves.
The healthy eyelash extensions are the individual eyelash extensions as these are one eyelash extension on one natural eyelash. They are extremely lightweight and allow your natural lashes to fall out as part of your natural eyelash cycle.
Cluster lashes in Norwich
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How do I recover eyelashes after having badly done cluster lashes
Avoid wearing lashes while they recover. Keep them clean and apply a eyelash serum to help with regrowth. It will take a while sadly.
Hi I recently tryed clusters on myself and I loved them there definitely different from the salon ones that all look fake and un natural. I want to offer them but what’s the best way to put them on clients. I applied mine underneath and not on top like I would individual lash extensions. What do u think ?
After wearing cluster lashes for months my natural eyelashes were damaged, short and I had gaps where the lashes ripped out my natural ones. After I stopped wearing the cluster lashes when I put mascara on my eyelashes were awful I had no eyelashes, after using dermalmd eyelash growth serum my eyelashes are back, full and long. I would recommend if your eyelashes are damaged by individual or cluster lashes!