⚠️Why warning labels should be on lash adhesives 🔥🤯😳

A similar argument could be made of why only licensed professionals should be able to do eyelash extensions. (But we won't go down that rabbit hole today...) 

Why should warning labels be on adhesive bottles, and why?

Well.....🔥🔥🔥

Within the last year I have seen and read some crazy stories on lash forums talking about lash adhesives. The most shocking? how flammable adhesived can be! I’m not sure why this isn’t discussed more, or why it’s not taught as part of lash curriculums in some lash trainings. 

Most if not all eyelash extension adheisves on the markert has a main or sister ingredient of “Cyanoacrylate.” Cyanoacrylate adhesives are known to have an exothermic reaction with cotton, wool & leather. Both uncured adhesives and it’s fumes are flammable. Some techs have reported even chemical burns. 🤯😳 That’s right, this means when cyanoacrylate glues are combined with such things, the reaction creates heat, smoke and even spontaneous combustion. Once the adhesive is cured and the fumes have evaporated, it is no longer flammable. 

So, what can we do to avoid this?

There’s a few things.

1. Toss the q-tips. Swap them out for microfiber wands (lip wands.) 
2. Toss all cotton materials. 
3. Make sure to have no candle or open flame. 
4. To help cure your adheisve faster, make sure your atmosphere is compatible with your adhesives. That included temperature and humidity. Invest in a humidier or dehumidifier depending on what the adhesive reccomends. Make sure your temperature is also up to adhesive standards/reccomendations.
5. To help cure your adhesive after your service, apply a adhesive accelerator or nano mist the lashes. Make sure to apply the last 3-5 minutes after drying or follow the manufacturers directions.
6. Make sure lashes are thoroughly cleaned before any lash application services. 
7. Have lash tiles, trays, and work station away from fabric settings or have a placemat or sterile workstation, such as a metal rolling tray, etc. 
8. What I personally reccomend is a second fan. Far enough away that it’s not jeopardizing the service integrity and adhesion, but helping dry and lush any fumes away from both the client and techs faces. I believe it helps kill 2 birds with one stone. And better than “fume catchers.” 

Hopefully these are a few simple steps both techs can take and clients can be aware of to ensure to avoid these scenarios.

Any questions? Comments? Leave me a comment below! :)

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Natural colored eyelash extensions?

 Every once in a blue moon, I get a request from a client for lash extensions that are not black, yet a color more natural or complimentary to their own natural hair/lash color. Though 99% of clients gravitate towards black lashes, there is a the few who want something softer. 

Lashes by Felicity Fox

For the longest time most lash extension products on the market were only available in matte or a "shiny" black. Depending on how and what the lashes were made and manufactured with/by, it still only left most clients with one color available. In the early days of lash extensions, some products such as mink were available. Mink (not to be confused with "semi- mink" aka synthetic.) was the lightest and softest lash available on the market, but was also the most expensive that had a lot of errors that tagged along. First, it's a natural hair follicle collected by the mink. The follicles are dyed and permed, and some just permed. Some of the brands that's skipped the dye process left you with an interestingly colored lashed tray. Because it's natural nature, techs would receive a tray that could have black, brown, blonde, white, and red lashes, in all sorts of hues and tones. To some, it provided the lightest lash possible and the most natural appearance in color. However, most mink trays have been pulled from the market due to animal testing and cruelty concerns. In some cases, clients that have sensitivities and allergies to pets, including cats, dogs, ferrets, etc. may also be or develop and allergy to mink lashes. And worse, the price point put mink lash trays nearly double to triple the cost of normal synthetic trays. With too many issues and factors and a costly sticker price, women settled on synthetic & black lashes. 

That was until a few years ago when fun colored lashes hit the market. Vivid colors of the rainbow such as red, pink, purple, blue, yellow, teal, green, orange, Burgundy, pastel colors, white, etc. There were so many options to have a fun pop of color. 

And slowly companies began producing more brown lashes. And as they produced more, the demand grew as well. And for brunettes that wanted an alternative from black, clients got their wish.

 However, there were some hair colors such as blondes and redheads that weren't feeling a little left out. As a blonde myself, I personally don't want blonde lashes because I feel that I can't see my natural lashes anyway. And the idea of accentuating something I already can't see, doesn't seem to make much sense. I like to have contrast, and thus I typically choose black lashes. Though I wouldn't be against brown either. Yet, not every blonde feels this way. Sadly, blonde lashes aren't as easily available on the market since blonde lashes can vary in many colors and that would be hard to manufacture. The same can go for redheads. But, their's hope! By lash designing and picking colors, and mixtures, there is a way to achieve lashes to look more natural and complimentary, blondes and redheads included. 

Dark hair/ Brunettes - Black, brown or mixture of both

lighter brunette's - brown

Between blonde & brunette- brown and gold

blondes - gold (some brands have "blonde")

platinum - white (good for clients with white/platinum hair & vitiligo.) Mix in with blonde.

redheads - a mixture of red/burgandy/brown

natural redhead- burgandy (brown if needed for more depth.) 

tones of blue  - black & Blue

tones of purple -black & purple

tones of red- Black, Burgandy &, red.

Side Note: A good rule of thumb to match natural lashes is to match the color with brows. 

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