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.
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| 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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