Beauty Lassie
Well-Known Member
Hi
I am totally new to the site and looking for some perils of wisdom :biggrin:
I am due to return to salon work after a 6 year gap which i spent woking within the sales side of beauty industry.
Before i return to the salon i want to brush up on my skills and intorduce a few new treatments.
I understand lashes are now big business and at christmas i filled in at a friends salon and it was crazy with eyelash appointments! When i trained in beauty, part of it was eyelash extension (cluster lashes) and it was just a few we were told to apply to outer corners. That was over a decade ago and i know things have now changed quite a bit.
I know that clusher/ flare lashes are now applied all over the eye and called party/weekend lashes.
I am also aware of semi-perminet lashes that isolate the lash for more longer term wear and i think i am keen to train in this treatment.
I have also heard about the express lashes, as i understand it they have to be removed after 2 weeks and they give a more fuller look than the semi.
Now have i got this right?? Its just i am a little confused
When i filled in at the salon the girl who had just finished up doing the beauty had been doing lots of lashes however i was horrified when i seen a few of her clients, some had chunks of lashes missing, complete gaps! in the end i talked these clients into some strip lashes for going on their christmas nights out. I then found out that the previous girl had been using cluster lashes but using the glue for semis on them? Clients had been told that they would last 4-6weeks and they did but everyone was missing lashes by the end of it. Clients also told me she would just run glue all over the tops of the lashes onced they had been applied but a few said there eys felt sore and crusty after this.
I was happy to put on cluster lashes for clients in what ever style they wanted (natural, full) but i couldnt do it like that nor tell people that they last 4-6 weeks cause they dont! I am right ladies or have things really changed that much? Had this girl been trying to make them into an express styled lash?? even though they are not?? It just leaves a bit of a problem for me returning to the salon as there is a group of clients who love the big full lash look that last for a few weeks but are expecting to get that from a cluster lash! So should i do express lashes??
What companies offer the express? and do you have to train in them? i am unsure of this as i have been told its a non isolating meathod so would my NC & HNC beauty qualification cover me for this treatment and for insurance?
Also any thoughts ladies in threading? i am booked to do a course next week and do you find its a profitable/ popular treatment to offer?
Much thanks geeks!!xx
I am totally new to the site and looking for some perils of wisdom :biggrin:
I am due to return to salon work after a 6 year gap which i spent woking within the sales side of beauty industry.
Before i return to the salon i want to brush up on my skills and intorduce a few new treatments.
I understand lashes are now big business and at christmas i filled in at a friends salon and it was crazy with eyelash appointments! When i trained in beauty, part of it was eyelash extension (cluster lashes) and it was just a few we were told to apply to outer corners. That was over a decade ago and i know things have now changed quite a bit.
I know that clusher/ flare lashes are now applied all over the eye and called party/weekend lashes.
I am also aware of semi-perminet lashes that isolate the lash for more longer term wear and i think i am keen to train in this treatment.
I have also heard about the express lashes, as i understand it they have to be removed after 2 weeks and they give a more fuller look than the semi.
Now have i got this right?? Its just i am a little confused
When i filled in at the salon the girl who had just finished up doing the beauty had been doing lots of lashes however i was horrified when i seen a few of her clients, some had chunks of lashes missing, complete gaps! in the end i talked these clients into some strip lashes for going on their christmas nights out. I then found out that the previous girl had been using cluster lashes but using the glue for semis on them? Clients had been told that they would last 4-6weeks and they did but everyone was missing lashes by the end of it. Clients also told me she would just run glue all over the tops of the lashes onced they had been applied but a few said there eys felt sore and crusty after this.
I was happy to put on cluster lashes for clients in what ever style they wanted (natural, full) but i couldnt do it like that nor tell people that they last 4-6 weeks cause they dont! I am right ladies or have things really changed that much? Had this girl been trying to make them into an express styled lash?? even though they are not?? It just leaves a bit of a problem for me returning to the salon as there is a group of clients who love the big full lash look that last for a few weeks but are expecting to get that from a cluster lash! So should i do express lashes??
What companies offer the express? and do you have to train in them? i am unsure of this as i have been told its a non isolating meathod so would my NC & HNC beauty qualification cover me for this treatment and for insurance?
Also any thoughts ladies in threading? i am booked to do a course next week and do you find its a profitable/ popular treatment to offer?
Much thanks geeks!!xx