When clusters are applied, they start to weigh down and pull out your natural lashes whilst creating a matted breeding ground for infection. The client won’t experience cluster extensions shedding with the natural eyelash (this is crucial to maintaining healthy natural lashes whilst wearing extensions) and therefore thinks they are a longer-lasting, cheaper option. However, they are not designed to be worn for longer than a week (we would never recommend wearing them at all given the amount of adhesive required). They are cheap, they last and a very dramatic look can be achieved. It’s not designed to touch it and should be used extremely delicately.
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There is a lot of adhesive involved and in many cases, it’s touching the skin and blocking the follicle, so new eyelashes are unable to grow and you risk ingrowing hairs or styes.Įyelash extension adhesive should be kept away from the skin. Your natural hairs cannot shed at the end of their cycle and your eye becomes a breeding ground for infection. They are far too heavy and they pull on all the eyelashes, overuse could lead to permanent eyelash loss (traction alopecia). Clusters are closer to gluing an entire false eyelash to your eyelid as they are glued together and therefore don’t shed with your human eyelash. Eyelash extensions/volume lashes are applied to one single eyelash with military precision.
They are applied with glue on top of each other along the lash line. They are a fan of eyelashes knotted at the base (not to be confused with volume lashes) The reason being they can really damage your eyelashes and in some cases, you may not be aware this has happened or you may think you are wearing eyelash extensions. In our humble opinion, they are a really, really bad idea.
Now this may be a severe case but we are seeing a lot of bald eyelids from clients who have previously been wearing clusters so we thought it was time to report back: They shed in cm long lumps and there was glue all over her lash line and it was pulling her eyelid taught. This client had been wearing them for one week and it took 40 mins to remove as we had to be so cautious as not to cause any further damage. She was in a considerable amount of pain and wanted them off as soon as possible. If she had worn them for 5 weeks she would have lost most of her natural lashes. They had been sold to her as £30 eyelash extensions, applied in 30 mins and she was told she could wear them for 5 weeks. But as soon as we saw her we realized they were cluster eyelashes. This happens from time to time and we expected she was wearing a heavy volume set. We really don’t like to be negative but it’s important we mention this as they are turning into a bit of a health hazard.Ĭluster extensions are currently being sold in London as eyelash extensions but they are nothing of the sort, far from it.Ī gorgeous client booked with us saying she had eyelash extensions applied but they were far too heavy for her liking and she needed removal and a new set. Ladies we need to talk about cluster eyelash extensions… Please enjoy, I hope this will put an end to the “cheap eyelash extension” craze and educate our future students and fans on the delicate and expensive art of true individual eyelash extension application.īE VERY AFRAID OF CLUSTER EYELASH EXTENSIONS We have come across an amazing article that has been brilliantly put together by our wonderful colleagues and friends from one of London’s top Lash Bars “The Lash Edit”, Moka & Sarah. Our marketing department set out to put some sense into this nonsensical misconception. The answers we continue receiving led us to believe there is a huge misconception that is being marketed by the “less expensive” lash artists. Before each training begins, our instructors always try to familiarize themselves with each student by engaging in conversations about their previous experiences with eyelash extensions, being on the customer end of the spectrum of course.
Our trainers are always faced with the challenge of breaking the bad news to unsuspecting students. This topic comes up on every single training event.
Individual Lash Extensions vs Clusters – Why All The Confusion?
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