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Lets Get Personal in 2025!
Personalised Lashes For Your Lash Clients in 2025…
Lets style & embrace each lash client!
Lets make each lash client feel empowered, confident & unique!
Lets go ahead & explore new lash styles & lash extensions in 2025…
Revamp, consider new possibilities, and use the new year to express your creativity as a lash technician!
“Leave Your Competition Standing”
As a professional lash artist, there are a few things we need to consider:
- Clients eye shape
- Length & condition of your client’s natural lashes
- Thickness & curl of lash extensions
- Choosing the right style for the client’s eye shapes
- Managing the client’s expectations
We recommend:
- To create a great set of eyelash extensions we recommend mixing lash curls & lash extension lengths
- Try using the lash mapping technique
- Using a lash mapping lash style helps create symmetry
- Makes lashing so much quicker
Remember “Our eyes are sisters, not twins!”
There are a variety of lash techniques that are very popular & trending right now…
- W & YY Lashes – these lashes are perfect for clients with fine, sparse lashes that can only take a light-weight volume lash
- Volume Lashes – using either Pre-made Volume Fans, Handmade Russian Fans, YY & W Lashes
- Pre-made Volume Fans are perfect to use to create volume lashes quicker than making your handmade Russian fans
- Pre-made Volume Fans are heat-bonded, super-fine base, easy to apply & come in a variety of curls & lash thicknesses: 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D, 8D, 10D
- Using a Pre-made fan works out less expensive than using hand-made fans due to the reduction in treatment time!
- Hybrid Lashes – This lash technique is where you would mix classic eyelash extensions & pre-made volume fans or hand-made Russian fans & create your lash map to include both lash styles to achieve a textured, volume lash look! (See Image Below)
- Classic Eyelash Extensions – This lash technique is where you apply 1 x eyelash extension onto each natural lash – there is a huge variety of eyelash extensions in various styles, lengths, curls & thicknesses
A quick look at some of the most popular Lash Map Styles…
Cat Fox/Eye – This is such a popular lash style super glamorous.
We recommend using longer lashes on the outer edge of the eyes, tapering out to a cat eye flick. We would recommend using 7-8mm on the inner eye graduating the lash lengths 9,10,11 midway, then using 12,13 on the outer eye area & then dropping back down to 12mm to finish.
Squirrel Eye – This is quite similar to the Cat/Fox eye.
Starting with shorter lengths as the Cat/Fox eye, graduating to medium lash lengths mid-way, then using longer lash lengths 3/4 way along the lash line reducing the lash lengths back to medium lash lengths. As per the diagram above. We would recommend using 8,9,10,11,12,13,11,12, and 11,10 lash lengths.
Round Eye/Natural – This is quite a common lash style & eye shape.
Using longer lashes in the middle of the eye gives the appearance of lash length & opens the eyes more. Not all clients will want a dramatic set of lashes, they quite often like a natural lash look, resulting in longer fuller natural lashes.
For the inner eye, we recommend starting with lash lengths 7 – 8mm – graduating on to 9,10,11 – then back to 10-9-8 lash lengths, to follow the natural lash length line.
Doll/Cute Eye – This is a lovely lash style to use as it graduates quite quickly onto medium & longer length lash giving a wide-eyed very youthful pretty doll-like lash look. We would recommend using medium-length lashes on the inner eye graduating onto longer then back to medium then shorter lash lengths – 10,11,12 – 13,12,11 – 10-9mm lash lengths.
Choosing the correct lash style for your client…
This is essential & can be quite challenging when you are a newbie lash technician – It is ok to say NO & advise your client on what you would suggest/recommend as a lash professional, ask any lash technician & I’m sure they will tell you they have all made mistakes & been too frightened to stand up to their clients, resulting in a set of lashes that the client or lash tech has not been happy with!
With influencers, bloggers & social media platforms sharing the most amazing images of the perfect lashes, it can be so hard to stand up for yourself as a lash technician & say NO to clients, as none of us like turning business away!
Lash mapping & why we recommend using this tool…
As lash artists, we know there are so many lash styles out there.
Due to socials clients often ask us for lash styles we are unfamiliar with!
Eyelash Extensions come in a huge variety of lengths, thicknesses & curls.
From 7mm length up to 16mm plus!
It can be so challenging when you are choosing the perfect lash style for your client…
In managing your client’s expectations, you will need to be honest & use your professional opinion to encourage the client with your recommendations of lash lengths, curls & thicknesses.
The client’s natural lash length will help you decide on the length of lashes to use depending on what lash technique you are using i.e. Classic, Russian, Pre-made Volume Fans, Cashmere flat Lashes, YY or W lashes.
Teaming these lash extensions with our Lash Adhesives/Lash Glues & other lash products will create lash longevity & your clients will love their long-lasting fabulous lashes rebook with you & hopefully recommend you to their friends & family.
Eye Lash Adhesives/Lash Glues We recommend – Master Lash – Fast Lash – Extreme Lash
Primers, lash bonders & lash removers – Magic Primer – Magic Dry – Lash off – Creme Lash Remover – Foaming Lash & Brow Wash.
Lash Tweezers – Deep Angeled V – Deep Curved.
We recommend using an ultra-fine point Sharpie Marker pen to map on your under-eye gel pad as the ink does not run and works really well on all types of under-eye gel pads!
It doesn’t matter how long you have been a lash technician, lash mapping is a great way to offer your clients a personal set of lashes!
Lash mapping helps you know exactly what size, curl & thickness lash extensions you are going to apply!