Lash Extensions vs Lash Lift: which one should I choose?

 

1.    Definition & Safety

What is eyelash extension?

Eyelash extension is to use professional eyelash adhesives to attach false eyelashes to real lashes; lash technician will choose the proper thickness and curls according to different eye shapes and eyelash conditions.

What is the risk of eyelash extension?

There’s a risk of allergies when using lash adhesives, but compared with other cosmetics, the contact is between real lashes and fake lashes, no contact with skins at all, under professional operation it’s very safe.

What is lash lift?

Lash lift is similar to hair perm, it’s to use chemicals and tools to create a natural curl and lift to your lashes, so we can also call lash lift as lash perm.

What is the risk of lash lift?

The adhesives and chemicals used in lash lift are designed safe contact with skin, but there’s still a risk of allergy for sensitive skins, also there’re more and more courses teaching us to do lash lift at home, improper operation will also harm your eyes.

2.   Applicable people

What’s the target audience for eyelash extensions?

Actually as long as you choose the correct eyelash technician, they’ll design a suitable shape for you, but there’re still some cases that not suitable for eyelash extensions as below:

1)      People who just finished an eyelash lift.

2)      People who just finished an eye surgery.

3)     3)People with eye disease.

4)     4) People with sensitive eyes.

 

What’s the target audience for eyelash extensions?

Compared with eyelash extensions, lash lift is more demanding than eyelash extensions.

Professionally speaking, lash lift is best for girls who have straight eyelashes of a certain length. The length of eyelash would be too long if do eyelash extensions, but lash lift is better.  We can take lash lift as a supplement of eyelash extensions.

3.   Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. Eyelash extensions and lash lift are both to make you look better.

2. Both of them only need low-maintenance upkeep.

3. Both of them can save your makeup time.

Cons:

1.       Both of them have the risks of allergy.

2.      Both of them need to spend time and money.

3.      You cannot hold either eyelash extensions or lash lift forever.

4.  Cost and time

	How much does it cost?	How long does it take?	How long can you expect it last?
Eyelash Extension	$100 - $350	90-120 minutes	4-8 weeks
Lash lift	$50-$200	30-45 minutes	8-12 weeks

 

 

 

5.   Eyelash extension or lash lift?

After all the above statement, you now have a brief knowledge of both eyelash extension and lash lift. So how do you choose from the two, here’re some suggestions:

1.       Seek for professional advice. There’re many salons provides both lash extension service and lash lift service, you can talk with some technicians and find a best solution according to your own eye shapes and eyelash conditions.

2.      If both are applicable for you, you can consider your time and budget and then decide. Lash lift will last longer and cost less, but it may not bring you very big change compared with eyelash extensions. Eyelash extension takes longer time, more expensive and cost more but every time you do eyelash extensions it will give you a quite different feeling.

3.      Please choose either eyelash extensions or lash lift, do not choose both in a same period, it’ll damage your lashes.

 

Some related link for your reference:

https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-a-Lash-lift-cost-Is-this-safe-How-long-does-this-last

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