Speeding up your lash sets

Speeding up your lash sets 

Are you feeling defeated?

Lashing isn't easy. It is an art that is taught and then with a lot of patients it is mastered. Heaps of girls contact me and feel hopeless. They want to throw their tweezers and lashes in the bin and never look back. Many of them invested everything they had into a dream that seems so distant and impossible to reach. At Dear Lash Babe we don't believe in giving up, there is no shame in asking for help.

 

 

Here are some tips on how you can get those tweezers and lashes out of the bin and back onto your lash bed. 

Talking

It's really easy to get carried away in gossiping with your client, but remember to stay professional. Talking is one of our main distractions when lashing. You focus is just not completely were it needs to be. Ask your client what their favourite music is and play it for them whilst you are lashing them. Allow your client to feel that they can vent to you, but try and hold your opinions to yourself and give them a short non judgemental answer back. This will help your client feel comfortable and open, whilst you focus your attention on the direction of the lashes, not the direction of the conversation.

Helpful tip: Play calming relaxing music to set the tone. Promote a collagen lip mask when starting your service. This gives the client time to relax and can even potentially fall asleep. 

Fluffing

I'm guilty as charged here. Fluffing is when you constantly pick up your mascara wand and brush out the clients already lashed lashes to admire your work and see where you have gaps. Now in hind sight, this is more than okay, but what is wasting your precious lash time is the amount of times you brush those silky beauties. To speed up on your sets, try working from eye to eye. For example, I would lash one outer lash and one inner lash on the right eye and then lash one outer lash and one inner lash on the left eye, then return to the right eye and repeat my way to the centre of the eye. This also helps with avoiding any lashes being stuck together and helps you achieve that balanced full set.

Helpful tip: Apply majority of eyelashes and move over to the next eye without brushing through, once you are ready to come back to the previous eye, the adhesive will be dry enough for you to brush through without causing any stickies. When you're brushing through, get the lashes into the position you need them to be and start applying again. There is no need to keep brushing them over and over again. 

Organisation

Organisation is the key to success. At the end of every service, check that you have enough products. You need at least another three days worth of products. Ensure that your lash studio is clean and all you equipment is sterilised and ready for your next client. Take that extra time between clients to make sure your lash bed is clean, equipment is sterilised and your products are reorganised.

Helpful tip: Before you start your day, look through your appointment list and prepare all the materials needed to fulfil those services. At the end of the day, clean up your area and sterilise your equipment. Complete a stock intake so you're never caught off guard without products.
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The Interview

RUSSIAN VOLUME! Because it required me to prioritise perfect symmetry, I really struggled. I took 4 different training sessions to master these techniques and it is still a technique that I highly admire to this day.

Slow down, work on a mannequin until you are confident in your isolation, take models as often as possible and don’t rush this part of your lash journey. It has to be mastered before all else.

I believe hard work and consistency will get you farther than anything else can.

Use more lengths than you think you need. This will create dimension in your sets.

It was my best friend. I applied about 50 .25 diameter classics on her. I didn’t learn a whole lot. I learned what not to do…;) 

Don’t charge until you’re ready. It’s okay to work for free for a period of time, a lot of people are scared to show up for themselves when there’s no reward, but you will be rewarded later. Take as many free models as you can until you can confidently get good coverage and great isolation in a reasonable period of time. That confidence in your skill will make you more comfortable charging. 

They use poor quality products, this will make your job 10x harder than it needs to be. Product is something I wish I would have invested in early on. 

Your customer service. Roll out the red carpet for them. Treat them like your only client, be reliable, be compassionate, listen to them, tailor each set to each individual client and get to know them.

Insurance. A savings account. A business credit card. Start with the basics. 

I started with $0. Living on my own, paying all my own bills. I really set up my business as basically as possible, nothing fancy. I had a website I made myself on Wix, I had no Instagram, I made my own logo, my own LLC, my own marketing materials. I wouldn’t change a thing. I lived below my means for as long as possible and saved every penny I made for all of my big dreams that came to fruition many years later. 

Paid Ads. Don’t think of running ads until you have exhausted every other marketing channel. I have never once paid for an ad to sell my lash services. Classes, yes. Lash services, no. 

Stop worrying about what others are doing. Focus on your own journey. 

Word of mouth, giving people an excellent service and pitching them my INCREDIBLE referral program. You can learn more about that in the class “Dream Clientele”

I believe confidence is a byproduct of knowing what you’re doing. How can you be confident when you barely have mastered your skills? Keep practicing and lashing everyday and one day…trust me, that confidence will naturally come with time. 

When I was fully booked with exceptionally happy clients. That made me feel good. I was about 3 years in.

Everything is going to be better than you could ever imagine. Just keep your head up, don’t get discouraged. 

Prove them wrong ;)

Block anyone or anything that negatively impacts you or others. If I see drama, if I see someone bullying someone else, if I see something that actively makes me feel worse about myself, I block it. You can curate your own algorithm and consume more of what YOU want. And be careful not to scroll too long. Just post, interact with your community, build a community of your own and block anything that ruins your day.

Everyone that’s ever bullied me in this industry has had to watch me achieve everything I’ve ever dreamed of and more. You can’t let the naysayers win. You have to remember YOUR mission, and it’s not to shrink to please everyone. It’s to create beauty and magic in the world. And not everyone is going to cheer you on and that’s okay.

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Grit. Pushing through and looking for solutions instead of throwing in the towel. 

Do you. Take a deep breath and know that lashing isn’t a race, it’s a marathon and everything incredible in this world took time. You are growing and growing can be painful. Just give yourself time and grace and love. 

The industry is always evolving and there is a place for you. 

Quality in everything they do. Customer Care. Customised sets. An unforgettable client experience.

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