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.