I'm a little disappointed/irritated today. I went in for a lash perm and I usually go for the perm/curl versus the lift because it looks nicer to me. At first when I looked at my lashes I was impressed because it looked nice, but then I found out the Mimi left the ends of my lashes off the rod so it didn't fully curl, and she was like oh it's more like a lift, but not really because it curls. And I was kind of thinking ok, but I wanted the curl. I couldn't tell until I got into the car that they actually do look like a lift...a more J type curl instead of the C curl I wanted. And I specifically said that's why I want the curl. To me, the "lift" style is nice and it does make the lash look longer, but to me, I can do that with my eyelash curler. I have a super hard time actually making my lashes curl nicely, could be because they're longer and super straight (think Asian stick straight eyelashes/hair). Now I'm irritated because I did this for a wedding I'm in this coming weekend and didn't want to fuss with falsies, but now I'm contemplating rinsing my face (to not keep the perm) so that I just start over. I don't really even have time this week to get this redone which is even more upsetting.
I guess I'm irritated with the fact that I wasn't consulted in this deviation in the process. What made it worse was that I wasn't having a great day to begin with and was looking forward to this.
It's almost like this person was telling me I don't know what I want and she knows me better than me! I'm also upset at myself because I didn't realize this in the studio, when we were done. It's not like I able to hold the microscopic mirror myself to look at them. This is why I DIY a lot of beauty things, I just can't trust professionals.
Sorry if this seems like I'm overreacting, but I am really upset that this is the first time happening to me when I've gotten perms here a few times already, and I have the wedding coming up.
UPDATE 6/24/2019: After they saw my review, I had a slight text exchange with the receptionist and then later last night I got a cal from Nikki who offered to fix my lashes herself. I felt so relieved that she understood (or at least seemed to) my frustration. I'm updating my review to 4 stars because really this shouldn't have happened, but I'm very happy they were able to resolve it. I swear that in addition to not getting what I wanted, I'm pretty sure Mimi left all the glue from the rod (that wasn't fully utilized) on my eyelid for me to peel off. I left another picture to show that.
Also, I wanted to shed some light on why this upset me so much. Almost any other beauty service, you can more or less catch the provider doing something wrong mid way, whether it's correctable at that point is up in the air, but when you get your lashes done, you can't see what's happening and you end up placing a lot of trust in your provider, and when they don't go along with the original plan and it affects how you feel about your looks, it can make someone feel really emotional upset. I wanted to justify my earlier rant. read more