I went to Lori at Rumors to have my eyelash extensions filled in. NOT SUPER IMPRESSED!!! My sis in law in Utah originally did them for me in Utah a few weeks ago and did an exquisite job! They looked like I grew them, but are gorgeous! They are the individual faux mink lashes that are adhered one at a time to each single lash. She gave me specific instructions on how to care for them, and what to do/use to extend the life of them. She also told me to make sure I got a good tech to do the fills and to make sure they have photos to show their work.
I called several places and decided to go with Lori, because she seemed to know exactly what I needed and was knowledgeable about the process and has been doing it for 3 years. I was told by one of the staff members either the person I initially talked to or her that she could show me photos of work on other lashes she had done (to show the quality of her work). I made the appointment based on the knowledge I felt she had and that she could show her work.
I was stupid to not go in and view her work BEFORE my appointment. I got there on my appointment day and asked to see photos of her work. She said she didn't have any. I told her, that when I made the appointment I was told she had photos. She said. "Well, I don't know who told you that". ummm, Ok. It was kinda awkward at that point, as I had already been walked into the room downstairs where she does it. I should have left, but I figured, I'd try her because it was either here or 45 mins somewhere else and the cost was reasonable to me.
THIS WAS MY RESULT: She had to pry my eyes open because she got the adhesive on my lower lashes. When I opened my eyes they were burning and watering from the excess amount of adhesive. Yeah, I know the adhesive has fumes. This was just too much adhesive! I had big black clumps of adhesive stuck to my eyelids, that were also adhered to the lashes, so to not have black rocks stuck in my eyelids I had to pry the adhesive ball, lash and all out with tweezers. Also, she adhered one of the lashes too far up, so it was poking onto my lid. There were also lashes adhered in different directions so they didn't lay nice and some were poking out in odd directions.
My first experience with getting lashes was not at all like this! There was no burning, or clumps, and they were adhered right at my lash line, and layed beautifully. There was nothing even touching my eyelid, which there shouldn't be! I know what quality looked like the first time and this wasn't it. Too bad. I'm not wanting to be rude, but trusting someone with glue near your eyes is a big deal! This is a very precise thing that they do, and when its good, its very good, and when its not, well you don't want to end up looking like there's been something super obvious and overdone on your face or get burning glue in your eyes. You want to look natural, like your eyes are beautiful, but people can't quite put their finger on it, because they can't even tell, it just looks that awesome. Again, this was not that awesome. read more