I got a recommendation from a friend so came here for the first time to get lash extensions. To be honest, I regret going completely off a recommendation and should've looked more closely at the photos, so that's kind of on me.
Previously, I had gone to a place in NYC to get my lashes done where it looked very natural and they really took into account my desired look/photos I showed them, and were much more thorough, asking me to choose 4 lengths, letting me know which ones were most popular, if I wanted mink lashes, and just overall providing me more guidance in how to achieve my desired look. However, I don't think Star Lash Bar really listened to what I wanted or asked me much about what I wanted. From the beginning, I really emphasized that I wanted something natural and cat eye (so the lilac I believe). They never asked me what kind of lashes I wanted (whether that would be mink or something else) or even let me pick specific lengths - she just asked me if I wanted short, medium, or long which now I realize was strange to ask since how am I supposed to know what is considered "long" or "medium" if I don't know the specific lengths especially since I'm not someone who gets their eyelashes done regularly? I also showed her a photo of what I wanted and said how I wanted lashes that were like more spread out, not too clumped together so it would appear more natural. But, when she finished and I looked in the mirror I was disappointed since the lashes looked SO THICK and SO LONG. I understand that perhaps this is some people's preferences when getting their lashes done but this is not at all what I wanted or ever indicated I wanted. Additionally, I thought normally lash places were supposed to taper the length, so as you get closer to the inner corner of your eye the length gets shorter but no, the length throughout my entire eye was the exact same making it look even more dramatic and fake. I don't really understand why this would happen though, because if it's cat eye isn't the point that the lashes at the end of your eye are supposed to be a longer length than the rest? I ended up going home and cutting a LOT of it off so now it looks a bit better. The individual eyelashes themselves too just look really fake, and looking at another review that said they actually aren't true individual lash extensions but a fan/cluster, makes SO MUCH sense now and I'm disappointed that I wasn't informed about this beforehand. Looking at a lot of the photos afterwards on yelp, there are a fair amount of people who got the same style lashes that are very thick and clumpy, but some people who were able to get the very natural eyelash look I wanted so maybe I was supposed to request a specific person.
Also, in the photos to reference, this was a photo of the natural eyelash extensions I got from my previous place, which isn't clumpy at all and almost looks like my actual eyelashes, compared to what I got at Star Lash Bar (which is technically not an accurate photo since this is after I cut off a lot of it). It's clear that what I got from Star Lash Bar doesn't look BAD but just not what I wanted - maybe I have high standards but this is how I felt. Overall, I attribute my low rating to my lashes looking unnatural and overly thick as well as to my lash technician's low attention to detail in asking me what I wanted and listening to what I wanted. So, if you are like me and are going for more of a natural looking eyelash extension (and don't want to look like you are wearing thick fake lashes), I would either not recommend coming here or do more research into the which lash technicians are good for that specifically. read more