Treatments
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Lash and brow
enhancements
Never before have the eye and brow area seemed more in focus than now, in this era of COVID-19 facial masks, where only the top third of the face is visible. Professional Beauty looks at some professional treatments geared to enhancing this part of the face. Lashes Although lash extensions have been around for many years, they have moved from underground experimentation, through highpriced celebrity craze, to a mainstream beauty treatment that has grown in popularity, at a rate of about 20% per year. So says Sonette van Rensburg
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of The Eyelash Emporium. She continues: “Since the first use of individual eyelash extensions in the early 2000’s, the treatment and products have been continually evolving, with many more variations available, in semi-permanent lash extension applications, and most recently, lash lift treatments. The possibilities of what you can achieve nowadays with lash treatments in terms of creating different looks, styles and effects, are endless. “Improved and more advanced products and training have helped minimise many of the problems that occurred in earlier years with the application of lash extensions, and is now being accepted as a far more safe and sustainable treatment. Lash extensions shouldn’t damage your lashes, especially when a properly trained and skilled lash technician is applying them and the best quality professional products are used.”
Van Rensburg notes that it all began with the traditional Classic individual lash-on-lash semipermanent extension. “Applying individual lashes one at a time onto the natural lashes is the foundation of lashing and a technique that offers a gorgeous flutter of natural looking lashes. Semi-permanent lashes are available in different curls, lengths and thicknesses and can be created to look as natural as your own, or as dramatic as you want. “A newer technique, which is much more difficult to master and quite an art, is the Russian Volume xD lashes. This is a big-impact technique that piles on the volume without stressing the natural lashes, allowing greater creative options by mastering fans for one single lash, providing a really wow jaw-dropping look. It is perfect for clients with naturally sparse or thin lashes that are not suitable for the Classic individual treatment.
