Why would you leave the house without brushing your eyelashes when you wouldn’t leave without brushing your hair? Eyelash extensions are the same as human hair on the head. Brushing plays an important role in maintaining the eyelash extension pattern and improving the ability to maintain the eyelash extension. It also helps with eyelash and eye health, something many eyelash extension enthusiasts tend to overlook.
This blog will tell you everything you need to know about brushing your eyelashes for healthy extensions, including the correct method and precautions to take.
Reasons why you should brush your eyelashes
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Prevent tangling of eyelashes
Eyelash extensions are basically longer than one’s eyelashes, so it’s easy to get confused. Also, as time passes after receiving eyelash extensions, eyelashes with different growth cycles grow at different speeds and fall out.
If you leave your lashes unattended at this time, they can get tangled and ruin the lash design. To prevent this, it’s a good idea to carry a brush with you and comb your tangled lashes neatly.
If you don’t brush regularly, makeup residue easily collects. These accumulated residues facilitate the reproduction of bacteria and there is a high risk of eye diseases.
To keep your eyelashes and eyes healthy, you should always wash your eyelashes and hair roots thoroughly with shampoo and an eyelash brush to prevent build-up.
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Improves retention of eyelash extensions
It’s just as important to keep your eyelash extensions for a long time if you’re spending your hard-earned money to make them look good. Brushing plays a much more important role in making them last longer.
If the lashes are tangled or clumped, the design is easier to damage and the damaged lash design reduces the retention of the extension. Additionally, if you are uncomfortable with your eyelash extensions, you may unconsciously touch them frequently with your hands, which can affect the adhesion of the lashes and therefore reduce retention. So if you want to increase the hold of your eyelash extensions, then brushing your eyelashes is a must.
The most frequently asked questions about brushing eyelash extensions
After getting your eyelash extensions done, you may be wondering how to properly care for them. Brushing is one of the steps you can take to maintain your eyelashes. So we tried to answer all your questions in this blog!
When can I start brushing my eyelash extensions?
Frequent brushing during or immediately after eyelash extension application is not recommended.
As shown in the chart below, the adhesive initially undergoes rapid setting and takes approximately 12 to 24 hours to fully cure depending on the amount of adhesive. Therefore, frequent lashing while not fully healed may be a factor that reduces the retention of eyelash extensions.
Brushing your lashes daily will help keep your eyelash extensions in good shape and prevent them from splitting. It only takes a few seconds to brush. This will help them stay in place and look neat.
Especially after showering or washing your face, your eyelashes get messy, so be sure to brush them gently.
How often should you brush your eyelashes?
It’s hard to say how often you should brush your eyelashes. If possible, it’s best to carry a brush and comb it whenever the extensions are messy. If this is too cumbersome and you can’t afford it, you should at least brush your face morning and night.
How to brush eyelash extensions after showering?
Now let’s see how to lather your eyelash extensions after showering. If you dab the towel on your eyes, you may pull on the delicate eyelash extensions. It is recommended to dab the area above and below your eyes.
Gently brush your lashes down from the top and up with a lash wand to keep them a little fluffier.
Should you brush your eyelash extensions when they are wet?
Don’t wait for your lashes to dry when curled. Brush them well and let them dry. This is because if the false eyelashes dry out while they are still curled, the curling of the false eyelashes becomes worse and the hold of the eyelash extension decreases.
Can you wear makeup after eyelash extensions?
If you comb your eyelash extensions after applying makeup, it helps to remove any remaining makeup residue from them. If you use a coating sealant after makeup, it will give your eyelashes a neat and tidy look and at the same time, you can fix your eyelashes and extensions firmly, improving the hold of your eyelashes.
After its application coating sealantbrush with a clean mascara brush to prevent eyelashes from clumping together (Especially volume extension).
How to brush your eyelash extensions in 3 simple steps?
If you follow these 3 simple steps, you can easily make your eyelashes last longer.
- Use a clean brush or wand to avoid transferring bacteria to the eyes.
- When brushing your lashes, brush evenly from base to tip with eyes closed.
- With your eyes open, brush your lashes again, organizing the pattern from the base to the end.
Eyelash styling tools
- Comb brush: This eyelash comb has metal teeth with enough space between them to help lift and separate lashes, remove excess mascara and prevent them from falling out.
- Mascara Brush: These are perfect for eyelash extensions. BL Crystal Mascara Brush it is very stylish, light and easy to carry.
- Disposable mascara wand: Disposable eyelash brushes are a salon essential and a handy addition to your clients’ makeup bags.
- Silicone Mascara Brush: It is similar to the mascara brush with the only difference being the fiber of the brush. Silicone rods they are made of silicone so you can wash and use it cleanly.
Once you start brushing your lashes, you’ll see the difference for yourself.
Keep your beautiful lashes long and healthy with simple brushing.