Lash styles
Angel lashes
Angel lashes are a light, textured extension style, usually built with fine, narrow groupings to create separated tips and an airy finish.
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B curl lashes
B curl is a soft rounded profile, generally more curved than J and less pronounced than C within the same range.
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Brow lamination
Brow lamination uses a professional chemical process to make existing eyebrow hairs easier to reposition and style in an agreed direction.
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Brow mapping
Brow mapping plans the intended start, arch, tail and outline of the eyebrows before shaping, colouring or tattooing.
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Brow tint
A brow tint colours existing eyebrow hairs to increase visible definition without adding hairs or implanting pigment.
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Brow waxing
Brow waxing removes selected unwanted hairs around the eyebrow to refine its outline and surrounding space.
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Curl profiles
C curl lashes
C curl is a rounded extension profile with noticeable curvature and less turn-back than D in the same product range.
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Cat-eye lashes
Cat-eye lashes use an extension map that places emphasis towards the outer part of the eye to create an elongated silhouette.
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CC curl lashes
CC curl generally indicates more pronounced roundness than C, often positioned between C and D in one supplier range.
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Classic lashes
Classic lash extensions use one extension fibre attached to one isolated natural eyelash: the one-to-one, or 1:1, method.
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D curl lashes
D curl is a strongly rounded profile with a more pronounced upward and backward turn than C in the same range.
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DD / U curl lashes
DD and U label very strongly rounded profiles; some suppliers use them as equivalents and others distinguish them.
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Doll-eye lashes
Doll-eye lashes emphasise the central area of the eye, usually with shorter mapped sections towards the inner and outer corners.
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Treatment definitions
Eyelash extensions
Eyelash extensions are individual fibres or suitable fans professionally attached to isolated natural lashes to change visible length, curl or fullness.
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Fibres & fans
Flat lashes
Flat lashes have a flattened or shaped cross-section rather than the round profile of a conventional extension fibre.
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Fibres & fans
Handmade lash fans
Handmade fans are groupings of extension fibres formed by a person rather than supplied as a machine-formed unit.
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Hybrid brow stain
Hybrid brow stain is a dye treatment designed to colour brow hair and temporarily stain the skin beneath it.
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Hybrid lashes
Hybrid lashes combine classic single-fibre extensions and volume fans within the same set.
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Curl profiles
I curl lashes
I curl is an almost straight extension profile with very little visible turn-up at the tip.
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J curl lashes
J curl has a relatively straight lower section and a small upward curve towards the tip.
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Treatment definitions
Korean lash lift
Korean lash lift describes a professional natural-lash lifting approach using particular positioning and processing techniques; exact systems differ.
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L curl lashes
L curl has a relatively straight lower attachment section followed by a more distinct upward bend.
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L+ curl lashes
L+ generally describes a straight-base profile with a more pronounced or rounded upper lift than that supplier's L curl.
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Lash adhesive
Professional lash adhesive forms the bond between an extension or fan and an isolated natural lash; many products use cyanoacrylate chemistry.
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Lash curl types
Lash curl is an extension fibre's profile: its lower attachment section, bend position and the direction of its tip.
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Lash diameter
Lash diameter is the stated thickness of an extension fibre, usually in millimetres; it is a separate measurement from length.
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Lash fans
A volume lash fan is a grouping of fine extension fibres joined at a base and attached to one isolated natural lash.
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Lash infills
A lash infill is a maintenance appointment that refreshes a suitable existing extension set as the natural lashes grow and shed.
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Lash isolation
Lash isolation separates one natural eyelash from its neighbours so that an extension or suitable fan can attach to that lash individually.
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Lash layers
Lash layers are the different rows and positions of natural eyelashes considered when planning extension length, direction and coverage.
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Lash length
Lash length is the stated size of an extension fibre, usually in millimetres; visible projection also depends on curl and placement.
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Lash lift
A lash lift reshapes the position and curve of existing natural eyelashes instead of attaching additional extension fibres.
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Lash mapping
Lash mapping plans the placement of lengths, curls and styling emphasis across the lash line to create an agreed extension shape.
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Lash materials
Lash material is the substance forming a fibre; terms such as silk or faux mink can describe different finishes of synthetic products.
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Lash retention
Lash retention describes how well extension attachments remain bonded; natural growth and shedding also change a set's visible fullness.
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Lash shedding
Lash shedding is the natural loss of an eyelash as its individual growth cycle renews; an attached extension can leave with it.
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Lash tint
A lash tint colours existing natural eyelashes to make their colour and tips more visible without attaching extension fibres.
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LC curl lashes
LC combines a relatively straight lower section with an upper curve described as C-like within its product range.
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LD curl lashes
LD combines a relatively straight base with a strongly rounded, D-like upper portion in ranges using this label.
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Curl profiles
M curl lashes
M curl is a speciality profile with a relatively straight lower section flowing into a pronounced lifted upper shape.
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Mega-volume lashes
Mega-volume is a dense extension approach using very fine fibres in fuller fans, with suitability considered for each natural lash.
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Treatment definitions
Ombré brows
Ombré brows use graduated shading, commonly softer at the front and more defined through the body and tail of a cosmetic-tattooed brow.
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Appointments & care
Patch test
A patch test is a product-sensitivity check performed before treatment according to the relevant product and professional instructions.
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Permanent makeup
Permanent makeup is cosmetic tattooing: placing pigment within the skin to create a lasting makeup-like appearance.
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PMU pigment
PMU pigment is a professionally formulated colour product used in permanent makeup to deposit colour within the skin.
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Powder brows
Powder brows describe a shaded cosmetic-tattoo effect resembling brow powder rather than individual drawn hair strokes.
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Premade & promade fans
Premade and promade describe fans formed before client attachment; the terminology and manufacturing method vary by supplier.
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Lash styles
Russian volume lashes
Russian volume attaches a fan of fine extension fibres to one isolated natural lash to create a fuller appearance.
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Curl profiles
V curl lashes
V is a speciality supplier label for a sharply lifted directional profile, whose exact shape must be checked within the product range.
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Lash styles
Wispy lashes
Wispy lashes have a deliberately varied top line with selected longer-looking peaks above a shorter background of extensions.
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