how to sleep with eyelash extensions
How to Sleep with Eyelash Extensions
This is a straight guide to how to sleep with eyelash extensions at Lash by Nat in Burleigh Heads. Use the contents list to jump to one topic at a time. Each heading is only about that one thing.
Nat works from 39 Sky Royal Terrace. This is written for stomach sleepers. If you already know you want aftercare, skip to booking. If you are still deciding, stay on the first heading until it makes sense, then move on.
Read it like a conversation in the chair. Lashes, related services, and how this studio actually runs.
Sleep on your back
The kindest sleep is on your back. The lashes are not being crushed into the pillow. A second pillow behind you helps you stay there.
It feels unglamorous. It also keeps the outer corners from bending overnight. That is the whole trick.
On your back, the lashes are not crushed into the pillow. That is the kindest position. A second pillow behind you helps you stay there. It feels unglamorous. It also keeps the outer corners from folding overnight.
Stack a pillow so you cannot roll as easily. It feels silly for two nights. Then it becomes the habit. Stomach sleeping is the hardest. Start the night on your back anyway.
If you are a side sleeper
Side sleepers crush one outer corner. If you always wake on the same cheek, that side will look flatter in the morning.
Switch sides. Use a silk case. Try to start the night on your back even if you do not stay there. Small changes add up over a fortnight.
If you always wake on your side, expect a flatter outer corner on that side. A silk case helps. Switching sides through the night helps more. Start on your back even if you do not stay there. Small changes add up over a fortnight.
The crushed side is always the side you favour. Switch the lamp to the other side of the bed if you have to. People sleep toward the light. Use that.
Silk or satin cases
Silk or satin cuts friction. Cotton grabs fibres and twists them. A silk pillowcase costs less than one full set.
Wash it. A dirty silk case is still a dirty case. Clean fabric is part of aftercare, same as a clean spoolie.
Silk or satin cuts friction. Cotton grabs fibres and twists them. A silk case costs less than one full set and it is the one home buy that actually changes wear. Wash it. A dirty silk case is still a dirty case.
Buy a case you will actually wash. A $12 satin case you use beats a $90 silk one that stays in the drawer. Put it on the pillow the night you get home from the studio.
Sleep masks
A flat sleep mask sitting on the lash line will bend extensions. If you need a mask, pick one that cups the eyes and leaves the lashes free.
Do not tape lashes down. Do not tuck them under the mask edge. If a fibre is poking, that is a studio tidy, not a 1am tape job.
A mask that sits on the lash line will bend fibres. If you need a mask, pick one that cups the eyes and leaves the lashes free. Do not tape lashes down. Do not tuck them under the mask edge so they 'stay pretty'.
If you travel or the street light is bad, a contoured mask is worth it. A cheap flat mask is just another cotton pillow on the lashes. Check it does not rest on the lash line.
Night cream and the roots
Night cream, retinol, and face oils belong on the face, not rubbed into the roots. Oil at the lash line is how a set thins by day six.
Keep a finger's width off the lashes. If you cannot do that, cleanse the line in the morning so last night's cream is not still sitting there.
Night cream and retinol belong on the face, not rubbed into the lash line. Oil at the root is how a set thins by day six. Keep a finger's width off the lashes. If you cannot, cleanse the line in the morning so last night's cream is not still sitting there.
Dot cream on the cheeks and forehead first. Last, carefully, the eye area with a clean finger, stopping short of the roots. If you cannot be that careful, skip the eye cream until the set is off.
Night oils
Oil balms, cleansing oils, and a lot of 'natural' removers dissolve adhesive. If a product feels slick on your fingers, keep it off the lash line.
Face oil can live on the cheeks. It should not get walked up into the roots with a hot cloth. Ask Nat which cleanser she is happy for you to use. A silk case costs less than a full set.
If it slides, foams like a balm, or says oil on the back, it does not belong on the lash line. That includes a lot of natural makeup removers and micellar waters that leave a slick. Face products can live on the cheeks. They should not get walked up into the roots with a hot cloth.
Read the first four ingredients. If you see oil, coconut, or balm, it stays below the cheekbones. Ask Nat for a cleanser name before you buy another bottle. A $18 oil-free foam is cheaper than a full set from $80.
A poking fibre at night
If a fibre is poking you, do not tweeze it. You will take the natural with it. Message Nat or book a tidy.
One poking lash is a five-minute fix in the studio. It is a bald patch if you peel it at home. Wait until morning if it is the middle of the night and it is only annoying, not painful. If the eye is red or gritty, do not wait it out. Get in touch and see a GP.
If a fibre is poking you at 1am, you do not tweeze it. Message Nat in the morning or book a tidy. Picking is how naturals snap. If the eye is red, swollen, or gritty, do not wait it out. Get in touch and see a GP.
One poking lash is a short studio fix. A red, swollen, or weeping eye is a GP visit, then a message to Nat. Do not treat those as the same problem.
What crushed lashes look like
Thinning looks like small gaps, a weaker outer corner, and more skin at the root. The set does not usually vanish overnight unless you picked or used oil.
If you are photographing a wedding or a long weekend, do not wait until you 'look patchy'. Book while it still looks fine. Fine is the refill moment.
Thinning looks like tiny gaps, a softer outer corner, and more skin showing at the root. It does not look like the whole set fell off in one night unless you picked or used oil. Fine is the refill moment. Patchy is late.
Take a photo in the same light each week if you are unsure. The outer corner goes first for most side sleepers. The inner corner goes first if you rub your eyes. The photo tells you which habit to fix.
The first night after a set
Keep extensions dry for the first 24 hours. Not a quick rinse. Not steam. Not a sauna. Not a hot yoga class on the way home. The adhesive is still curing.
After that day you can get them wet and start a proper cleanse. The first day is the one people rush. It is also the one that decides whether week two looks full or patchy.
If you only remember one rule, make it this one. Dry for a full day. The adhesive is still setting. A 'quick rinse' is still water. A steamy bathroom is still steam. Tomorrow you can wash. Tonight you leave them alone.
People lose sets on night one because they 'just washed their face'. Face washing is water. Water is the thing you are avoiding. Brush them if you must. Do not wet them. Do not sit in a steamy bathroom with the shower running.
If something is still poking in the morning
Open Fresha and pick the service closest to aftercare. Add a note about the look you want. Hours are Monday to Saturday 6:00am-8:00pm and Sunday 9:00am-6:00pm. Gift cards sit on the same booking page if you are organising someone else.
Instagram is @lashbynatau if you want to save a photo first. Phone and SMS: 0435 183 897. Confirmation comes by text and email. If you do not see it within two hours, get in touch so the slot is actually held.
If Fresha looks full, SMS 0435 183 897. Sometimes a leftover slot exists that is not obvious in the app. Do not message at 10pm expecting a same-hour visit.
Open Fresha, pick the closest service, and add a note. Hours are Monday to Saturday 6:00am-8:00pm and Sunday 9:00am-6:00pm. Instagram is @lashbynatau if you want a photo first. Phone and SMS: 0435 183 897.
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