My Experience with Eyelash Extensions | HarleyJade

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Quite a while back I entered a competition on Facebook to win a set of eyelash extensions, and to my surprise, I won. On the 22nd of February I got them put on, and it is now the 2nd of March (so just over one week in) and I thought I'd share my initial thoughts. 

Application:

So the first step was to tape my bottom eyelashes down with what seemed to be masking tape. This didn't hurt, it just feels abnormal but after a while you can't tell. She then did her magic, and after an hour it was complete. The images above show what the finished product looked like. I was in love. I chose to have the longest set, so you don't have to go this dramatic if you don't want. She removed the masking tape from my lower eyelashes (which made my eyes water) and let me look at them. 

One Week Later:

OK, so its been a week and to be honest, I don't seem to have lost many at all. I was told that they would last up to a month so hopefully I will still have these for a while. My left eye is still looking perfect. I am overall very happy!

Two weeks later:
So at this point I decided to take them off, the reason being that my natural eyelashes had grown fair bit and the weight of the extensions felt as if they were pulling them down and it got uncomfortable. Most of the lashes were still on and I can definitely see them lasting another 2 weeks, I just didn't like to feeling  (my natural lashes are pretty long and do grow pretty quickly).
To take them off I was told to soak them in oil/ an oil based makeup remover. Seen as I was at my boyfriends and I didn't have my make-up remover handy, I used regular old cooking oil. The process of taking them off was long,and left my eyes really sore. It also looks as though half of my lashes are missing, and the other half have snapped. However this could be because I am used to seeing my eyes with falsies and that I haven't seen my natural lashes without mascara for sometime.
I know you can also go get them professionally removed, so in my opinion, get them professionally removed!

Overall:

So, in all honesty these are amazing if you have an event or a holiday but on a regular basis, I personally think £40 is a lot to pay once a month. I don't like that you cant rub them with oil, so removing eye make-up is kinda hard, particularly eye-liner. I also find if i rub them in the shower they shed slightly, which is annoying for me as I always get shampoo in my eyes and need to rub them. However if you have the cash to splash, then go ahead and try them. I did love them,but the removal was painful and lengthy. I think i'd rather stay with regular falsies from now on!
If there are any other beauty treatments you want me to try and review leave a comment and let me know!