Lamination or eyelash extensions: which is better to choose and why?

Which is better to choose - lamination or building? This question is often asked by girls who dream of long and thick eyelashes. Our today's material is devoted to a comparison of these two procedures: their features, advantages and disadvantages, selection criteria, a review of reviews.

In order to start the comparison, you should know what are the features of each procedure and whether one alternative is another. Let's start with lamination.

• Eyelashes are laid on a special roller that forms their bend. Then they are treated with a tool, this bend is fixing, after which a composition with keratin is applied to the hairs. With it, the cilia become thicker, the ciliary row is visually thicker. The last stage of lamination is dyeing and treatment of hairs with a nutritious oil-based vitamin composition.
• As you already understood, this procedure is aimed at making natural eyelashes more magnificent and noticeable. That is why it is best suited for those who already have rather thick and long eyelashes by nature. On rare and short hairs, the effect will not be so pronounced.
• Over time, lamination takes about 1.5 hours.

Now let's talk about building.

• The essence of eyelash extension procedure is in lengthening and increasing their volume by gluing artificial hairs to natural ones using a special adhesive. This is the main difference between extensions and lamination, which involves working exclusively with natural eyelashes.
• Using the extension, you can visually change the shape of the eyes, “Lift” the overhanging eyelid, make the look deeper and more expressive. You just need to choose the appropriate effect and the length of the synthetic cilia, as well as determine the volume.
• Extension suitable for almost everyone, however, owners of thin and weakened eyelashes should first strengthen them by drinking a course of vitamins for hair and nails. Nutritious masks from decoctions of medicinal herbs (chamomile, marigold), oils (castor, olive, grape seed, coconut) will not hurt.
• The duration of the procedure is from 2 to 4 hours.

Now let's go through the points and see how one procedure differs from another.

After lamination:

• eyelashes will become thicker, darker and curled up, however, they will remain “their own”, will not seem artificial, puppet;
• you can forget about the carcass for about 1.5-2 months - this is how long the effect of this procedure lasts;
• when the cilia begin to grow, it will not be evident: the laminating composition will gradually wash off, the paint will fade, the curl will straighten, and the ciliary row will even out.

But if a not very good or inexperienced master was chosen, who also worked with not very high-quality materials, something may go wrong. And the effect will be next.

• Eyelashes will become hard and brittle, will begin to fall out.
• Violation of the algorithm of the procedure can lead to the fact that the entire ciliary row will be disrupted, individual hairs will stick out to the sides. This error cannot be eliminated - you have to wait for the growth of new eyelashes.

What can a good build offer us? Let's find out:

• eyelashes will become lush, look - expressive, there will be no need to use decorative mascara;
• regardless of the time of year, day or weather conditions, your eyes will look equally good;
• a well-chosen effect and volume will help you create the desired image, eliminate eye imperfections and emphasize their merits.

Of course, now we are talking about the quality work of a professional lashmaker. An inexperienced master can only ruin everything:

• improperly selected density of artificial eyelashes and improper effect can make the eyes visually smaller;
• due to the use of low-quality materials, the cilia may distort, the integrity of the ciliary row will be violated, which will look ridiculous and cheap.

One of the main questions that clients ask their master-lashmakers is how harmful is this or that procedure? We will clarify this situation for you. Lamination of eyelashes is aimed at restoring their structure and improving their condition. It is practically harmless, however, and it has contraindications:

• identification of an allergic reaction to the ingredients of the products used;
• any eye surgery performed shortly before the procedure;
• the presence of eye diseases, inflammatory processes;
• you should not laminate eyelashes during the period of bearing a child and breastfeeding - this is not a direct contraindication, but it is still advisable to refrain from the procedure.

Now let's talk about who should not grow eyelashes:

• all of the above persons who are prohibited from doing lamination;
• to owners of weakened and thin cilia - they simply can not withstand the weight of artificial hairs and break off or fall out completely.

So what is more harmful? If we talk about quality procedures, then not one of them is capable of harming a person. Do not believe those who say that natural eyelashes begin to fall out because of the extension: they will fall out anyway, because the life of one hair is about 1.5-2 months, which coincides with the period of wear of artificial elements. Eyelashes do not stick on the cannon hairs, and they calmly grow back.

Lamination also does not need to be afraid. In the absence of the above contraindications, it will only make your natural cilia thicker and stronger, strengthen hair follicles and rods.

The cost of laminating in a beauty salon varies from 1,500 to 3,500 rubles. The total amount depends on the brand of materials used, as well as the professionalism of the master. Natural eyelash extensions will cost about 1000 rubles. The larger the volume, the higher the price. It will also be affected by the presence / absence of additional elements: “rays”, rhinestones, feathers, colored hairs. The largest volume - 6D - will cost you 3,000-4,000 rubles.

Care for laminated eyelashes in the first 24 hours after the procedure will be reduced to the following:

• although the hairs will look slightly clumpy and oily, they should not be washed with water or any other means, otherwise you will simply wash off the laminating compound and your money and time will be wasted;
• you should also not sleep with your face buried in a pillow: you can break a bend that has not yet been fully fixed;
• refuse to visit the bathhouse, sauna, solarium, beach, pool.

And how to care for hair extensions? Here everything is a little more complicated:

• as in the previous case, it is forbidden to wet the eyelashes on the first day after the procedure in order to avoid dissolution of the glue;
• for a week, exclude visits to baths, saunas, do not sunbathe on the beach and in the solarium, do not swim in the sea and pool;
• learn to sleep either on the back or on the side, otherwise the synthetic hairs can be deformed;
• stop using the cream for the area around the eyes that contains any oily components in the composition: they dissolve the sticky substance and can cause premature loss of cilia;
• daily in the morning and in the evening comb the hairs with a silicone micro-brush, moving strictly from bottom to top along the curl on their reverse side;
• When washing, use either baby soap or micellar foam;
• use a lint-free towel, do not rub your eyes, but gently blot.

In any case, it is up to you to make the decision - we just listed all the nuances of the procedures and introduced you to the features of laminated and eyelash extensions, indicating the difference between them. When making a choice, ask yourself the following questions.

• What effect do I want to achieve: more naturalistic or more pronounced? In the first case, choose lamination, in the second - building.
• Do I just want to make eyelashes healthybut at the same time I have to use decorative cosmetics (lamination) or am I ready to agree to the use of artificial materials that will not benefit my eyelashes, but will save me from having to paint (build-up)?
• Will I have time and money for a monthly visit to the lashmaker, to go through the procedure for the correction of eyelash extensions, or is it better for me to update the lamination every 2 months?

If you read the reviews of those who have tried and lamination, and building, you can make sure that mainly in favor of the first option are those whose natural cilia are already so good, that is, there is a good length and sufficient density. Their preference is understandable: the hairs after lamination become thicker, darker, a seductive bend appears, plus to everything they become stronger and stronger. Decorative eyelashes are not required.

But ladies who have unprepossessing cilia by nature choose extension, which is quite natural: there is no need to apply mascara, eyelashes look great at any time of the day. With the help of hair extensions, you can beautifully “stretch” your eye, giving it an almond-shaped shape, “raise” the overhanging eyelid, and make your eyes look wider. All visible difficulties of leaving cease to be so after wearing such cilia for at least a couple of months.

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