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  • I feel bad for you! As a skin care professional its sad to see when stuff like this happens. And on the prices, It really does matter where you are located. I'm from a town of 7,000 in Central IL and $65-$80 is average. Anything over that and you'll have people laughing at the ridiculousness of the price.

  • Goes to show ladies dont take cheap alternatives!!!!! If you want something done right be willing to invest money 65 is very cheap considering some places charge 300 or 350. Do your research always always

  • Wow! Thats is bad! i got mine done for the first time yesterday and i love Them!!! they dont look anything like that. sorry to hear you had such a bad experience.

  • Horrendous - I do professional eyelash extensions (Malaga Spain) and I would not have the nerve to allow someone to leave looking like that. I would have cried - let alone you!!. However, as someone else commented - $65 is very cheap - so I would say you get what you pay for (but luckily you didnt pay). Next time consider that in the UK they pay anywhere from £60-£175 and here in Spain I charge Euros 60.00 because I have only been doing them for a few months! But dont give up!

  • Wow... That looks horrible. I am 17 and I do my own eyelashes and mine look better. So sorry that happened

  • o my goodness! no ur right it does not look natural! she did horrible! i would be pissed!

  • So this was her 10 years of experience?

  • bad job

  • well what do you really expect for $65?

    we do eyelash extensions at my salon, but they'll run you $250-$350

  • Well the only advice I can give you is to trim them way down to size to fit in with the others at least. I'm soo sorry that happened to you but at least it was free I guess!

  • ew, thats a boch job..ugly as hell. luckily you didn't pay for it. but your eyes look pretty without any lashes on anyways =))

  • Good thing u didnt pay 4 them and ITS NOT NORMAL, i feel so srry for u!!! And you cant just pluck them off its not normal!!!!!!!! i feel so sorry for you

    Love

    Msllibrejaeger

  • That is not normal at all. I have been wanting to get eyelash extensions and I got my second set yesterday. My eyelashes are beautiful, they look natural. That person who did you eyelash extensions should not be allow to do eyelash extensions. I can't imagine she has 10 year experience. TERRIBLE!!! Don't go back to her.

  • that is not normal by any means. good gracious. I was so disgusted and horrified watching this. Im sorry you had to experience that!

  • omg that's terrible I'm a student right now and our students at school do way better jobs than that!!!

  • Yes I agree with you. I do Professional Lash Extensions, but You Get What You Pay FOr $65 is a joke to pay for quality work.

  • @ocjc right? we do them at my salon, but the girl charges $250-$400, when i heard she paid $65 I actually burst out laughing

  • I am glad you did not pay for this.  That lady needs to retake the certification course as well as practice a lot more. I am sorry you had a horrible experience. If you were in the DC area (USA) I would be more than happy to do your lash extensions for you, professionally.

  • wow what a ripp off she shouldnt do any of this horrible job

  • omg !! really baddddd !! Im a Eyelash Tech an.......OMG !! i would never ever let a client out of my salon looking like that ..... there to sparce, to long for the natural lash she was to heavy handed with the glue, there all sized wrong in all the wrong places and there to far apart !!! and no eye pad wtf ... she said 10 years shyes been doing lashes ... eh i doubt it very much !!

  • no way.. not suppose to look like that

  • wow my daughter has her eye lashes done and no way do they look like that thank you for your video

  • Oh no thats not normal good thing u didnt pay for that

  • those look Perfect! you should have paid her

  • @inyubasha2 Not even funny.

  • You poor girl!! I have never had them done and after watching your video, I NEVER will....

    To be honest I think you should " NAME AND SHAME " that salon....They never did you any favours.. The so called beautician should re-train or find out what or where her true calling is, for it's certainly not in a salon!!!! Kat. Ireland

  • thats shocking

    

  • omgggggggggggggg, that is really really bad, I am glad she at least did not make you pay

    for it, i am a hair stylist and make up artist, i do false lashes not permanent but this was ridiculous, what kind of hair was it, it did not look right, I am so sorry =(...veronica

  • Those r so bad! I have mine done but they r soooo much fuller and dont look fake at all.. just real thick

  • OMG, that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO terrible! I have had mine done at a salon twice now and each time, they look as full as if I am wearing strip lashes. The lashes I get are very thick looking, strong and keep their curve, not crooked or bizarre at all. The "lashes" you got look as if they are pieces of black thread or something! I am sorry you had such a horrible experience. That salon should be reported and shut down! 

  • I have had eyelash extensions done and the ones you had were really bad. That person should not be doing them.

  • So sorry you had a bad experience, you're absolutely right they look horrible, i just had mine done this morning and they came out exactly like some of the demonstrations I've seen. This is so not a professional job, i hope you've had better luck since!

  • why are you teary ~.~ making me teary

  • I feel your pain... I got mine done this morning. I hate them :( They sound just like yours. Spikey, Spidery and Lumpy. Bits of glue all over the place and glue droplets on the tips! Just horrible. Making an appointment tomorrow morning to have them removed :(

  • wow thats bad! my girl does them so perfectly every time, thick, curved, long and every lash gets done, mine dont even look like that after 6 weeks! I would say Dianna does them even better than in the pics on the internet, she is fantastic, and is on the gold coast.

  • completely not how its suppose to be.. tell her what your telling us.. then go to someone who knows what there doing. btw- cheap price brings cheap service.. .

  • its not so bad, i've done much worse

  • No absolutely not normal, at all

  • Wtffffff

  • She DID a HORRIBLE job. I'm so sorry you had to go through that experience, but now that you are a professional too at least you definately know what not to do. And btw I would have posted who I went to to warn people not to get them done by her. When the glue touches the skin that an absolute no no. it will swell your eyes up. plus by her using the type of glue on you with no protective pads under your eyes she could have seriously glued your eyes together orworse rip the bottom lashes out.

  • go get your money back! thats a really bad job

    

  • i'm shocked :O

  • OMG yours sound just like mine i just got them done for $90 and i cant even SEE them! when i look real close they're all crooked AND she glued my eyes shut and tugged them open with tweezers. some of the lashes are glued onto my tightline! ahhhh so devastated

  • Hi, I had my lashes done by one the licensed tech in xtremecanada. I was very impressed. I also ended up taking an online course and I have to admit that my first volunteer client was almost excellent. I am also from Canada and I'm very scared to go to those nail/salons for an eyelash.

    My goal is to practice on many clients before charging or maybe attend Xtreme lashes when I'm on maternity leave.

  • Hey you posted this on my birthday for one thing but other than that I am a licensed esthetician inthe state of Hawaii for two years now. I've been training to apply extensions from a good friend that is actually certified from NovaLash. I have watched her apply lashes everyweek and after a month I had finally got the chance to practice on an actual client.

    All I have to say is OMG!!! that woman claims she did it for 10 years? my first application was cleaner, fuller and straighter than that!!!

  • l am disgusted... opening my new salon in melbourne yarraville.. Lash Art Gallery.

    It's true you get what you pay for!! If you come to melbourne l will do them for you half price after seeing that lol....Poor thing!

  • Very bad work!!!!

  • Aww love, you have my luck. I went to get mine done and they gave me free eyebrow tint (like a black crayon across my forehead/unibrow) then told me they had no eyelashes left LOL

  • I think you get what you pay for. in the States we pay $300 to $400.00 US dollars for lash extensions and they truely look real.

  • this is very bad ! really bad not a professional thats for sure !

  • Tisk,Tisk ,Tisk.....

  • OMG that is horrible!!! impossible she's been trained to do that. it normally looks amazing and lasts for a long time. so sorry to see that :(

  • just saw the up close!!! I would cry...so sorry!

  • so sorry!!! I do lashes and what you are explaining is absolutely horrible!!! So mortified! :(

  • That is terrible!!!

  • I'm sorry I actually laughed because it looked horrible. You sure didn't exaggerate in your description! Thanks for sharing your bad experience with us though.

  • WTF IS THAT :S that's a horrible eyelash job, good thing you didn't have to pay :/

  • That is a horrible eyelash job!!! I have been getting my eyelash extensions done for almost a year now and mine look incredibly natural and full. Yikes!

  • i just got my eyelashes done and they look nothing like that , you got a really bad jod done . mine lookded really full and natural . and they don't come off unless you go to a professional to get them taken off .!!!!!!! she obveously hadn't done it before :/ !!

  • Not normal at all! she was obviously not trained!

  • Bless your heart! that is horrible! i see more of your lashes than the false one... they came off way too easy... are u kidding me? $65 for that mess! her salon should b shut down for rippin people off!

  • What the heck? :--O I can't believe that this person who put those has done eyelash extensions for 10 years! Im speechless, that was absolutely a horrific job.

  • Doesnt look normal to me.....sorry you got a bad job :(

  • Good Golly! you are right...that is not a good job at all. Glad you didn't have to pay for those.

    No offense, but they look like bent cat whiskers. ;-) I hope you can get them done at another salon who will give you some quality lashes.

  • omg I can't believe she thought that was acceptable! Really bad looking.

  • Indeed, this has nothing to do with an eyelash extension... I'm a professional, and I can say this is absolutly not normal ! :(

  • THAT IS HORRIBLE! You went somewhere to get that done?! I do my own eyelash extensions and I've NEVER had any results anywhere close to that! Not even the first time I did it. Of course you are in the right! What an awful person she must be,to pretend like you were being difficult! I use flairs, but still I've used singles before, and that looks horrible. I'm so sorry!

  • OMG that is so badly done! Defo go somewhere very professional&do more research LOL i can't believe how bad they are...

  • Ive had the same experience when i first got my lashes done here in melbourne australia at just lashes in docklands... it was horrible and the girl was extremely rude when i told her i wasnt satisfied with the way they turned out... that is not how they are suppose to look like!! try other places.. ask around for a good place word of mouth goes along way :) they can look really good if done correctly!!! I am happy with mine now my private hair dresser does them for only $60, r

  • it cost about 200 us dollars and up for real eyelash extensions but should last a long time 2 months with proper maintenance.when I go I am there for at least 2 hours ..i

  • the woman may just be ignorant .eyelash extensions if done right take alot of skill and time .the technician should always use protective eye pad the glue is dangerous if mis handled .but the glue is expensive and it sounds like they came off easy so she used the drugstore adhesive for individual lashes

  • it sounds like you got individual false eyelashes ...it cost about 200 us dollars for real eyelash extensions ! ..yours look like poor quality ... eyelash extensions are applied with medical grade adhesive which will not come off til you take it off with eyelash adhesive remover .most time eyelash extensions should be curled to match the curve of your natural lash .many women are confused about false eyelash individuals and eyelash extensions

  • wowowowow!!! i do lashes!! that is not normal!! Iget them done tooo and they don't look that bad on the worth week! bad. so sorry. happy you didn't have to pay... she did not know what she was doing!!

    I paid money and went to school !!

  • :o...........................

    

  • GOD hec no complain about her!

  • omg that is disgusting. 

  • OMG!!! I cant believe this. it is really shocking work! I am a beauty tech and salon owner and this is really bad and highlights the need for full training. That most of us spend many hours doing and paying a lot out for. people who do this type of work need to be reported to the trading standers authority. so sorry you had to experience this. thank you for sharing with us .

  • Holy Smoke! Stevie Wonder could have done a better job! Seriously

  • looks like u didn't go to a trained aesthetician - the lady that does mine is great but she is properly trained & worth paying 4 - £60 for a full upper set but they last me a month with proper care

  • :O <<<< that face says it all

  • YOU SHOULD BE UPSET

  • Horrible! Not normal, doesnt take much training really!!

  • OMG YOU POOR THING!!

    I have always been led to believe that Eyelash Extensions where to be one extension lash to every natural lash or so.

    Whoever did that to you needs to stop performing that mess on people and go back to school to learn properly.

    :/

  • no it is not normal!! I am so so sorry that you had horrible experience.. I will be very upset as well!! I recently got mine done and I absolutely love it.. and I have a video too..I hope you can get better experience later!!!

  • Holy crap!! i am an esthetician and a lash specialist for years and even my students when I was an instructor and taught the class did better!!! Wow im terribly sorry honey..definately need to see an experienced lash tech if having work done so closely to your eye! Good luck:)

  • Looks horrible, my dear. You need to go to a specialist in the field. I know how you feel. My eyelashes are like yours and it is very difficult to make them longer and fuller with mascara. I was thinking of extensions too.

  • WOW. that is really really really horrible. I think you would even look better without lashes, by without lashes i mean if you had absolutely no lashes at all! that is how bad the extensions are. sorry you had to go through with that

  • OMG!!!! I am an Eyelash Extensionist from the US and I have never seen any done that poorly. I am so sorry for your experience. But NO....nothing that you described is normal as far as lash extensions go.

  • OMFG THATS AWFUL SUE SUE SUE SUE

  • wow, WHAT! omggg

  • Omg Im so glad u didnt have to pay for that! That woman did a horrid job!

  • Omg honey ! I feel so bad! But atleast you learned re experience. Now you know to go some where PROFESSIONAL !! Best of luck !

  • You're right.. this is not normal..

    sorry fr your bad experience!!

  • I agree with you... they do look like spider legs!!!! this is a bad job!!

  • they did horible

  • i think u just had bad luck you should of asked her for before n afters of the work she has done

  • She definitely did a bad job. Even if she's been doing eyelash extensions for "ten" years (and i don't believe that either) doing something the wrong way 1500 times doesn't make it any less wrong than the first time. It looks like she once read an instruction pamphlet on eyelash extensions and considered herself ready for business.

  • I can relate... Just had mine done also. They look as bad as yours.

    I paid $100.00 was told she normally charges $180.(took only 1 hr to do) I should have done my research b-4 not after. Lesson learned.

    Exteme lash professional is the only way I will go in the future.

  • ohhhh my god yes thats HORRIBLE........

  • I used to work with a girl who had fake eye lash extensions. i didnt have the heart to tell her they made her look like fat spider legs sticking out of her eyes. she got medium length and they looked very fake and as if they were six inches long. im sure they would have looked better in small. but whatevs. its hard to find a good place i guess! she paid $25 for it and believe me they made her look very cheap. tacky even

  • Well first of all, 60-65$ is extremely cheap. So no way that the person add professional training, good products and insurence! Second, I suggest that you ask to see the person's diploma next time or ask where they got there training.

    Like any beauty service; always ask yourself questions when the prices are very low compared to good reputation spa's. A full set usually takes 3h to intall. Also always ask what are there sanitisation process is before starting any service.

  • oh goodness. I'm in beauty school and we could do better than that.

  • wow, i think she was trying out her work for the first time! she just didnt tell you, this is horrible. NOT NORMAL!

  • As one who does eyelash extensions ... you got a REALLY bad job!!!!

  • You did not get a true set of eyelash extensions. A properly applied set costs about $200 dollars. The application is comfortable, they extensions look natural and you do not feel that you have them on.

  • omg terrible!!!

    you are gorgeous though and dont even need them=]

  • hi there i am a trained therapist in marvalash and i am afraid to say but they are the worst lashes i have ever seen and i train students in this course and they are so much better than thi i am stunned and would like to say sorry to you as a trained therapist these are the people that gives us a bad name and reputation the whole process was wrong down to the padding of the eye shocked is my only thing i can say michele from Scotland

  • I just had my done yesterday and I had a bad experience too! Mine look like spider legs, as well. She put a bunch of individual lashes on one lash and they started clumping together and looked like a eyelash-dreadlocks. It is so hard to take them off. Overall, I have the same problem as you except it's the opposite. :( Should I call the salon and get a refund? Ugh, so angry.

  • I just got mine done yesterday...:( it is worst, so painful..my eyes are all red since yesterday until now, idk what to do. Im too scared that it will damage my eyes :(( really hurt, i feel like sand in all over my eyes

  • omg this sucks! dude you should get your money back!!!

  • WOW that exactly what happend to me here in New Zealand and the girl even glued thenm to my eye lid????? um it not meant to touch your skin!! i paid 110nzd

  • oh, and i feel bad for u that this happened...but glad that she didn't charge for that. even if she would, u should complain, the customer should leave happy/ satisfied.

  • hi dear, i'd just like to say that the lady who did those extention wasn't trained enough, neither has the beauty vision. i'm a make up artist and i do lash extention as well, and that's not how the result should be. my advice is, try to see how proffesional the one who will instal the lashes by the " investigation" done before the procedure, such as: what is ur expectations? how would u like ur lashes to look like? taking in consideration the sape of the eye and personality as well.

  • WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

  • omg sorry they look so bad! I get mine done every 2 -3 weeks, and mine are so beautiful! sorry that happened to you.

  • that's horrible LOL

  • I am an eyelash technician and this is not how they should be, a pad or tape should always be used to seperate the bottom lashes. the woman who did these should not be allowed near anyones eyes. They are horrendous!!!!!!

  • oh wow!!! I would have not payed!!! She did a really horrible job!!! :/

  • omg you poor thing!

  • OMG! you poor thing, I just had mine done today and I love them, I couldn't even tell that you had yours done until you zoomed up on them, wow what a horrible job she did, they are not suppose to look like that nothing even close, do you know if she was certified? I can't see how. I would like to send you a pitcure of mine but not sure how to do that. I don't blame you for being pissed,.

  • Yes, I do agree with you, your eyelashes looked way more natural before, and you showed the after, and it all looked very fake. It was a very bad application, looks like some of them were squeezed too hard with the tweezers and it seemed crimped. She should have put a piece of tape on your bottom lashes to keep your top lashes from sticking and causing that problem, I'll bet it hurt though!

  • It is unfortunate that you had such a horrible experience, however, some times you get what you pay for. Your lashes were done from a very inexperienced technician; a good application would have been absolutely seamless at the base, straight and clean. Lashes should never stick or clump together even weeks after. If it does, again it is a poor application. My recommendation, find a technician that has done over 150 applications. I do own my own lash lounge.Hope that helps and good luck to you!

  • You should show her boss this and get a refund or get her fired. That is not a good job at all.

  • looks like she should have spent another 3 or 4 hours on your lashes I would have taken her to court

  • omg baddd

  • dont ever go back there...

  • Omg I am a lash artist this is not how they should be, looks like a 5 year old applied them

  • OMG you can count how many she put on... awful

    

  • Omg. Well recently like a week ago I paid nearly $100 for eye lash extensions ..beforehand they were actually long like they were nice, long thick just straight. (but i had them permed for the extension) I got them put in ..they were nice. HOWEVER a week later, the lashes started falling off and revealed my actual lashes. The person who put my lashes in actually cut my natural lashes ...to "blend" them in. So at this precise moment, my lower lashes are longer than my upper lashes. Fml.

  • @Justina0211 ouch... feel sorry for you

  • OMMGGGG HORRIBLE!!!!! lucky for you , you didn't have to pay!

  • hahahahahah, i feel so sorry for you !!!

    b4 you zoomed in, i thought maybe ur expectation was so high, so it let you down.

    but when i saw your after look, i was shocked!!!

    that's the most horrible job i have ever seen, not even better than someone is going to do a refill!! this is definately not acceptable...

    go to find someone better, it's so difficult to find a person who can do eyelash extention like this!!haha

  • Must have been a bad job. Mine look good.

  • I do my own eyelashes and it seems she obviously just bought cheap quality eyelashes with rubbish glue as well and I'm pretty sure she doesn't actually know how to apply them either

  • I would punch her in the face. No lashes are ever supposed to look like that! I'd really have her fired.... She's been Doing for 10 years?.. Bitch please she should be an expect by now and she is only in expert at being horrible. Omg it looks like somebody took scissors to ur lashes and cut then

  • Omg, I would not have paid. You should let ppl know who did that awful job!

  • holey shit! thats horrible she shouldent do those anymore !!

  • sooo not normal !!

  • Omg!!!! You poor thing!!! I'm glad you didn't have to pay! :(

  • You have a right to be upset! they are 100% NOT what eyelash extensions should look like. I'm sooo sorry. Get them done again from a different salon!

  • hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahhahahahahahahah!!! XD

  • upi are totally RIGHT to be that upset. what you expected them to do is what they SHOULD do. single lash to single lash. im SO sorry you went through this :(

  • OMG!! That is so horrible. I'm a cosmetology student and I did my first set recently and they looked awesome compared to these. That lady should be ashamed!

  • That is horrible :(

    

  • Aw that sucks

  • Oh no! I'm sorry about your bad experience! No they are not normal and that person should be taken to 1) the health department 2) local ombudsman & 3) possibly the department of fair trading.

    Its easy for some corrupt people to steal photos off the internet, so its best to see results from a client of a better referred technician.

    No! Your lashes shouldn't be able to be just plucked out like you just showed.

    Can i suggest contacting the local Beauty College for a referral..

    Good Luck =)

  • omg no its not. i hope u got your money back.

  • OMG 

  • damn gurl those sux.. look up my lashes on my facebook.. JOanne Beazley.. I do extentions.. and mine are HOT! lol.. good luck. they are worth it when you find the right technision.. good luck

  • You poor thing. I just had some done, and at a place where I'd actually gotten a recommendation, and I hate them. I had to go back less than 48 hours later as I had obvious bald spots, and now (6 days later) they're starting to hurt because it's become apparent they she glued two of my lashes to one of the extensions. Shame on these people for doing this! And I paid $100 for mine, in Geelong (near Melbourne).

  • Yikes :(

  • omg! theyre terrible..a totally unprofessional job!ive had mine done a few times and have been thrilled with the results.x

  • You not had done professionally!Your eyelashes fall out every 4 to 6 weeks,so

    is necessary doing refill maintenance every two weeks or early,is depend how is your body health!What looks your eyelashes in video is terrible this look after maybe about 2 to 4 weeks without maintenance,so you just show how looks not looking after them.Eyelashes extension is fabulous and very nice, and if is done professionally and is done good advise how looking after them will looks very nice.

  • Oh My. I'm so sorry and I'm not laughing. Nothing is funny about what happened to you. I sympathize with you because my first eyelash extension was with someone who had no idea what she was doing and I had to go to the person I see now to get it fixed. You are right. The glue & lashes don't go on your skin and the way she applied them was unhygienic and could prove damaging to your eye and lashes. I have Xtreme Lashes. I won't go with anything else at this stage.

  • holly shit. make sure they show you the certified paper. i might get mines done but shes getting alot of my friends and there amazing. dont go cheap. the ladys charging me 150 but alot of my friends know her. they fall out with your eye lashes.

  • LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • I know it was last year but i was just looking video about eyelashes ans i must say this place where you went did an horrible job .. it shouldn t be like this... check my site and you can look what i did and see the difference eyelashesextensions.fr .... sorry for your bad experience

  • Oh my!! This is the worst I've ever seen! Just have learned applying lashes myself and never have I made a mess like that.. Lashes shouldn´t look like that after the procedure.

  • Wow. HOPE you're okay now.

  • Oh wow this is horrid

  • LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    

  • You poor thing. ur experience TOTALLY reminded me of my first time. I met this girl through a friend of mine & she assured me she did TONS of extensions before & knew what she was doing, plus she was going to save me money so i decided to let her do my first trtmntt. Not only were my lashes botched, my eyes got infected as she got the surgical glue IN MY EYE!!! it was blood shot red for an ENTIRE week. It wasn't until I found Sharon, my current last specialist & she corrected them. GOOD LUCK!

  • Wow. U got. Scamed. Sue her ass.

  • you poor thing!!!!!! i do eyelash extensions myself and i am shook that this is done by a professional(i guess she's not in this case). you can try to google graft-a-lash, you should be able to locate some Brisbane Salon that provide quality treatments! Good luck! x

    PS/ if u come to Perth, you are more welcome to come see me

  • I have got extensions before.... I can say that one eye should have about 50,60 eyelashes so about 120 together.... u have on each eye about 10,15 (should be 50,60) omg....this is not normal...

  • That is not normal :( I'm so sorry you had to go through that. What a horrible job they did to you!!!

  • omg,

    talk to a lawyer and press charges!!

    thats the only way to stop crapy places with extreme prices and horrible job!

  • at first i thought u may have been overreactiong cause from a distance cant tell much....but as u did the close up definitely not normal and looks unprofessional. U should really mention the place name on ur video to avoid others from undergoing the same nightmare....u really pretty btw......

  • Omg thats aweful! No thats not normal, im sad to hear bout that what they've done to u :((

  • those are the ugliest lashes i've ever seen. poor you :(

  • i wud said fuck you, pay ME

  • OMG... I am so sorry that you have experienced such a bad job. I am an individual eyelash extention technician but I have never ever seen something like that. I am so sorry to see that there are so many crappy people doing something like that. Just a suggestion-ask them photos before you go it usually helps.