I'll admit it, I'm a lash addict. I know there's a whole movement away from falsies at the moment – stick-on and salon ones – but I just prefer my look when I have a bit of definition around my eyes. Being a natural blonde, I have barely-there lashes that only look decent when I apply around four coats of mascara.
But, with flaking, smudging and having to apply it every morning, I prefer something a little more permanent when it comes to lashes. It's for this exact reason that I became hooked on salon eyelash extensions. I had regular infills every 2-3 weeks and spent a minimum of 60 minutes each visit with my eyes shut, with travel time to the salon taking 20 minutes each way.
Plus, factoring in the cost of £50 per infill appointment, the salon visits became a drain on my time and my resources – despite how much I loved the results. Back in January, I decided to make it a New Year's resolution to ditch salon lashes for good to free up some spare time and cash. It sounded so doable but as the last of my individual lashes fell out, I was left with my own barely-there ones that made me feel, well, almost naked.
I gave mascara a good go for a few weeks, but I just missed the constant volume and definition that falsies give. Two weeks into the new year, I first came across 'underlashing' – and now, nearly five months later, I'm a convert. If you haven't heard of it, underlashing is a DIY technique of applying thin lash strips or clusters underneath your upper eyelashes r.
