Summer guide · Beach & pool
Summer guide · Beach & pool
The studio is in Yanchep, where summer means the lagoon, so this one is worth answering properly. The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that the water is rarely what does the damage.
Lash adhesive cures over about 24 hours. Until it has, water, steam and sweat weaken the bond, and a bond that cured badly stays weak for the life of the set.
So the one hard rule is the first day: no swimming, no long steamy shower, no sauna and no hard training session. After that, extensions are made to get wet. Showers, pools and the ocean are all fine.
Sea water does not dissolve cured adhesive. What it does is dry on your lashes. Salt crystals sit at the base of each extension, hold grit there and make the bond more brittle, and that is before you rub your eyes because they sting.
The fix is simple. Rinse your lashes with fresh water when you get out. The beach shower or a water bottle is enough. Then cleanse properly that evening.
An occasional swim in a pool does very little. Regular lap swimming is a different matter, because chlorinated water several times a week shortens retention. If you swim laps, expect to be on two week refills rather than three.
Goggles matter more than the water. Small racing goggles press the cup straight onto your lashes and bend them. A mask-style pair with a larger socket sits on the bone around the eye and leaves the extensions alone.
If a set does not survive a beach holiday, it is nearly always the sunscreen and not the sea. Most sunscreens are oil-based, oil breaks down lash adhesive, and it migrates into the lash line as you sweat.
You do not have to choose between your skin and your lashes. Use an oil-free sunscreen on your face, put it on with a fingertip and stop short of the lash line, and let sunglasses and a hat do the work right around the eyes. The same goes for after-sun and any oily makeup remover that evening.
Rinse with fresh water as soon as you are out.
Pat, do not rub. Press a towel gently around the eyes. Dragging a towel across wet lashes pulls extensions sideways.
Cleanse that night with a lash-safe foaming cleanser and a soft brush, to lift salt, chlorine and sunscreen from the lash line.
Brush once dry. A clean spoolie through dry lashes puts everything back in line.
Book the full set or refill two or three days before you leave, not the morning you fly. That covers the 24 hour cure and leaves time to fix anything that is not sitting right.
Expect to need a refill when you get back. A week of sun, salt and sunscreen is harder on a set than a week at a desk, which is completely fine. That is what they are for.
Questions
Wait at least 24 hours so the adhesive can cure fully. If you can leave it 48 hours, better still.
No. Salt water does not dissolve cured adhesive. Dried salt left at the lash line is what causes trouble, so rinse with fresh water after a swim and cleanse that evening.
Yes. Choose a mask-style pair with a larger socket that sits on the bone around the eye. Small racing goggles press on the lashes and bend them.
Yes, after the first 24 hours. Avoid pointing a strong shower jet straight at your face, and pat your lashes dry afterwards.
After the first 24 hours, occasionally. Heat and steam soften adhesive, so regular sauna use shortens how long a set lasts.
Not over extensions. Waterproof mascara is close to impossible to remove without oil or rubbing, and both take the extensions off with it.
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