Love from, Florence Grace

A few months ago, I got my first ever eyelash extensions from my talented best friend Abby! I loved them, the experience was better than I had expected and nowhere near as nerve wracking as I had thought it would be and I fell in love with my natural looking, long lashes.  With my 21st birthday coming up, I wanted long lashes again, but this time more glamorous! My other best friend Poppy had got some really lovely long lashes from Abby and I wanted something similar! Abs decided to treat me to some Russian lashes for my birthday. This meant instead of having one lash extension attached to each of my natural eyelashes, there'd be three attached to one (I think that's right...) which creates a bolder, more dramatic eyelash look.  I was a little nervous in case I didn't like them or they didn't suit me but Abby was completely professional, told me she knew what she was doing and that they'd look "fit as mate" and made me close my eyes so she c...

Today I did something very exciting...I got my first set of eyelash extensions! It's really bizarre because I had been contemplating getting them and then all of a sudden my best pal Abby was like "hey, I've done a course in eyelash extensions and need some people to practice on for free, you up for it?"- so of course I was like yes !  I was a little nervous as I've heard mixed reviews about eyelash extensions. Some people said that they were great, some people said they ended up damaging the natural lashes- overall though, it was obvious that it just depended on where you got the lashes done and whether you looked after them correctly.  I was also nervous because Abby had told me it would take two hours  to do and that most people end up falling asleep- something I definitely didn't want to do! What would I do without my phone for two hours? What if I needed a wee? What if my eyelids got glued together? Of course, I had no need to worry. Ab...