As we get older our natural lashes will thin and get a lot weaker. With this in mind, imagine having stunning, thick and wide awake looking eyes to show off at any age!

This is something you can do if you have some eye lash extensions applied to your lashes.

But why are eyelash extensions so popular?

If you’ve heard about eyelash extensions, you may be wondering what they are made of?

Also, how are they applied and do they hurt?

This article has been written to help you with those questions and to give you a little bit more knowledge about the fast growing beauty procedure that is becoming more of a favourite among the new stars and celebrities out there in the limelight today.

So, what are they made of?

Have you thought about how stunning the eyes of some celebrities look?

Do you wonder how they get their lashes to look so amazing?

Well, no doubt they would have a stylist applying their make up and adding some eyelash extensions for them.

But this is now a look that anybody can have thanks to salons and beauticians offering this beauty treatment across the world.

Eyelash extensions really open up the eye and add a certain wow factor to any face.

If you are lucky enough to be blessed with lovely long eyelashes already, then there is probably no need for you to have extensions but women who have shorter ones can immediately have a full set of lashes to be proud of in a matter of hours.

But what are the benefits of having them applied?

This article will list just four of the benefits to help you understand the basics.

Weightless. The lashes do not weigh anything really and will not cause any damage to your natural lashes when applied to them. There is no pulling and will not cause your own lashes to fall out.

Quick application. The whole process of applying the extensions should not take any longer than 2 hours and is not painful.

Colours. There is a colour to suit all and as they come in differing sizes you can achieve various looks to suit the occasion.

Wow look. The extensions will make your eyes stand out and give you fuller and thicker looking lashes and there is no need to add mascara.

Eyelash extensions are a fantastic way of having fuller and thicker looking eyelashes but there is another form of lash extensions that can be carried out which is quicker and takes less maintenance upkeep.

It’s called LVL lashes. It stands for length, volume and lift.

It’s basically a lash lift treatment similar to lash perming and is especially good for people who have very straight lashes or for people who have to curl their lashes constantly to keep them curled up.

This is definitely the way forward for those lucky ones that have strong and thick eyelashes already as it’s very cost effective and takes less time than eyelash extensions.

There is no need for extra false lashes to be applied and the whole treatment should only take around 45 minutes from start to finish and they can last up to six to eight weeks. This time scale will obviously depend on the strength and quality of your natural eye lashes.

Most people who have this treatment done do not need to wear mascara for the whole time that the lashes stay curled.

They are applied by using a gel formulation that smells a bit like hair perm solution and it’s a very simple procedure which is not painful and very relaxing. All you have to do is lay there and wait for your beautiful curled eyelashes.

There is no falling out of lashes and it’s perfectly safe to use on your natural lashes.

So if you want your lashes to give you that wide awake look as soon as you get up in the morning, why not go for some LVL lashes?