How to Apply Promade Lashes?

Applying promade lashes involves a blend of precision, artistry, and adherence to proper techniques to ensure beautiful, long-lasting results. Promade lashes, also known as pre-made volume fans, offer a convenient way to achieve a full, voluminous look efficiently, making them a popular choice for lash artists aiming for speed without compromising quality.

Understanding Promade Lashes

Promade lashes are handcrafted volume fans that are already fanned out at the base, ready for immediate application. Unlike classic lash extensions (one extension per natural lash) or handmade volume (where the artist creates the fan during the service), promade fans significantly reduce application time while still delivering the fluffy, full effect of volume lashing.

Essential Tools for Promade Lash Application

Before beginning the application process, ensure you have all the necessary tools sanitized and ready.

Key Tools & Materials

• Promade Lash Trays: Available in various curls (C, CC, D, L, M), lengths, and dimensions (e.g., 3D, 5D, 8D, 10D).
• Lash Adhesive: A professional-grade, fast-drying adhesive suitable for volume lashing.
• Isolation Tweezers: Fine-tipped, precise tweezers used to isolate a single natural lash.
• Application Tweezers: Tweezers with a good grip (e.g., boot, angled, or straight) to pick up and place promade fans.
• Lash Pallet/Tile: To hold and organize promade fans.
• Jade Stone or Adhesive Holder: To dispense adhesive, keeping it cool and fresh.
• Gel Eye Pads or Tape: To secure lower lashes.
• Primer/Bonder: To prepare natural lashes for optimal adhesion.
• Cleanser: To remove oils and residue from natural lashes.
• Nano Mister or Nebulizer: To cure the adhesive at the end of the service.
• Handheld Fan: To help dry lashes after application and misting.
• Mascara Wands & Micro-Brushes: For brushing and applying solutions.

Step-by-Step Promade Lash Application Guide

A successful promade lash application follows a structured approach, prioritizing client comfort, hygiene, and precise technique.

1. Client Consultation & Preparation

• Consultation: Discuss desired style, length, curl, and density. Assess natural lash health.
• Hygiene: Ensure the client's eye area is clean. Remove any makeup or oils using a professional lash cleanser.
• Lower Lash Isolation: Gently apply gel eye pads or medical tape to secure the lower lashes, preventing them from adhering to the upper lashes during the process.

2. Priming Natural Lashes

• Using a micro-brush, apply a small amount of lash primer to the natural lashes. This step helps remove any residual oils and optimizes the lash surface for better adhesive bonding.

3. Adhesive Setup

• Dispense a fresh drop of lash adhesive onto a jade stone or adhesive holder. Replace the drop every 15-20 minutes or as needed, depending on room humidity and adhesive dry time.

4. Lash Mapping & Styling

• Plan your lash design directly on the eye pads or using a lash map sticker. This guides where different lengths and curls will be placed to create the desired look (e.g., cat eye, doll eye, natural).

5. Isolation

• Using your isolation tweezers, carefully separate a single, healthy natural lash. Ensure it is completely isolated from neighboring lashes to prevent "stickies" (multiple natural lashes glued together). This is crucial for natural lash health and comfortable wear.

6. Picking Up & Dipping the Promade Fan

• With your application tweezers, gently pick up a promade fan from its base. Ensure the fan remains intact and perfectly fanned.
• Dip the very base of the promade fan into the adhesive. You need just enough adhesive to create a tiny "foot" or "ball" at the base, typically 1-2mm. Too much adhesive will cause clumping, while too little will result in poor retention.

7. Precise Fan Placement

• Optimal Adhesion: Apply the promade fan to the isolated natural lash. There are several placement methods (top, side, bottom), but a highly effective technique involves applying from the bottom of the natural lash.
• Bottom Placement Technique: As referenced from expert demonstrations, you place the lash from the bottom, organizing it, and then let it go. This method allows for excellent contact and a strong bond, as the fan wraps around the natural lash from underneath, ensuring maximum adhesion points. This specific approach promotes a clean attachment and can help achieve a seamless blend with the natural lash line, particularly beneficial for creating a fuller, dense look.
• Speed: Once contact is made and the fan is properly positioned, gently release your tweezers, allowing the adhesive to cure. Avoid moving the fan once placed.

8. Checking for Stickies

• Throughout the application process, and especially at the end, gently check for any "stickies" by running your isolation tweezers through the lashes. If you find any, carefully separate them.

9. Curing the Adhesive

• Once all lashes are applied, use a nano mister or nebulizer to lightly mist the lashes. This accelerates the curing process of the adhesive, reducing irritation and increasing retention. Follow with a handheld fan to dry thoroughly.

Table: Promade Lash Application Overview

Tips for Success & Retention

• Proper Isolation: This is the most crucial step for healthy lash extensions. Never glue more than one natural lash together.
• Correct Adhesive Amount: Too much can create bulky bases; too little leads to poor retention.
• Environment Control: Maintain optimal temperature and humidity in your lash room for best adhesive performance.
• Client Aftercare: Educate clients on proper aftercare, including gentle cleansing, avoiding oil-based products, and regular fills.
• Practice: Consistent practice of the bottom placement technique, isolation, and fan pick-up will lead to faster and more precise applications.

By mastering these techniques, particularly the effective bottom placement method, lash artists can consistently deliver beautiful, long-lasting promade lash sets for their clients.