How to Choose the Best Lashes for Extensions

Lashes are a lash artist’s main working material. Their quality shapes how easily you build fans, how they set on the natural lashes, how they look in the finished set, and how comfortable they are for the client to wear.

In this article we’ll break down which lash specs matter when you’re choosing, how curls, thicknesses, and lengths differ, and what to look for when you buy.

The lash base

Lash thickness

Lash length

Lash curls

The market now has a huge range of curls, and we’ve seen names like A, I, J, B, C, CC, C+, D, D+, L, L+, LJ, LD, M, and the list probably isn’t complete. But the truth is, the same curl can just go by different names at different brands. At their core, all curls come down to 8 types:

Colored lashes

Beyond classic black, the main secondary color in lash extensions is dark brown, which is perfect for fair-haired, fair-skinned clients. And by mixing black and brown in one set, you can get some really interesting effects your clients will love, setting you apart from the competition.

Colored lashes can be used in all kinds of combinations with black to build different effects: a makeup or ombre effect, a highlighted look, or just a few colored accents to bring out the client’s eye color.

Ombre lashes (two-tone lashes) are made from a special fiber that’s black at the base and colored at the tip. The color selection is limited, unfortunately, but you can get the exact same effect by mixing black and colored lashes yourself.