Eyelash Extensions Gone Wrong :(

It really, really hurt. Usually this is not supposed to happen. Removing of old extensions are supposed to be rather swift and painless. 

She was dabbing some solution on my eyelid and it almost felt like it was riddled with chilli. 

Honestly, I should have known better from there… Shouldn’t I? Bah.

• She practically glued my eyes shut!

I swear, one of the scariest shit that has happened to me. 

I literally could not open my eyes at all!! *sobs* And to top it off – the glue burned even more than the last solution. 

Oh, God. Thank you that I’m still alive. 

The one that removed my old extensions felt like it was riddled with chilli. This one felt like it was chilli itself!! 

My eyes started tearing up very badly and I told her that it hurt. Then she told me, “Oh, it is normal. My product can last longer than most!” No shit. With that kind of sting, I would expect the extensions to even stick on a mermaid in water for a good year even.

After a while, the burning sort of stopped. However when she asked me to open my eyes, I couldn’t!! Then we realised that the glue had leaked to my bottom lid – gluing my lids shut. 

She could not use the removal solution; or it will go onto my eyeballs straight. So she used water on a cotton bud and started dabbing away – while assuring me it is completely normal. 

Oh, please! I do my homework, okay? I know it isn’t!! *rolls eyes* 

• Her extension lashes were of such bad quality, I could feel it poking on my eyelid

With good quality extension lashes – it should almost feel like feathers brushing or nothing at all. In fact, the only sort of poking whatsoever should only be from the tools the beauticians use. (Ideally, the tools shouldn’t poke at all either…) 

The lashes were so hard that I could feel her jabbing them onto me. Like, ouch! 

• After the extensions were done, she kept on hard-selling me her eyelash extensions package

Okay, this isn’t directly related to the extensions itself – but it pissed me off so bad. 

From there, I was so utterly pissed. 

Basically – she did a shit job. I know my stuff – this is shit work. And I personally felt I was already being very polite to her, as I wanted to believe that she did her best nonetheless.

However to tell me to give you all my cash and hard-sell to me like that? 

Like on reflex, my face turned pissed. 

And I almost literally shoved her aside so that I could exit. Pissed. 

• When I checked, the glue turned white!!

Not supposed to happen! The glue is supposed to be transparent or black. 

White? Something is wrong. 

• My eyes were itchy, watery and red the entire day! Even blinking was hard.

Whilst Lily and I were having lunch, she looked at me with concerned eyes and told me my eyes were really red. The entire day while shopping and even our taxi ride home, Lil told me I better get it checked. 

And while blinking, my lids felt like they had a hard-lining on them. Super uncomfortable. The lashes were even softly jabbing the bottom of my eyes. 😦

However I thought, maybe it would get better after I remove my contacts – and after a good night of rest.

• Hardly slept at all…

It was so difficult sleeping. My eyes got increasingly irritated. And I couldn’t close my eyes for long, as I could feel the glue melting into my eyeballs. 

Then – keeping my eyes open for long was also difficult. 

Urgh. 

So through the night, I was looking for places that I might be able to get an SOS appointment to remove the lashes. 

I was endlessly grateful when a place a friend recommended had a slot open! So I rushed down for the earliest appointment I could get – it was torturous having them on every second. 

When I went to the other place, the beauticians there looked at me with sympathetic eyes. Like I was some lost puppy out in the rain… And inside I was all dramatic, “Omg!! Yes! I suffered!! *sobs!!* HELP!! HUG ME!! *bawls!!*” 

But of course on the outside, I was all, “Yea. It really hurts… Can I get them removed, please?” 

For the first time ever, it took a good 30-40 minutes just to remove the extensions!! I could feel the beautician applying the remover multiple times. And if I might add – they didn’t hurt! 

Only one layer stung very slightly – because she said there was a lump of stubborn glue that would not come off. 

After she was done and I opened my eyes again… I went, “Oh wow! Thank you so much!” 

And I was happily blinking my lids away! 

I love this lady! ❤ ❤ She knows what is good for me. Plus. she charged me the usual removal rate – despite the amount of work she had to do. ❤ ❤ 

I was so happy with her, I made an appointment to go back to her a while later. A date we both agreed that my eyes will be all find & dandy again. 🙂 

So after that, I went straight back to bed to rest. My eyes look a lot better already!

It was actually worse than the picture below…