During lockdown, many people turned to box hair dyes and DIY gel nail kits while trips to the salon were off the cards, and many people have decided to carry on with their home beauty treatments, after realising how much money they can save.
However, one beautician is warning against the treatment she reckons we should absolutely never do at home, and that is using eyelash curlers.
Ipek Ozcan, who runs IPS Salon in London, took to TikTok to share a clip of one of her client's lashes, which had been visibly damaged. The lashes looked as though they had been cut off or snapped in half.
"So today while I was cleansing my client's lashes, I noticed so many natural lashes that looked like they'd been cut, they looked blunt," she explained.
"Do you know why they look this way? It's because she uses eyelash curlers! We do not recommend anyone to use eyelash curlers on natural lashes."
Ipek went on to explain that while the eyelash curlers are a "quick fix" for getting a lash lift, they're also extremely damaging and "literally cut your natural lashes."
In a comment, the lash technician recommend using a heated lash curler, which is like a brush rather than clamping down on the lash and causing any damage.
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Unsurprisingly, many of Ipek's thousands of followers were left horrified, after years of using curlers believing they were actually good for natural lashes.
"I already thought my lashes were getting shorter, now this makes so much sense," one TikTok user commented, while another added: "Oh s***, I'm guna have to pretend I didn't see this..."
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