How to care for eyelashes at home

Thick and shiny eyelashes not only make the look more expressive, but also make the overall image well-groomed and bright. But the use of cosmetics, changeable weather, harsh cleansers can lead to their weakening and fragility. To prevent this, you need to take care of your eyelashes at home. And the right one. What products are needed for this and what should be done in general - we will tell you.

Why Regular Eyelash Care Is Important

Eyelashes are exposed to stress every day. These include weather factors such as wind, frost or sun, as well as the use of cosmetics and even ordinary friction. Such impact does not pass without a trace. On the contrary, it causes brittleness and loss of eyelashes, loss of pigment. The result, of course, will not please.

It is impossible to completely eliminate negative factors. But you can neutralize their harmful effects and regular home eyelash care will help with this. It will help:

• maintain length and thickness;
• accelerate the growth of new hairs;
• protect from brittleness and drying out;
• prevent inflammation of hair follicles.

It is important to understand that care should be comprehensive. Therefore, you will need special eyelash care products, and a review of your lifestyle and even your own hygiene. However, there is nothing complicated and the task is feasible even for girls who have never encountered it before. 

Basic rules of care at home

How to properly care for eyelashes to preserve their beauty and improve their health? There are several rules:

Daily hygiene

The main rule is to wash your eyes regularly every day. During the day, dust, sweat, and dead skin particles accumulate on your eyelashes. If you don't remove them, they will prevent air and nutrients from reaching the follicles, and in the long run, they can dry out your hairs, make them brittle, and even cause inflammation.

In addition to dust and sweat, daily hygiene helps to get rid of cosmetics that we use for facial skin care and makeup. Mascara, gels, pencils, shadows - all this should not be left on the eyelashes for a day or more. Such products contain aggressive components that can worsen the health of the hairs, plus they weigh them down, which also has a negative effect.

Regular care in the morning and evening with the use of mild detergents and special compounds should become an obligatory part of life. 

Proper nutrition and lifestyle

Bad habits and an unbalanced diet also have a negative effect on the health of eyelashes. Vitamins A, E, B, as well as omega acids and proteins are needed for their growth and shine. But nicotine, alcohol, and fatty foods lead to health problems and negatively affect eyelashes.

Therefore, wanting to preserve their beauty and thickness, vitamins and care are important. compositions for eyelash lamination will help saturate the hairs with useful substances. This procedure is done in the salon. It is aimed at strengthening the eyelashes, protecting them from negative influences, as well as giving them a brighter color and a beautiful curl. Professional compositions also contain vitamins and nutrients. But you also need to take care of them at home.

Strengthening procedures for eyelashes

You can use natural oils and special serums for care. However, they differ in the specific effects on eyelashes.

Natural oils

This is the most affordable and simple way to provide hairs with nutrition and moisture. You can use castor oil for eyelashes, it accelerates growth and makes them shiny. Burdock, coconut or almond oils will also work.  Such natural oils strengthen the structure, reduce fragility and nourish. They should be applied 2-3 times a week.

Eyelash Growth Serums 

They are sold as ready-made compositions. High-quality serums contain substances useful for eyelashes: peptides, vitamins, keratin and plant extracts. Their combined action nourishes the hairs and stimulates their growth. The result can be seen in 2-3 weeks.

Eyelash care after extensions

This issue deserves special attention. Extension is one of the most popular procedures among girls. But it has a detrimental effect on eyelashes. They become brittle and fall out. To prevent this from happening, you need to properly care for your eyelashes after extension:

• use of oil-free makeup removers;
• combing with a dry brush for combing eyelashes;
• careful handling: do not rub your eyes too much, sleep with your face in the pillow, or wash your face too vigorously.

It is necessary to take a break between procedures and do recovery procedures.

Common mistakes in eyelash care

Even everyday things that we don't pay attention to have a negative effect on eyelashes. Namely:

• using waterproof mascara every day – it dries out your eyelashes;
• irregular or insufficient removal of makeup - leads to inflammation of the follicles, hair loss;
• frequent use of a curler (curling tongs) – it breaks and weakens eyelashes;
• applying oil and not washing it off properly leads to clogged pores and inflammation;
• strong friction, for example, when washing – growth is disrupted and eyelashes fall out faster;
• using aggressive cleansers – they dry out and make the hair structure brittle.

Lack of sleep and unbalanced nutrition disrupt the processes of nutrition and metabolism, which leads to weakening and fragility.

It is also important to choose the right care products. Only high-quality professional eyelash cosmetics with a balanced and rich composition can provide nutrition and hydration. Mass-market products, alas, will not provide a pronounced result. 

In conclusion, we note that you can even maintain the health of your eyelashes on your own. There is nothing complicated about it, and effective means are also available. The main thing is to know what to use and how to properly care for your eyelashes at home. We have covered these issues in detail in the article and compiled a detailed cheat sheet on what to do.