PASSION! Hear me PASSION!!

I love this work. Have I mentioned that before? Maybe I have, but in case you didn't hear me I'll put in all caps. I LOVE THIS WORK! Massage rocks.

After 2 years it feels like I am finally back in the "saddle" (so to speak) I'm seeing clients full time with the support of my boy and I'm finding that I really really love this work. Massage is so great. I love it like a fat kid loves cake.
I am so blessed to meet each and every person that comes to me. I'm not sure that each of those clients understand that they actually teach me so much. They build my confidence and provide me a sounding board for my life as much as I can be the sounding board for their body.

I find it so rewarding.
I've also found this really cool gift, it's called hind sight. I've taken stock looking back on the life that I've been living for the past 2 years and I can pretty much handle anything that comes my way. So, cheers for the test universe PASSED!

Anatomy of a Lash and Brow Makeover Part 3 - the Lash Tint and the Reveal!

This is the final part of the anatomy of a Lash and Brow makeover - The Lash Tint and the BIG reveal!

Read Part One HERE
Read Part Two HERE

Lash tints tend to go one of two ways REALLY well or horribly wrong. Everyone has a horror story about that time that girl got tint in their eye. It sucks. I've made it my mission to NEVER have that happen. I have had a 99% success rate. There has been one awful time that I NEVER want to relive, needless to say I ask EVERY client to NOT open their eyes while I'm applying tint. 

There is a little bit of product and equipment that you will need to have on hand when doing an amazing lash tint.

• Tissues
• Make up removal pads
• Cotton Balls
• cotton Tips
• Barrier Cream - this could be Vaseline but I choose to use Mukti Rejuvenating Eye Balm  Why? No petrochemicals (nice) It also has botanical extracts in it that help sooth and protect the delicate eye area so its a Rejuvenating eye treatment AT THE SAME TIME! Double wammy. Love it.
• Kidney shaped dish
• Hand towel 
• Massage cream

   

 

Step 1 - Cut out some eye protector pads from a folded tissue. Make sure you have your tint out and ready to apply. For Madeline I used a green (7) tint Yep green. It matches green or brown eyes beautifully and for ladies who are a bit more experienced it offers a softer alternative to black, blue back or brown.

Step 2 - get your client to look up so that you can apply your barrier cream to the under eye. Slightly wet our tissue barrier pads and then maneuver them around the under lash area. Apply some more barrier cream to hold them securely in place. Ask you client to close their eyes AND KEEP THEM CLOSED. Apple barrier cream to the upper lid area of the eye right to the very outer corner (this is where you can pay attention to any smile lines and apply a little more of the eye balm.) 

Step 3 - Make sure oyur tint is combined well and using a cotton tip with the cotton ripped off on the outer corner of the first eye apply the tint liberally as if applying mascara.  **I always let my client know JUST before I start applying the tint. Generally I say touching their shoulder I am applying the tint on the outer corner of the left eye** 

Once the lashes are saturated with tint i tidy the lash line with a cotton tip and then lightly wet a cotton pad and place it in half over the eye applying light pressure to help secure the pad and get the tint on the bottom lash line.

Step 4 - repeat step 3 on the other eye.
Step 5 - Place the hand towel over the clients eyes to help protect them from wanting to open their eyes.
Step 6 - the massage. This is the part of the lash and brow makeover that is different from many other places that will do them. Personally I CANNOT stand to be left alone with goop on my eyes not really knowing what is going on. So I DO NOT under any circumstance leave my client alone with tint on her eyes. As a lash tint take any where up to 15-20 mins a hand massage is often welcomed by the clients as a way to relax and unwind. Pay attention to the time that you start the massage 5-7 mins on each hand gives you ample time to get ready for the last part of the treatment.

Removal of the tint.

Step 1 - Take off the hand towel that is covering the eyes places it around the neck and side of face and over the clothing. Put some cotton wool in each ear (this prevents water getting in the ear becuase I HATE that)
Step 2 - remove the eye pad from one eye. Use this eye pad to remove excess tint from the eye gently moving only out from the inside corner to the out side corner of the eye (not the other way)
Step 3 - Place the kidney dish against the side of the head and ask your client to turn their head slightly into the dish. Make sure there is a secure seal on the side of the face to the dish to stop water from dripping down the face and cheek.
Step 4 - Instruct your client to KEEP THEIR EYES CLOSED! and begin to flush out the tine saturating the eye area and using the cotton ball to wpe away excess tint.  Flush out the eye untill the water runs clear and free of tint particles.
Step 5 - place a Makeup removal pad over the flushed eye.
Step 6  - Repeat for the other eye.

Step 7 - Once both eyes have been well rinsed give your client 2 tissues (one for each hand) and ask them to wipe from the inside corner to the outside corner of their eyes "like they are trying to get sleep out of their eyes" this helps to get any tint that might be caught in the under lashes. Once they feel comfortable they can open their eyes to reveal their luscious lashes! 

This is the our finished photo, Madelines brows and lashes are enhanced but remain natural and easy to maintain.
The Peachy "the eyes have it" Lash and Brow Makeover is complete.
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OMG - Best review EVER!

Sometime I put my self out there.

Sometimes it works (sometimes not so much) but this was a great initiative. I contacted Sheri said come have a massage and write me a review. 

So she did.

And this is it! 

So very touching...
thanks Sheri

Sometimes you get a little lost

Its been a long journey, to get to here.

So much has changed I things have happened that I never thought possible.

It's been over a year since my mum and business partner Pene was diagnosed with bone cancer. That was the worst day. You just don't know how to take that sort of information in.
Cancer.
It was like dropping a stone in to a pond. The ripple effect is still going. It changed everything. I had to close my business. The beast that I had worked for for over 5 years. The beast that Pene was helping me to tame. She was meant to be here to teach her granddaughter all the things that I don't know. She was meant to be there for me to lean on while I muddled my way through being a parent. I feel like i got ripped off. Like i wasted so much time. 
But you cant go back. You have to move forward. So now 8 months since my mum died I still sit at home wondering what is it I do? How am I useful? Why do i bother?
Then i look at the people that i help each day in some small way and think.
OH yeah that's why.

It not JUST the things that you do.

Its the things that you give.

I was doing a waxing service the other day and as I was talking to the client we started chatting about our kids (they are a great conversation starter) I spoke about how much I massage Aden when she was little and how I still massage her now to help calm her down and get off to sleep.
The client sighed, she expressed how she longed to massage her son when he was a baby and that she felt she'd missed an opportunity to connect with him now that he was older.
I spoke to her about how to integrate massage into his daily routine, how it was something that his dad could do for him just before bed as a nice way to wind down and have some positive touch from his dad. I even showed her how she cold get around his ticklish side!
It really made me think that sometimes it not JUST what you do its what you give. I strive to give more to my clients and I think I really achieve it most times.
Its a good feeling.