February

Catching up on February! I did a Hard Gel Conversion course this month with Francesca Gomm of F.G. Studio and Academy in Plymouth and brushed up on E-filing, One stroke painting, and had a real Nail Play Weekend. Lots of glitters and pigments, paints, swapped ideas and had a few treatments. Have to mention the Boob Buster, a fab treatment and I can’t believe that it worked. Its so good I’m doing the course next month! Read more here

Playing in Plymouth

February Nails, Lashes and brows

A selection of Nails, lashes and brows from February 2017.
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Gel painting flowers

Blue Acrylic overlay with glitter

Brow threading and Lash Lift

Brow threading and Lash Lift

Disco Glitter and Chameleon Flakes

Neon pigment, holographic pigment and glitter

Glitter accent finger and silver stamping

Valentine Nails. Ombré with 3d hearts and foil accents

Gelish Gossip Girl with glitter

Nude gel polish with striping tape

Matte Blue nails with gloss dots and a handpainted butterfly on the thumb

Rich purple with caviar beads

Pink with Black Filigree design

Valentines Nails with Bows on thumbs

Matte Wedgewood Blue with 3d detail

New Year New Nails

It’s New Year 2017. New Year, New Nails. It’s actually July but I’ve just got round to posting. I’m gradually catching up!

Here are some nails from January.
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Natural nails with acrylic overlay, pink with handpainted flower

Pink gel, pink glitter and and holographic pigment

Foil and Gelish Night Reflection

Foil and Gelish Rendezvous

Night Reflection and sand flowers and bling

French with butterfly stamp and glitter

French with flowers and silver

The Gel bottle sparkly blue nails

Gel painting practice

Ink London gel polish and fireworks over natural nails

Silver and purple Glitter and striping tape

Matte cashmere lashes

Red gel polish with gold lines

Teal bubble nails, matte base with a dew effect

Wedgewood design on velvet

Wedgewood on velvet swatches with flash

Flying Visit, more Onestroke and a New Table!

Frantic February!

In between nails, brows and lashes I’ve been housesitting again as well as practicing more OneStroke designs and having new furniture built for my studio. I’ve been looking after some beautiful Labradors and a lovely cat, and with the help of my colleague, have been able to run back and forth between appointments!

Spring seems to be on it’s way and lots of nails and even a few toes have been gelled this month! Glitter is still being requested, I suppose as an antidote to the awful weather! Lash Lift is again proving very popular and the Cashmere Eyelash Extensions are so soft and light, clients don’t know they’re wearing them!

French with one stroke butterflies

Ink London i67 with Onestroke

L&P scuplted enhancements over badly bitten nails – clients own pic!

Having made prototype nail desks a few year ago, my husband has been busy again – I now have a custom made L shaped nail desk covered in glass with chrome legs. Pics to come once it’s finally finished. He’s working on conduits for wires and cables to keep me tidy and stop my chair rolling over them and pulling my gel lamps off. Another coat of paint and I’m good to go! My studio is looking sleek – as sleek as it can get in a rural 17th century thatched cottage! New windows and doors are also in the pipeline. This will all give me more room for Nail Classes… still in progress!

I’ve just received some BrillBird Designer Gel and have been having a play with that, no images yet but I can’t wait to use it. It’s lovely and really finishes off some of my designs. There are so many fabulous products out there to embellish nails, we’re really spoiled for choice! I can’t make it to Pro Beauty next weekend so I will have to have a play online and order some treats! I have my eye on a few new ideas…

Onestroke Sample Sheet

I printed blank black nail shapes onto a plain piece of paper then matte laminated it to have a working surface similar to buffed nails. I still haven’t got round to doing them on tips yet though a few clients have had some onestroke this month. As a bonus, it’s a handy way for clients to be able to choose what’s available.

I finally finished the sheet of Onestroke samples.

Gelish My Forbidden Love with stamping

Mermaid glitter ans stamping

Gelish Shake it til you Samba with bling and holographic glitter

Black Gel Polish with pink glitter lunulas

Blue Pink Glitter Ombré

French with lace stamping

French with Handpainted Fine Lines

Ink i55 with one stroke

Introducing Cashmere Ellipse Lashes

Cashmere Ellipse or Flat Lashes

New to Mole End Design – Cashmere Ellipse Lashes. Super soft and with a natural feel and look. These lashes are elliptical rather than the traditional round lash extensions, giving a better contact area for adhesive, longer lasting lashes and a full look without overloading the natural lashes. Lashes stay healthy.

Cashmere Ellipse Lashes are a revolutionary premium lash product designed to meet the ultimate challenge of eyelash extensions – lush, full volume lash line without the heaviness. Combining advanced polymer technology and the latest moulding techniques, the new design of Cashmere Lashes® has competely changed the form of traditional eyelash extensions and the way extensions bond with the natural lash. The volume of extensions on each eye can be doubled by adding less weight to natural lashes.

These elliptical lashes can be mixed with super fine lashes for a fluffy natural look or used alone for a full on glamourous look without the weight of thick lash extensions. They have the look of a much thicker lashline without the weight.

All the good lash artists know the simple truth that heavy eyelash extensions can really damage a client’s natural eyelashes. If a natural lash has been ripped out too many times, it can never grow back! How can you, then, achieve the effect of greater volume without the risk of losing your natural eyelashes?A brand new type of eyelash extension has been introduced to solve precisely this problem. Combining advanced polymer technology with the latest moulding techniques, new CASHMERE LASH® product has completely revolutionised the thinking behind the structure of the traditional eyelash extension.

The design’s improvements include:

A fraction of the weight of normal eyelash extensions.
Retains its curl for twice as long.
Feels much softer than 0.07mm lashes.
Radiant shine.
Comfortable to wear, less irritated feel to eyelids.

It is such a pleasure to work with this new revolutionary product – clients will immediately notice the difference. By adding the minimum amount of weight to the natural lash, clients are barely able to notice a difference in how the extended lashes feel, with the product being so easy to care for and soft to the touch that it feels just like their own.

October News and a Wedding Cake

It’s been a while! I haven’t had time to post for absolutely ages but I’m now trying to catch up. I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel but now have 5 websites to update as they all need to be mobile and tablet friendly, not to mention Google friendly. I’ve decided to delete the Mybrowzdorset site as everything is now covered on this Mole End Design site, this will be removed over the next few days.

I’ve been working on a monster wedding cake, decorating it with onestroke techniques, full blog post to follow. The wedding is today so hopefully will have permission to post the lot! These are the paintings I submitted in order to get the job. It’s taken up a lot of my time but it was worth it… I hope!

One Stroke Poppies on Sample Cake

One Stroke Pansies on Sample Cake

I’ve been to Sunderland for a mini break and while there had volume eyelash extensions applied by the brilliant Deb Callaghan at Essential Beauty. She created a lovely glamorous volume set for me, I absolutely love them! I have taken about 50 pics on my phone but cannot get a decent shot! It’s on my list to practice more new techniques for the latest looks in lashes. I’m inspired! New offers coming soon for an increased lash menu. I just have to concentrate on one thing at a time! no limits to achieve

I also managed to squeeze in another course and am now qualified in full body waxing. I had a great time on the course but wasn’t expecting to have to subject myself to another student! Ouch! Learned lots and now making plans for the future!

Lash Lift is Here!

Lash Lift before and after at Mole End Design
I had a lovely day doing the Lash Lift course with Karen Gunning of Ellevisage Training Academy, the training partner of AH Francis. I wasn’t entirely sure about this treatment before this course but after seeing the results I was amazed.

I took along Susanne as my model and she laid back and let us work on her lashes. Lash Lift is a longer treatment than I thought but we were very pleasantly surprised at the difference it made to Susanne’s lashes! This treatment really opens the eyes… now I want it done on my lashes!

Karen was an amazing teacher, she went through everything methodically and was so patient with me. The class is a one day live skills workshop at Ellevisage Training Academy. We were greeted with coffee and biscuits while we chatted about the course and outcomes.

The Training Academy is set in a beautiful village location in a private courtyard, the studios are in a converted stable block with lots of parking. As it was a lovely day, we were able to have lunch outside, shared with Gooseberry the whippet, and discuss progress so far.

At the end of the course Karen even went through some extra lash extension techniques I was unsure of, which was above and beyond what she needed to do! I really appreciate the time she took to go that extra mile. I left feeling confident that I had been taught everything I needed to know in order to be confident in carrying out the Lash Lift Treatment. Now I have to practice! I can thoroughly recommend Karen and Ellie for any training and I will certainly be back.

Fiona Before and After her Lash Lift and Tint

Susanne Before and After her Lash Lift and Tint

New Treatment – Lash Lift

Lashlift eye From May I will be offering a new treatment – Lash Lift.

As amazing as lash extensions are, they may not suit everyone. Lash lift is a fantastic alternative for clients that don’t want lash extensions or can’t have them for some reason.

Lash Lift completely transforms the eyes without the use of mascara, eyelash curlers or false lashes. It relieves heaviness around the eyes and can take 10 years off your appearance.

This new technique can lift, curl, and lengthen your own natural lashes to create a brighter, fuller, wide eyed look. No need for extensions and the associated aftercare, this will last you 6-8 weeks and can be combined with a tint so no need for mascara.

The Benefits Of Lash Lift

More choice of lash enhancing treatments
Look younger
Your own lashes appear longer after lifting and tinting
You will enjoy beautiful lashes for up to 6 weeks without top ups of any kind!
You’ll be able to choose from a wider range of lash services
Saving you valuable time with your beauty routine – simply wake up and go!

For more details See this article Lash Lifting

Catching Up Time

View over Cucklington

I’m petsitting in Somerset for 2 days and I am miles from civilisation, minimal phone signal, internet is so slow I can just about access this blog. I have no Facebook or Twitter so I am actually getting things done! I had a long walk with Rocky this morning, it’s windy and freezing but it blew the cobwebs away.

I’m catching up on photos to upload, but can’t upload them so have popped them on here for now. I hope to get the first Newsletter at least drafted if not sent out while I’m here so I need to use this time wisely.

I received my WALAD (World Association Of Lash Artistry and Development) Certificate yesterday so can proudly display it on my website and blogs. Absolutely brilliant group, I’m constantly learning new eyelashing techniques

World Association of Lash Artistry and Development Certificate

Finally – first blog of 2015!

It’s been a while since I updated the blog. Lots has been happening and I have a lot of things to catch up on.

goa-top-img First of all there was Christmas, I flew up to Sunderland to spend it with Dad and friends, leaving Jim at home! I arrived back in Dorset January 31st, squeezed a few clients in before travelling to Eastbourne for a few days ( a few treatments over there!) before leaving for Goa. I’d planned to update the blog from Goa but the WiFi was only in the bars so I was otherwise occupied! Holiday over now so it’s time to crack on with 2015.

eyebrows into shape I’m finally settling back in to a routine and getting the site and advertising and promotion work sorted.

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My home studio is just about there now. I have moved things around quite a lot and am finally getting comfortable with the layout of the nail tables and beauty couch, other furniture and storage. I’ve had great fun ordering stock and supplies and can’t wait to have a proper play with some of the new nail art items. I have been approached to teach some nail art which could be good!

I’m in the process of doing an online extra Lash Course, working through home study of new nail art and am planning on booking an advanced nail course in the very near future.

These offers are valid until March 30th 2015.

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More soon as I get things organised!