Do you think it's possible to apply a full set of lashes in 30 minutes and actually charge over $100 for the service? I know it seems a little far fetched, but there is a new company called Vomor Lash that has taken on this challenge. Ada Polla Neill, the Executive Director, joins us in the studio to talk about this new service that she hopes will expand our lash industry to new customers who might never set foot in a lash room. At first, if you are a lash stylist, this might trouble you or upse...
Jul 07, 2020•34 min
Do you feel like you belong to the greater lash community? If you are like most lash stylists I talk to you, it's hard to feel like you belong to this great lash family when you are stuck all day taking care of clients. We started LashCast as a way to connect all of us and to share ideas that would help us become better lash stylists. That said, Lauren Del Bianco has come up with a wonderful idea to encourage and uplift all of us as a community. In this episode, we talk about Lauren's bid idea a...
Jun 30, 2020•37 min
We get hit up all the time with questions on how you can improve your lash game or run your business better. We love to answer questions because when we got started in 2005, there was no one to ask. That said, we still run into lash artists who feel there is no one out there to help them...thus why we started our podcast. In this episode, we get through three questions...First, we answer the question of what are some product ideas that businesses can sell outside of the usual growth serums and l...
Jun 23, 2020•30 min
Tax season is coming up and this can be a scary time for many of us. And why is it scary? Because maybe you don't really know how to set up your business correctly, and you know that if you were to be audited, the IRS would most likely find out you still owe them money...and now with penalties and interest. Or worse maybe you have been intentionally cheating on your taxes and you know if you were to be audited, there's no way you to hide the illegal deductions or unreported income. Tax season ca...
Jun 16, 2020•43 min
We saw a brave post by Ashlee Rouge of Lashout Xpress last year where she shared about how she and a friend don't see a lot of black lash artists being represented in our industry by lash brands. From there she explained how she has had doubts about her ability to run her own business because some clients won't want to see her because she's black. It was a brutally honest post that shows how racism affects black lash artists in our industry. Ashlee decided to repost this IGTV this week in light ...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Have you ever wondered can I burn my client with my lash glue? Does my glue possibly cause cancer? If my client's lashes get wet, will that cause them to fall out more quickly?There is a lot of misinformation on lash glue on the interwebs and in today's episode, we cover 4 misconceptions lash stylists often have about lash glue. While you might be new to cyanoacrylate glue, this glue is not new to the world...its been around for decades. We have been in the industry for over 15 years and during ...
May 29, 2020•51 min
Lash salons are slowly opening back up all over the world, but you are still stuck waiting for your chance to reopen. Since you have a lot of time to think about what's going to happen, your mind might have gone to the dark side and wondered, "Will all my clients return? Did a lot of them lose their jobs? Did they find a cheaper lash artist?" It can be dangerous to have a lot of time on your hands. We reached out to you our listeners who have opened their salons and asked if you could share how ...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 3 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are recording these episodes while doing an Instagram Live on Thursdays at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio and making a podcast from them. Congratulations! Your state or county has given you the green light to open up. How are you feeling about this? Are you concerned it's too soon...too late? Are your clients scared to come back? Have your clients left you to see other lash artists who do home visits? You shut down your business in March thinking you...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. Welcome to Day 43 of the LashCast Lockdown! You can see light at the end of the tunnel and it looks like we will be working again soon in our salons...in fact maybe you are already back at work. Finally, we can begin to make some money again.When we talk to some lash stylists, we keep hearing a trend that ...
May 02, 2020•59 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. Welcome to Day 39 of the LashCast Lockdown! During times like this it's natural and easy to get down and feel helpless. One of the ways we combat depression and feelings of hopelessness is to focus on the good things that we have. Today Paul shares 20 things that he is thankful and shares some encouraging ...
Apr 28, 2020•50 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. Welcome to Day 36 of the LashCast Lockdown! Today we deal with two questions we have been hearing from business owners. When should we open and should I offer a discount to my clients to incentivize them to return? We have been thinking a lot about these two questions and want to give you some audience on ...
Apr 25, 2020•56 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. Welcome to Day 32 of the LashCast Lockdown! Today is an important episode where we share more tools for you to use in your search to get funding for your business. More and more tools and resources are popping up that you could use to help you fix your cash flow problems. You don't want to miss this episod...
Apr 21, 2020•45 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. Welcome to Day 27 of the LashCa...
Apr 16, 2020•26 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. Welcome to Day 25 of the LashCa...
Apr 14, 2020•35 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. Today is a short episode but a ...
Apr 14, 2020•21 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. Today we did something a little...
Apr 09, 2020•51 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. In today's episode, we follow u...
Apr 07, 2020•49 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. In today's episode we talk abou...
Apr 04, 2020•55 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. So this is going to be quite in...
Apr 02, 2020•35 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. So this is going to be quite in...
Mar 31, 2020•43 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. So this is going to be quite in...
Mar 28, 2020•38 min
PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday through Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mistakes and at times you'll hear us interacting with people on Instagram. So this is going to be quite informal ...
Mar 24, 2020•40 min
So much has changed in the last 2 weeks and things keep changing daily for all of us. A lot of us now seem to have a lot of time at home all of a sudden. During this difficult time, it's going to get easier and easier for us to panic and get scared...which is normal when everything we know just got turned upside down. The key is to not let all this change and bad news completely undue you. It's okay to be scared and it's okay to cry or be upset that all of our lives as lash artists have been put...
Mar 21, 2020•46 min
Today we have the pleasure of sharing a short interview we did with Christina Ballstaedt (better known as @eyelashstina) back in June of 2019 at the IBS show in Vegas. In this interview, we give you a little peek into Christina's life and how she grew into the amazing lash artist she is today. This is a very short interview so we will need to have her come back sometime soon.Christina has a lot to offer our industry and over the past few years, she has been helping lash stylist with her "Social ...
Feb 14, 2020•24 min
Today we dive deep into the world of premade fans. Some people love them...some people hate them...and we're here to say "Can't we all just get along?" As with anything new, there will be people (early adopters) who jump on board right away and there will be others who will question new developments and wonder if this will damage lashes. (Remember when volume was new and many had similar concerns?)After playing with premade fans for two years, Tussanee shares her insights on what she thinks abou...
Jan 15, 2020•59 min
Today we sit down with Malaena Kelson of Lash Happy Club and The Lash Wrap and talk about one of the biggest issues in our industry: body aches we get from lashing. If you have been lashing for a while, then you know at some point your body will start to feel it. Lashing looks like a very relaxing chill kind of job, but it can be very hard on our bodies if we don't take care of them.Another problem we talk about is how so many lash artists don't even talk about the pain they get from lashing. Th...
Jan 07, 2020•27 min
As we enter into 2020, the only way you are going to make things happen in your business is by being intentional with your time. You need to focus...and the only way to get that focus is to have goals. Each year we set goals and we want to share some of the things that have worked for us. In this episode, you'll learn what SMART goals are. Too many times we set goals that are too hard to reach (I want to lose 150 pounds) or are more like wishes (I'd like to make more money). We talk about how yo...
Dec 31, 2019•54 min
Welcome to our first ever Christmas episode!2019 was a crazy year of change, loss, challenges, and new opportunities. While it was our craziest year as salon owners, it was also one of our most amazing years in the beauty industry.In this episode, we take a look back at 2019 and share some of the things we are grateful for both personally and professionally. We also share tips on how to be grateful and how we were able to find joy even in the midst of closing our lash salon.We hope you find this...
Dec 24, 2019•47 min
We were invited this last summer to meet Sheila Bella at her PMU office in North Hollywood and talk shop. We have been friends for a while online, but we had never had to chance to hang out and really connect with her until now. In this episode, we talk about the struggles of running a beauty business, training your competition, who not to hire when you are interviewing potential staff, and our favorite part of our conversation was when we talked about the power of believing in others and how th...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 22 min
In this episode, our very own Erika changes roles and allows us to interview her. We talk about what it was like for her as an employee to go through a salon closing and how her mindset really made this big change for her go smoother than one would expect. She also shares about her transition into being a business owner and how she came up with the new name for her business. Erika also discusses her change of scenery that is coming this February and how we will be moving forward with LashCast wh...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 21 min
