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Lash Masters - Vol 2

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Louise Prunty

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Editor – Richard Prunty

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ....................................................................................... 3

Introduction ................................................................................................. 5

Aleksandra Maniuse ................................................................................... 7

Aoife Durity .............................................................................................. 18

Francine Widdows .................................................................................... 33

Laura Besenyei.......................................................................................... 41

Lesley-ann Altree ...................................................................................... 54

Lesyah Zakarova ....................................................................................... 60

Linh Nguyen ............................................................................................. 65

Luisa Krayem ............................................................................................ 69

Michelle Ryan ........................................................................................... 79

Olga Villireal ............................................................................................ 86

Olga Volkova ............................................................................................ 91

Petr Lhotský ............................................................................................ 100

Stefani Altieri .......................................................................................... 108

Vivian Ko Gooch .................................................................................... 116

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Introduction

Lash Masters Vol 2 is the 2nd book of stories and industry insights

from the worlds leading Lash artists, training providers and

manufacturers.

Authors share how they got started in the industry and their

secrets of success. This is a must have book for anyone in the

eyelash extension industry on how to become successful.

This book was a pleasure to put together and I am continually

inspired by the people I meet and read about in this industry.

Enjoy!

Louise Prunty

I have been involved in the beauty industry for the past 9 years. I

decided to focus on the eyelash industry in 2008. I’ve been an

eyelash trainer, product developer, owned an eyelash supply

company and now publish books 'The history of eyelash

extensions, Eye diseases and disorders for lash technicians' and a

journal called Lash Inc..

W: www.louiseprunty.com

W: www.lashinc.eu

E: info@lashinc.eu

t: @lashinc

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Olga Villireal

Hello. My name is Olga Villarreal and I am the proud owner of San

Diego Eyelash Extensions. I have been doing eyelash extensions

since 2006. I am a Licensed Master Esthetician, Certified Makeup

Artist from several beauty schools, awarded ITEC Diploma for

Beauty Specialist, Certified Eyelash Artist/ Trainer/ Distributor. I

have trained with world wide Lash Masters Irina Levchuk and

Teresa Smith and completed Online Volume bootcamp training

with LashFx and Sugarlash for Eyelash Extensions. I am Certified

NEESA and BAALA member.

My passion is using my wide range of lash techniques to enhance

my clients natural beauty!

I am thrilled every time I give a client lash extensions and see her

renewed confidence and pride in her appearance. When a client

comes to me for eyelash extensions, I take into consideration every

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detail of her face and her personal style in order to choose the best

look.

I have always had a passion for beauty; what is better than to make

your passion your career? However, it wasn’t as easy as it might

seem.

My mother and my grandmother had both been seamstress and I

felt that fashion was my calling. I had taken sewing classes during

high school. After high school, I attended fashion school in Los

Angeles, California because it was my dream to become a fashion

designer. While attending fashion school, I worked for two

prestigious companies as a designers assistant, production

managers assistant, and in quality control where I earned the

nickname ‘eagle eyes’.

I could easily find any tiny hole on a dress that was sent back. After

a couple of years in school and, facing bad experiences with

roommates I was forced to move back to San Diego, California. I

continued attending college to earn a degree. After becoming

discouraged with the opportunities offered at the time in the

fashion industry I ended up accepting a sales position in a bridal

store.

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After a couple of years in all types of sales I moved back home with

my parents in Mexico and later was married. I had two wonderful

boys. I enrolled in an Esthetician school in the U.S. since I had

always had suffered from skin blemishes. I attended 100 hours and

they informed me my financial aid was not approved.

I then enrolled in a school in Tijuana, Mexico and attended every

Saturday for the next two years. While I was trying to finish my

testing, my instructor was shot and killed in her spa and I was

unable to complete the testing. During that time I also took a

permanent makeup and eyelash extensions certification.

After losing my instructor in the Tijuana Esthetician school, I moved

to San Diego, I felt that I was going to be able to get back to my

career and complete my schooling on my third attempt. I enrolled

back into aesthetic school while working a full time job and taking

care of two little boys 4yrs and 6yrs at that time.

During my schooling I had five different instructors which were not

interested in teaching theory. I took the esthetics test three times

during a 6 month period and finally passed to receive my

certification. The testing had an added challenge for me to re-learn

all of the terminology in English as I had originally learned much of

this in Spanish. During this time, I also attended makeup school

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and became a certified makeup artist. I started working as a

freelance makeup artist until I opened my first business in airbrush

tanning.

I did well enough to cover my rent in just a few months, but I had

gone to school to be an esthetician and did not feel that airbrush

tanning work was moving my career in the right direction. When

an opportunity came up to work with a newly opening spa I jumped

into it. I closed my airbrush business and worked on commission

while still taking gigs as a makeup artist. A year later the spa owner

suddenly closed her spa and disappeared.

When the spa disappeared, I decided to open my own spa. I

partnered with another esthetician on a new space and we both ran

our own business separately but shared a space of 450 sq ft. I found

myself struggling to gain more clients and I decided to go back to

school to get my master’s in aesthetics because I felt I didn’t learn

enough the first 600 hours.

While running my spa and going to school, I found my first job

doing eyelash extensions to supplement my spa income and learn

the eyelash business. I worked doing eyelashes for almost a year

and learned the basics, but the owner moved her studio farther

south and the commute made the work unfeasible.

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I decided to find a better paying eyelash job in order to continue

school and keep working. I was able to find a better position doing

eyelash extensions. This time, the owner really paid attention to my

work and helped me out in any way possible. I learned about the

possibility of teaching eyelash extensions. While researching

companies, I found a company that was building up and I jumped

at the opportunity. I was lucky enough to be one of the first in the

Minkys family! Three years later I am a master esthetician, an

eyelash extensions trainer, learning, teaching and have become a

distributor.

Within the past year I have discovered the world of Volume eyelash

extensions. My business has expanded greatly and continues to

grow. I am confident in my work and what I can accomplish, my

clients are happy and that makes me happy. I have recently

expanded into a much larger location with additional chairs and

plan to start adding staff. Becoming an Eyelash entrepreneur has

been the best decision I ever made!