First time eyelash extensions!

I first got interested in the idea of eyelash extensions back in January, and had been hemming and hawwing over it ever since.
I had been researching different beauty salons in my city that offer this service, mostly just doing searches through Yelp and searching by the ones best rated. They seemed to be pretty premium costs, so I wasn't sure.
Then a friend of mine (who has some gorgeous lashes) told me about her go-to eyelash place.
Pretty much just some random Vietnamese nail salon which also happens to do eyelashes. And for $20 cheaper than the place I was considering.
Since it felt like my first day off since school has started, I decided on a whim to pamper myself and try it out, so I booked an appointment :)


I wasn't sure I was at the right location at first, since they had 2 different seemingly store signs and also what appeared to be 2 entrances, but one door looked blocked off, so I walked into the door which was perched open.
The owner (a man) greeted me and I said I had an appointment. He asked my name but didn't seem to know what I was there for, so I had to tell him. He told me to sit down, and then quickly after I was whisked into a room in the back by this Vietnamese lady. She motioned for me to lay down, and I suddenly got a bit nervous.
I told her it was my first time getting lashes and asked how I am to care for the lashes, and she had no idea what I was saying...LOL. It seemed like we were exchanging a lot of "?????" on our faces during our entire interaction.
She had asked "what size? medium?" and me, being clueless, just had a ????? face. She showed me what the medium lashes looked like. I said I didn't want it to be too long or fake looking, and again she had a ????? on her face. She just kept saying "medium good for you". So what the hell, I said okay, and laid down.

I know Asian places are known for the silence (which is great, since I don't care for small talk either), but it was sooooo quiet. This was only my 2nd time being at an Asian salon (I'm Asian too), so don't think I've gotten used to that.
After 30 minutes of eeeeery silence I had decided that maybe I walked into the wrong entrance?? What if these people sniped me from the salon next door?? (They didn't. I went to research this after I was done and deduced that I was at the right place).
I was devising a lot of plausible different situations in my head and started to feel a little restless, hah.
After 45 minutes, I think the girl was texting on her phone?
And after an hour I think she was done. She had a fan turned to my face for 5 min or so.
Then she told me to open my eyes but they were stinging and watering, and I asked if that's normal. I guess it wasn't since she turned the fan back on and motioned for me to lay down again.
After another few minutes, I guess the glue had dried, so the stinging had mostly gone away, and then she gave me the mirror so I could have a look. In my blindness (my glasses were off), they looked sooooo long, so I think I looked a bit surprised.
I put my glasses back on and it hurt, since the lashes were hitting the lenses (I spent the rest of the day with my glasses slid down my nose, and just a tad blind. So classy).
Then she started to make some small talk, so we exchanged some more ????? expressions and I thanked her, paid, and left in a daze, so that was a total of about 1 hour and 15 min.
Once I got back in my car, my eyes felt like they were stinging some more. My car was boiling and I felt like I was sweating, so I didn't think that was very good, especially if the glue wasn't yet dry. I turned on the air con full blast and closed my eyes a bit and the stinging sensation went away. But then I noticed 3 of my lashes (1 on left eye, 2 on right eye) were sort of droopy. Uh ohs :(

 I was a bit worried (still am, a little) that they are way too long in length and look too false, but my friend says I'll get used to it. Overall I'm pretty happy!
The cost for me to get them were $55 + taxes.
For refills, I'd have to come back in 2 weeks, and I think the lady said it would cost $30-35.

Anyhow, these are my lashes.You can see one of the lashes on my left eye (first pic) being all drooopy droooperson.
(BTW I never realized how hard it is to take pictures of the eyes and at the same angle, hence why the angles look a bit off in my before/after shots.  I wasn't originally smiling in my 'after photos' but then realized most of my 'before' photos were with me smiling, so then my eyes looked all small, so then I had to go retake 'after photos' ...sigh, things I do for this post).

I have a feeling I am going to be obsessed with eyelash extensions now. Anyone else in that boat? hehe

Unboxing: May's Luxebox by Loose Button

I was surprised to see this rather large box in my mail a few days ago as there was no notification of shipment, but was glad I got it before May ended.
The last time I saw this type of box was in January, where it included a bonus Bath & Body box...upon opening it, I saw that there was yet another Bonus Bath & Body box, in celebration of Mother's Day.
Which is sorta late since its been over 3 weeks past...but anyway.

 

Contents

1. Essie nail polish (in Navigate Her) - full size = $8
2. Orlane active hydration body care - 7ml sample (full size 250ml/$105) = $2.94
3. Paco Rabanne - Black XS L'Exces for her  - 1.2 ml sample (full size 50/$74) = $1.78
4. Paco Rabanne Black XS for him - 1.2ml sample (full size 50ml/$56) = $1.34
5. Goldwell dual senses color shampoo and conditioner - 10mlx 2 of each shampoo/conditioner samples (shampoo 750ml/$28 and conditioner 750ml/$32) = 0.75 + 0.85
* bonus card for $20 off any signature line at Panty by Post

Bonus Bath & Body box:
1. Gilette Venus & Olay 5 blade razor (handle + 1 cartridge) - $14.99 (as per Well.ca but that one comes with a shower hook)
2. Olay regenerist wrinkle revolution complex = $4.20

Total estimated value
$34.85

Impression

I laughed when I opened the Bath & Body box. I'm not sure if I've started to just become more green, but I thought a separate box just to put the razor and cream was a bit overdone/killing trees; at the very least they didn't put any extra packaging or cards in the box like back in January.

I always love to see nailpolish...especially Essie! This is the 2nd month in a row I got Essie polish from Luxebox, which I appreciate! (Reminds me that I never got around to posting my April's Luxebox unboxing...oopsies...)
Unfortunately the color (Navigate Her - a light green minty color? Hard to explain, but the picture is semi accurate. A bit lighter in the picture) isn't a color I'd purchase for myself, but I'm hoping it'll grow on me.

Otherwise though, this was sort of a meh box for me (even with the bonuses), mostly because I don't think I  received the "4-5 deluxe sized" sample luxe products promised.

It also seems like some of these items I've received before from previous Luxeboxes, such as in January when I got the same Olay sample (although this box, it is considered a bonus).
Also, I had to look twice at the Paco Rabanne Black XS L'Exces for her as I received a Black XS sample back in January as well, but apparently the L'Exces is a newly launched perfume of the Black Excess line? and also costs more money.


Right now, I think Glossybox has won me over in terms of make up boxes (expect my May review to come soon!).