Makeup Application and Lash/Brow Services
This domain tests color matching, sanitation, eye safety, and informed consent for makeup, lash, and brow services. The eye area raises the risk: mucous membranes, adhesives, and dyes require strict controls.
Core rules
- Match foundation to the jawline in natural light; identify undertone as cool, warm, or neutral and consider oxidation. Use disposable wands, spatulas, and clean brushes; never share mascara or lip products.
- Lash extensions use cyanoacrylate adhesives; patch test per manufacturer and client history; keep adhesive away from the eye; ventilate; do not use expired adhesive.
- Lash lifts and tints require isolated lashes, eye protection, and timers. Brow tinting uses products approved for brows; ordinary hair dye is not appropriate near the eyes.
- Contraindications: eye infection, recent eye surgery, allergies to adhesive or dye, watery eyes, contact lens irritation, fragile lashes, and uncontrolled skin disease.
- Consent: explain aftercare, removal, touch-up, and risks; document patch test and product.
Worked example
A client wants a foundation that looks 'brighter.' Their current shade turns orange by midday. Test a neutral-to-cooler shade on the jawline in daylight, blend, and check after 10 minutes. Do not simply go lighter; oxidation and undertone matter.
Traps
Sharing mascara; using craft glue or unapproved adhesive; tinting lashes with hair dye; skipping a patch test; gluing lashes to skin; working over an eye infection; promising no damage.