The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them!” Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft once famously proclaimed. But what if Garland had been given access to a serum that gave her eyelashes a boost of their own that removed the need for the daily application of falsies? It might not have changed her life, but it definitely would have put a spin on her life essentials.
Eyelash growth serums work in different ways to help create natural, more luscious lashes. Benefits of growth serums include helping extend the growth cycle of eyelashes, slowing down the rate in which they fall out, boosting the amount of eyelashes coming through and increasing the blood flow to the eye area to promote growth.
The hair cycle for eyelashes is much faster than for scalp hair. While the growing stage for scalp hair is from two to six years, eyelashes have a growth cycle of around three to four months before they eventually fall out. People’s eyelashes become brittle and break when the hair follicle becomes weaker due to ageing, hormonal changes, diet or stress.
Growth serums have become much more popular in the last few years as they are part of the general eyelash craze,” reveals Lady Lash owner Charlotte Creasey. Many people use them in conjunction with lash extensions to ensure healthy lash growth, but also on their own for that natural look - no make-up but perfect lashes and brows - that is becoming so popular at the moment.”
We take a look at the eyelash growth serums delivering naturally longer and thicker eyelashes to the Australian population.
Featuring multi-proteins that stimulate new growth, the Ardell Magic Lash Growth Enhancer helps repair weak thinning lashes, prevent lash loss and gives lashes a healthier, fuller appearance using breakthrough Lash-Grow complex technology.
DermaQuest Skin Therapy DermaLash
DermaLash’s formula stimulates, strengthens and conditions brittle lashes and assists eyelash growth to give the appearance of longer and fuller eyelashes, while preventing lash breakage.
Infused with Ceramide Triple Complex and Keravis to help lengthen, define and revitalise lashes so they appear longer and fuller, the mascara contains vitamins A, C and E to help reinforce and restore the lashes natural protective barriers.
Flash Lash
Flash Lash works using the revolutionary SymPeptide, which increases the keratin production within the hair follicles of your eyelashes, helping to create longer, thicker lashes. Clinically proven to increase lashes in length and thickness by 70 per cent in six weeks.
Foltène Eyelash Treatment
Drawing on their 40-year clinical experience with key ingredients to encourage natural hair and nail growth, this eyelash treatment works to restore dry, thin fragile lashes that easily fall out.
freezeframe CPRX Lash Prescription
Lash Prescription contains a breakthrough peptide technology clinically proven to lengthen lashes by 46 per cent in 14 days. The peptide technology works with the natural growth cycle of lashes and helps extend the growth cycle and slows down the falling out of eyelashes.
PureLash Extender & Conditioner contains wheat protein and panthenol (Vitamin B complex factor) to condition and prevent lash breakage so eyelashes can grow to their full potential. A key ingredient found in PureLash is algae extract which conditions and protects the lashes, helping to stop them from drying and splitting.
L’Oréal Paris Renewal Lash Serum
The Renewal Lash Serum uses an intensive gel formula with essential nutrients to help repair, fortify and strengthen lashes. Developed by L’Oréal laboratories following three years of lash research, key ingredients found in the serum include arginine + pro-vitamin B5 for its nourishing action and to help supply nutrients for lash development and centella asiatica to prolong the lash life span.
Mirabella Lash Therapy Conditioner
The Mirabella Lash Therapy Conditioner uses a unique formula of multi-active conditioning agents to help strengthen, energise, and invigorate fragile lashes. Key ingredients include soothing chamomile and red seaweed.
The Eyeliner + Serum uses a lash boosting complex that targets the base of lashes where it is most effective. The high-tech formula helps enhance the appearance of lashes.
The Priori Lash Recovery Serum is prostaglandin-free with a unique complex of three different potent lipopeptides working in synergy to give compounded results. Its Triple Lipopeptide Complex stimulates hair follicle sites to enhance the appearance of length and thickness of the lashes.
RapidLash uses potent polypeptides octa, cooper and olgio to add volume and thickness to lashes and provide effective protection against breakage. Panthenol and rich minerals help replenish and rejuvenate lashes and brows, while essential proteins and vitamins including hydrolysed glycosaminoglycans provide strength and shine. Moisturising agents allantoin, pumpkin seed extract and licorice extract add shine, flexibility and hydration.
A super-charged concentrated serum formulated to promote the natural growth of eyelashes, Lavish Lash uses amino acids to support the healthy function of lashes and promote their natural growth. The serum gently boosts circulation to the lashes and deeply penetrates the lash follicle to replenish much-needed nutrients directly at the root for longer lashes.
Xtreme Lashes by Jo Mousselli Amplif-eye Lash Fortifier
Formulated with peptide complexes and vitamins to nourish and fortify lashes and brows, the Amplif-eye Lash Fortifier also includes the natural extracts of green tea, borage, saw palmetto, evening primrose, nettle, rosemary leaf, ginseng, apple, sugar cane and witch hazel that have a history of promoting hair growth and regeneration.
And while you wait …
While we’re all behind people using growth serum for their eyelashes, we do understand that some ladies are in need of an instant eyelash fix. For those, below is attached a list of the fake eyelashes found on beautydirectory.
Jane Iredale Mineral Make-up
NP Set