eyelash extensions

noun

Individual lashes that are applied to the natural lash using a semipermanent glue.

Meanings

nouneyelash extensions pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlycosmeticsIndividual lashes that are applied to the natural lash using a semipermanent glue.

    She’s wearing false eyelashes, or perhaps she gets eyelash extensions. Where her cheeks were once angular, they are now a bit sunken.

    2017, Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Atria Books, →ISBN
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    No contacts or eyelash extensions can make the eyes glow brighter than immediate validation. No rouge can ever replicate the flush of victory.

    2025, Ann Liang, I Am Not Jessica Chen, Harper Collins, →ISBN

    Typically, 30–80 lashes per eyelid will have eyelash extensions applied, and they typically last one to two months, after which they must be touched up [...]

    2015, Zoe Diana Draelos, Cosmetic Dermatology: Products and Procedures, Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

Translations

French extensions de cils
  • extensions de cilsartificially applied lashes
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