Lash Glossary

If you're on a mission to grow longer, healthier lashes and fuller brows or your heading to your local salon for lash or brow treatment. Purely Lashes will be your best-kept beauty secret!

Created by a salon owner who has been in the beauty biz for over 20 years. Our range is all about lash and brow care that actually works. Whether you're new to the lash game or a regular at the salon, understanding common lash terms can help you make more informed choices about your treatments and home care.

That’s why we’ve created this lash glossary—so you can decode the jargon and get the most out of your natural lashes and brows or insalon treatments.

Follicle

The tiny root in your skin where a lash (or hair) begins its growth journey.

Peptides

Powerful amino acids often found in lash serums to help strengthen lashes and support growth.

Biotin

A beauty-boosting vitamin known to support healthy hair, lash, and brow growth.

Classic Lashes

One extension is applied to each natural lash for a soft, natural enhancement.

Volume Lashes

Multiple lightweight lash extensions are fanned out and applied to one natural lash for a fuller, more dramatic look.

Hybrid Lashes

A blend of classic and volume techniques for a textured, wispy effect.

Mega Volume

Ultra-fine lash extensions used to create dense, fluffy lashes with maximum drama.

Lash Lift

A semi-permanent treatment that curls your natural lashes upwards to open up the eyes. 

Lash Tint

A semi-permanent dye that darkens your natural lashes, giving the appearance of thicker, fuller lashes.

Infills

Regular touch-up appointments to replace shed lash extensions and to maintain a full lash look.

Lash Cycle

The natural life cycle of your lashes, made up of three distinct phases: anagen, catagen, and telogen.

Anagen Phase

The active growth stage when new lashes are forming and growing.

Catagen Phase

The transitional phase where lash growth stops and the follicle begins to shrink.

Telogen Phase

The resting and shedding phase when old lashes fall out, making room for new ones.

Retention

Most commonly, refers to how lash extensions stay attached before shedding with your natural lashes. But also can refer to the retention of your own natural lashes. 

Aftercare

Essential steps you take at home to protect the health of your natural lashes and prolong your lash treatments. Eg. Using aftercare products.

Lash Growth Serum

A nourishing formula designed to promote natural lash and brow growth and health—like our best-selling Purely Lashes Lash Growth Serum.

Follicle

The tiny root in your skin where a lash (or hair) begins its growth journey.

Brow Lamination

A semi-permanent beauty treatment that restructures and sets eyebrow hairs to give them a fuller, more defined, and lifted appearance.

Now that you’re speaking fluent lash, you’re well on your way to choosing the right treatments and products with confidence.

Whether you're all about the drama of mega volume or prefer to boost your natural lashes with our cult-favourite Lash Growth Serum, Purely Lashes has everything you need to grow, nourish, and protect your lashes and brows. 

✨ If you have questions about which product is right for you and your lashes and brow journey. Please don't hestitae to reach out to the Purely Lashes team. We're here to help!