LashCast

PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear...

PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear...

PLEASE NOTE: For the time being we are aiming to record an Instagram Live Monday through Friday at 6pm (PST) and we are taking the audio from these lives and making a podcast from them. We will be doing this for as long as we can or until the virus scare is over. Just so you know, we are changing our format for now and won't be editing these episodes a lot...so you'll get to hear our mis...

So much has changed in the last 2 weeks and things keep changing daily for all of us. A lot of us now seem to have a lot of time at home all of a sudden. During this difficult time, it's going to get easier and easier for us to panic and get scared...which is normal when everything we know just got turned upside down. The key is to not let all this change and bad news completely undue you. It...

Today we have the pleasure of sharing a short interview we did with Christina Ballstaedt (better known as @eyelashstina) back in June of 2019 at the IBS show in Vegas. In this interview, we give you a little peek into Christina's life and how she grew into the amazing lash artist she is today. This is a very short interview so we will need to have her come back sometime soon. Christina has a...

Today we dive deep into the world of premade fans. Some people love them...some people hate them...and we're here to say "Can't we all just get along?" As with anything new, there will be people (early adopters) who jump on board right away and there will be others who will question new developments and wonder if this will damage lashes. (Remember when volume was new and many h...

Today we sit down with Malaena Kelson of Lash Happy Club and The Lash Wrap and talk about one of the biggest issues in our industry: body aches we get from lashing. If you have been lashing for a while, then you know at some point your body will start to feel it. Lashing looks like a very relaxing chill kind of job, but it can be very hard on our bodies if we don't take care of them. Another...

As we enter into 2020, the only way you are going to make things happen in your business is by being intentional with your time. You need to focus...and the only way to get that focus is to have goals. Each year we set goals and we want to share some of the things that have worked for us. In this episode, you'll learn what SMART goals are. Too many times we set goals that are too hard to reac...

Welcome to our first ever Christmas episode!2019 was a crazy year of change, loss, challenges, and new opportunities. While it was our craziest year as salon owners, it was also one of our most amazing years in the beauty industry. In this episode, we take a look back at 2019 and share some of the things we are grateful for both personally and professionally. We also share tips on how to be gratef...

We were invited this last summer to meet Sheila Bella at her PMU office in North Hollywood and talk shop. We have been friends for a while online, but we had never had to chance to hang out and really connect with her until now. In this episode, we talk about the struggles of running a beauty business, training your competition, who not to hire when you are interviewing potential staff, and our fa...

In this episode, our very own Erika changes roles and allows us to interview her. We talk about what it was like for her as an employee to go through a salon closing and how her mindset really made this big change for her go smoother than one would expect. She also shares about her transition into being a business owner and how she came up with the new name for her business. Erika also discusses h...

In today's episode, we take a look back at LashCon 2019 and share what we thought worked and what didn't quite work for us. LashCon was the most exciting thing we have been part of in our young lash life! We almost had 300 people come to the event and when it was all done, it was a huge success. We also discuss how people can be selected to be a speaker at Lashcon 2020 and we share detai...

Since the holidays are upon us we decided to share some of the things we did at our salon over the last 13 years to make this special time of the year more fun and profitable. We share decorating ideas, gift card tips and how you can use this season to show appreciation to your clients and staff. We also answer a question submitted to us by one of our listeners...today we share how we go about rai...

Courtney returns to the LashCast studios to talk about the huge deal between Ulta Beauty and Sugarlash Pro. At first glance, some lash stylists might feel this will hurt our industry or they might feel envious of the deal...but we feel this deal is an amazing opportunity for not just Sugarlash Pro but for our whole industry. Paul and Tussanee break down why they think this will actually open up mo...

Cheryl Peng of Untamed Artistry joins us today in our LashCast Studios, and we are so excited to share this interview for you. Cheryl is launching her own lash brand, and she isn't starting it because she thinks there aren't any good lash brands currently on the market. Cheryl chose to start a lash brand because of her "why". You see, Cheryl is a lash nerd (We say that lovingly...

Today we take on two topics we see discussed on Instagram and in Facebook groups: patch testing and price-fixing. We have been doing lashes for over 15 years and have worked with some of the top doctors in Southern California to figure out what is going on with the cyanoacrylate glue allergy. While patch testing sounds like a great idea, we go into why it really doesn't help you find out who...

One of the things we like to say is "you don't know what you don't know". When we say that, we just mean it's easy to doing something wrong and because of your lack of experience or knowledge, you just have no clue what you are doing is actually not the best thing. This happens all the time when we are running our businesses. That is why decided to do this episode. Each on...

Welcome to the first-ever MEGA PODCAST where we joined forces with Shelby from Lash Boss Radio and Tara from Lessons of a Lashpreneur. We are so excited to share this episode with you and hope you find it helpful and encouraging. We came up with the idea before IBS Las Vegas and decided to record it at the trade show in the booth all three of us shared. We decided to have the MEGA PODCAST start wi...

Today we get to interview Katie Gross owner of Lash Artist Box and Suburban Lash. We have known Katie for a while and finally got to sit down with her while we were at IBS Vegas Show this last June. Katie shares with us some of the struggles she has had in starting two businesses and goes into detail what the Lash Artist Box is all about. We also get to talk about one of her goals and that's...

Today we finish up our conversation on professionalism that we started in our last episode. In this episode Tussanee, Paul and Erika continue to discuss ways they feel we could be more professional in how we dress, what music we listen to, how we just handle our customers as well as some other areas we should all be aware of. ANNOUNCEMENTSLASHCONWe are excited to launch LashCon, the first-ever bus...

Being professional is such an important part of building a solid brand where you attract your ideal client. That said, it seems our industry struggles in a huge way in being professional. In this episode Tussanee, Paul and Erika talk about areas where they feel our industry needs to grow and become more professional. They share their own failers in not being professional and shed light on how we c...

The gang is at IBS Las Vegas 2019 and Kari Bristow stops by the booth to talk about how she slowed down her business ambitions so she could make time for her three daughters as well as support her husband's career. She also discusses what it's like to run her lash business out of her home and shares her passion to give information and tips away freely on her Instagram and YouTube channel...

Today Tussanee and Paul sit down with Jenelle Paris, founder and CEO of Lash Affair. Jenelle shares about how she grew her business, who helped her along the way as well as some hiring tips. She also shares about the growing need in our industry for more personal connections and how Lash Affair is trying to help. Plus we get to hear a little about her passion for pigs and dogs! -LASHCON: We are ex...

In this extended podcast Tussanee, Paul and Erika discuss the events that led to the decision to close their salon, Integrity Lash. While it was a painful decision, the salon had to close due to a couple of major events and the gang unpacks how those events played out over the last 2 years. Plus they share some very important lessons that they learned along the way...so, stick around for the 2nd h...

The crew is back with a special edition of Q & A as this time its LIVE from the LashCast Elevate Business Intensive at Chic Sin City in Las Vegas, NV! Take a listen as they field several questions from the live audience like "what is your Why?" or "how to delegate work duties to a stylist who is less experienced?" & much more! GUEST ANNOUNCER INFO:If you want to be a gu...