Wedding Belles Magazine Volume I Issue 1 | Page 28

F E AT U R E D A D V E R T I S E M E N T LashingOut BY KELSEY WILHOITE Be bold on your wedding day with beautiful lashes. Sabrina Simmons, owner of Lashing Out Beauty Lounge in Oxford, is a licensed esthetician and certified makeup artist with more than a decade of experience. Lashing Out Beauty Lounge is located at 1013 Snow St. Sabrina works by appointment only. You may contact her by calling 256.225.4797 or messaging her on the Lashing Out Beauty Lounge Facebook page. “Mink eyelash extensions are the hot thing right now,” Sabrina says. “That’s when you apply one false lash to a natural lash.” While some brides go all out for their wedding day look, other brides prefer a classic look. “That’s exactly what mink lashes are for, to enhance natural beauty.” “Mink lashes are very durable,” Sabrina continues. “We recommend you not get them wet for 24 to 48 hours. After that you can go swimming, go to the beach, you can go stand in the rain, and they’re not going to move.” Do I hear tropical honeymoon? BEFORE 26 | Wedding belles When it comes to lashes, Sabrina says lash health and sanitation is most important. “You just brush them everyday, keep them clean as possible, and then they’ll just shed like your natural lash.” Sabrina has 12 years of experience with lashes and seven years experience as a makeup artist. “It all started with lashes as my specialty,” she says. With a team of trained professionals, Sabrina can accommodate bridal parties of all sizes. “A normal bridal party for me is six or seven, and I’ve done a bridal party of 30.” “I have four assistants that I usually take with me for weddings so we can do big wedding parties and not have a rushed face,” Sabrina says. “And they are all hand-trained and certified.” AFTER Other services offered at Lashing Out Beauty Lounge include microblading, strip lashes, lash extension fill-ins, and makeup application for any occasion. Microblading is a tattooing technique used to add semi-permanent pigment to the skin to enhance your eyebrows. Sabrina’s microblading fee includes touch ups for two years. If you’re interested in hiring Sabrina for lash extensions, microblading, or wedding makeup contact her with your wedding date as soon as possible. “I’ve had people book me the same time they pick their date,” she says. Included in a wedding deposit is a trial run and day of makeup. A deposit also blocks off the time needed for the bridal party and locks in your date. In addition, Sabrina will supply a bridal contract “which covers in detail everything agreed upon.” “Our deposit always includes the bride,” Sabrina explains. “So she’s going to be covered regardless if the rest of the bridal party changes their mind or not.” With weddings scheduled into 2020, it’s never too early to book your wedding day with Sabrina. ✽ BEFORE AFTER VOLUME I • ISSUE 1