Sinning in LA

May God bless you and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder
To the stars
And climb on every rung
And may you stay
Forever young
Bob Dylan

We all want to look as young as possible, and fortunately it has nothing to do with scalpels and chemicals. The secret lies with the windows to your soul - your eyes.

Your eyes, or more accurately, your lashes, are always the first sign to tell if someone is or has recently been battling an illness. As we get older the lashes also get more sparse. Consequently, having long and natural looking lashes will always make you appear younger and more beautiful.

Sinning in LA has found the place that does semipermanent lashes, also known as eyelash extensions, better than anyone else by far. We don’t think the A-listers should be allowed to have this gem all by themselves.

Crash their party by stepping into eyelash and brow specialty spa LuxLash at 9640 Santa Monica Boulevard (directly across the street from Sprinkles, everyone’s cupcake favorite). It’s a little bit like stepping into heaven. The décor is serene, ethereal and white with stunning, dazzlingly magnificent design elements. The music is soft, the whole place smells divine, and you are treated with the utmost kindness. Whether you are a star or not, the beautiful owner Suzanne Cats and her team of highly-educated lash mavericks will treat you like one.

LuxLash originally started in Boston 2006. Soon, Suzanne will be opening two salons in New York and one in Las Vegas, in addition to the Boston Flagship salon and the one in Beverly Hills.
In stark contrast to most places around town that offer lash applications after the vendor makes them take a 6-hour course, (sometimes on DVD) LuxLash is MD-affiliated, and everyone on Suzanne’s team of professional technicians has at least 100 hours of intensive training before she lets them near one of her clients.

They are all experts who know how to make you look your absolute most stunning, and Suzanne also has made sure that they are also experts on customer care. They are required to take additional training to keep up with all the latest developments in healthy, elegant, long lasting lashes that emerge from her laboratories. And yes, LuxLash is her own brand of lashes.

I felt amazingly secure and confident with my technicians at LuxLash. The place is pristine and warm and welcoming and the results are immediate and very long-lasting.

The 60 minutes it takes to get a lash enhancement service or the 90 minutes it takes for a “full” application flies by. I fell asleep in the comfy reclined specialty chairs, and most clients do, but you can also choose to combine the natural lash application with other treatments like manicure, pedicure, or skin treatments that make your skin dewy, peachy and plump. All are provided by experts in their field who know that you want to look as stunning as the celebrity on the front of your favorite magazine (which you could very well meet in the door on your way out).

Owner Suzanne Cats and her daughter Shawnie, the company’s marketing guru, decided to offer these extra treatments because they know how pressed for time their clients are.If you can get additional treatments done while you are already in a comfy chair, you are certainly multitasking!

LuxLashes are single strands of lightweight synthetic eyelashes that look identical to natural lashes and are applied one lash at a time to your own lashes. This gives a naturally elegant thick-lashed look and also protects your own lashes. They will start to look a lot better. The results are long-lasting, so for up to eight weeks there is no need to use mascara or awful strip lashes with glue that ruins your own lashes or that might end up on your pillow at the most inconvenient time. If you want to, you can also re-fill your lashes after a few weeks.

The best thing might be that your elegant, thick LuxLashes look real and natural and they stay on. You can swim, spa, shower or sin the night away and they are not going anywhere until your own lashes grow out.

“Lashes, lashes, lashes- they are the ultimate weapon for femininity,” she said when asked about the best product for beautiful eyes, “especially when they are applied like ‘baby lashes’ (the lashes you were born with).”
 
If you are feeling especially glamorous, LuxLash also offers lash piercings. You can choose from 12 different  stunning colors of Swarowski crystals which are embedded into your own or your LuxLashes for instantly stunning eyes at 40 to 50 dollars each.

Suzanne Cats says “It’s the perfect way for our clients to not only update their look but also feel confident walking into a room knowing all eyes are on them.” 

She started out with the intent to create med spas and Suzanne is also deeply involved with different charities, in particular for cancer treatments. It is evident to anyone that meets her that she has a big heart, and she has worked very hard to find ways to restore self-esteem in women who have lost it, and had their brows and lashes damaged by conditions like burns, alopecia and chemotherapy side-effects. By offering brow prosthetics, permanent brow and eyeliner tattoos, eye-area Botox and the revolutionary (as far as beauty treatments go) new “Eyebrite,” a four-step “whitening, tightening and brightening” process, Suzanne helps even the most challenged women restore their self-confidence instantly. “The Eyebrite whitens the whites of your eyes, tightens and firms with HA/peptides, and brightens around the eye with concealers. It results in a more youthful and fresh eye area. And who doesn't want that, right?”

You can also buy a lot of exclusive LuxLash products especially made to help your eyes look their mesmerizing best at the LuxLash salon. Sinning in LA is especially fond of the Wicked Healthy Lash Cleanse, which not only removes your makeup very effectively but also encourages lash growth. It really works!

Suzanne is a lash specialist but she is also a skincare expert, so with Valentines Day coming up Sunday we had to ask her how we could get that dewy skin look – and fast.

“To get dewy skin for Valentine's Day, I recommend Haylronics with Collagens - I'm addicted! I love the way it makes my skin look fresh and dewy,” says Suzanne.

Suzanne has such great taste that we wanted to know what in her opinion is the most romantic spot in Los Angeles?

 “Il Cielo is the ultimate romantic dinner spot for a couple in Beverly Hills! It's very quaint, beautiful and filled with bright white twinkle lights to give any evening an added touch of romance! Plus, the food and service is incredible.”

Oh, we just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE LuxLash here at Sinning in LA (where the service is also incredible). If you hurry you too might be able to get the look you have always wanted just in time for spring. Call 310.273.LASH or visit www.LuxLash.com. Tell them we sent you. You will not regret it!

Treatments

Semi Permanent Lash Extensions: Lasts 2 months with proper care*
Enhancement (60 lash) | $295
Full Lash (120) lash | $395 
Bad Boy Lashes (150 lash) | $450

Maintenance Lash Replacement
Lash Fill (30) | $100      Double Fill (60) |  $200   

Underlash Semi-Permanent Mascara Application |$25   

Mani/Pedi Serviced While You Lash | $25/$45 or $55 for both