What is a lash lift consent form?
A lash lift consent form records that your client understands what is going on her lashes and agrees to it. Unlike extensions, a lift is a chemical service: a lifting lotion softens the natural lash, a setting lotion holds the new curl, and a tint is often added on top. Each of those steps can irritate sensitive eyes or skin, so the form is your proof that you screened for it.
It also sets expectations. The most upset lash lift clients are rarely the ones with a reaction; they are the ones who expected a dramatic curl on very short lashes and did not hear otherwise.
What to include
Everything a general beauty form asks, plus questions that fit the chemistry of a lift.
- The exact service: lift, lift and tint, or tint only, since each carries a different patch test.
- Date of the last lift or perm, because over-processing is the main cause of brittle lashes.
- Growth serums and prescription eye drops, which can change how lashes respond.
- Recent eye surgery, infections, dry eye and blepharitis.
- Allergies to dye, perm solution or adhesive.
- Recent extensions, since leftover glue interferes with the lotion.
- Pregnancy or hormonal change, which can make curls fall flat.
- Aftercare acknowledgement, a realistic results statement, photo permission, cancellation policy, signature and date.
The results line is the one most forms forget, and it saves the most arguments.
When to use it
Have every new client sign before the patch test or the first service. If she books online, send the form for her to review in advance, but get her signature in person so she cannot say she skimmed it on her phone on the bus.
Ask for a fresh form if there has been a gap of more than a year, if she has started a growth serum, if she has had eye surgery, or if you are adding a tint to a client who has only had a lift. A tint is a new product on her skin and lashes, so a new line in the record is justified.
Tips from lash lift technicians
Check her natural lash length before you promise anything. Under about 5 mm, a lift may not hold a curl, and it is kinder to say so than to deliver a flat result.
Remove every trace of makeup and oil first. Lashes that look clean can still be coated with sunscreen or mascara residue, and the lotion will not take evenly.
Time the lotion to the lash, not the clock. Fine, fair lashes process quickly. Coarse, dark lashes may need longer. Over-processing is the single biggest cause of frizzy, brittle lashes, and the form should tell her that processing time is your judgment.
Give her the 24-hour rules on a printed card as well as the form. Steam, saunas, swimming and heavy rubbing in that first day are what ruin a good lift.
Record the timings and products on her card. When you know a client's lashes took nine minutes on the lifting lotion last time, your next appointment is more predictable, and if the result is off you can change one thing instead of guessing. Over a year, those notes turn a good technician into a consistent one.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating a lift like extensions. The risks, the aftercare and the questions are different.
- Skipping the growth serum question. Prostaglandin-based serums are common and can interfere with results.
- Leaving out a tint patch test. A dye reaction near the eye is a bad day for everyone.
- Promising results you cannot deliver. Write down what is realistic.
- Using a lift form for brows. Brow lamination has its own skin-related risks and deserves its own form.