LETTER: Lash Extensions or Butterfly Wings? | Let’s Talk About It

Dear Editor,

This is in no way bashing women, but, as a man it is becoming increasingly concerned about the growing popularity of lash extensions among women today. For many women, lash extensions are more than just a beauty trend; it has become a form of self-expression, confidence, and convenience.

In today’s fast-paced world, some women are juggling multiple roles and responsibilities, and some lash extensions may seem like a simple way to wake up looking fresh and put-together without spending extra time on mascara or eye makeup. However, some females with these butterfly wings can hardly keep their eyes open.

Editor, don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with these women pumping up their lashes for some extra brightness on the face or as some would say ‘added beauty’. But some of these lashes are so long you can actually sit on them and scroll through tiktok. Aren’t these lashes heavy on their face?

Apart from it being long, some of these lashes cost like Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars just for installation, according to a friend. Sometimes this makes me wonder if these women don’t have anything better to do with Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars, instead of putting mink lashes.

While beauty routines vary from person to person, what matters most is how they make you feel. Whether it’s lipstick, lash extensions, a fresh hairstyle, or makeup, every woman deserves the freedom to define beauty on her own terms. But some of these lashes are too extreme. It is almost impossible to even look at these women’s faces. What doubles it, is that some of these women are bank tellers, we have to look in their faces. Some of them are selling at fast food franchises.

Some of these women’s eyes become so red, it seems as if these lashes are even irritating their eyes. So editor, I really have some questions for these women. Why do you allow yourself to suffer because of beauty? Does beauty have to be so extreme? Can’t it just be soft and beautiful rather than loud and pathetic?

Everyone seems to be so much into these lashes, you see the young women and the old ones as well, and am wondering, why is everyone so trying to be in the in-thing? Is it necessary?

By Lincoln Smith