How Anna Chooses Lash Trays and Tweezers: A Working Artist's Guide
The trays and tweezers used on a paying client are the same categories taught in class and sold in the Shop, so choosing supplies is really one decision, not three. Here's how Anna thinks about trays, tweezers and the rest of a working kit, whether you're finishing a course or restocking after months of client work and trying to figure out what to reorder first.
Why Curl and Diameter Matter
A tray's curl and diameter determine how a fan or single extension sits on the natural lash, which is the same mapping logic taught in both LASHGASM courses. Curl controls how much lift and shape an extension adds once it's bonded, and diameter controls how much weight and thickness it adds to a natural lash without overloading it. Get either wrong for a given natural lash and the result looks off or doesn't hold as well, which is why curl and diameter aren't just preference decisions, they're structural ones tied to what a specific natural lash can actually support.
Both courses teach lash mapping and styling as part of the curriculum, and that mapping logic is exactly what determines which curl and diameter combination belongs on a given lash, on a given client, for a given style. A Classic set mapped for a soft, natural finish calls for different choices than a Mega Volume set built for maximum density, even before technique comes into play. This article stays with that general logic rather than naming specific curl codes or specs, since a working artist's actual choices depend on the tray line in front of them and are best learned hands-on, tray in hand, rather than from a list.
Isolation vs. Volume Tweezers
Isolation tweezers separate a single natural lash for Classic work, while volume tweezers are shaped to pick up and fan multiple thin extensions for Volume and Mega Volume sets.
| Tweezer type | Built for | Used on |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation tweezers | Separating one natural lash cleanly from its neighbors | Classic, one extension per natural lash |
| Volume tweezers | Picking up and fanning several thin extensions at once | Volume and Mega Volume, handmade fans |
Classic technique places one extension per natural lash, which is why isolation is the whole job: the tweezer has to hold one lash still and clean while everything around it stays untouched, tip to tip. Volume and Mega Volume build handmade fans instead, which is a different physical task entirely, picking up several very thin extensions and opening them into a fan before they ever touch the natural lash, and the tweezer shape reflects that difference in what the tips need to do.
Anna holds certificates in both classic and volume extension technique from Innovalook Inc., which is part of why the studio treats these as genuinely different skills with genuinely different tools, rather than expecting one tweezer to do double duty across both. A tray and tweezer choice that works well for Classic isolation isn't automatically the right choice once a client asks for Mega Volume, and vice versa.
What's in the Shop, and Why It's the Same Kit Students Train With
The trays, tweezers, adhesives and accessories in the LASHGASM Shop are the same categories used at the studio and issued in every course kit. Shop categories cover a working artist's full kit: lash trays by curl and diameter, isolation and volume tweezers, adhesives and liquids, and application accessories. That overlap is intentional rather than incidental.
What Anna uses on paying clients, what she hands students in their course kit, and what's sold in the Shop are the same system, so a graduate restocking six months after their course is buying into the same categories they already trained on, not learning a new supplier's naming conventions and product lines from scratch. It also means a student who liked how a particular tray or tweezer performed during training already knows exactly where to find more of it once their course kit runs low, instead of testing unfamiliar alternatives on a live client.
Building or Restocking Your Kit
Whether you're finishing a course or restocking after months of client work, the starting checklist is the same core categories:
- Lash trays, chosen by curl and diameter for the styles you work most
- Isolation tweezers for Classic work
- Volume tweezers for Volume and Mega Volume fans
- Adhesives and liquids
- Tape and spoolies for prep and daily aftercare
Course graduates keep a lifetime 15% discount on everything in that list, so restocking as you grow doesn't reset your costs back to where they started when you first bought a kit before your training days. Working through that same checklist every time you reorder is also a simple way to catch what's running low before it becomes a problem mid-appointment with a client waiting in the chair.
One System, Not Three
Students sometimes assume that what they're issued in a course kit is a simplified training version of what a working artist actually uses, and that the real supplies come later once they've been in business for a while. That's not how it works here. The categories in your course kit, the trays and tweezers Anna reaches for on a paying client, and what's stocked in the Shop all point back to the same system, which means there's no separate "beginner kit" to outgrow.
Go to the Shop
Ready to build or restock your kit? Browse the full range at the LASHGASM Shop. New to lashing and want the full training behind these tools? Start with lash training in Montréal, or read more about the artist and educator behind the kit on the About Anna page.