A lash lift curls and sets the lashes you already have. It is $55 at Aloha Beauty Lounge, $70 with a tint, and there is no fill cycle to keep up with. Lash extensions bond a synthetic lash to each of your natural lashes, so they add length and density a lift cannot create. A classic full set is $99 with $59 fills due every two to three weeks. Choose the lift if your natural lashes already have decent length and you want the lowest possible upkeep. Choose extensions if you want visible added fullness and will keep a fill schedule.
Both services sit under "lashes" on the same menu, and they do close to opposite things. One reshapes the hairs growing out of your lid right now. The other adds hairs that were never there. Once you know which of those you actually want, everything else about the decision falls out of it quickly: what you pay, how often you come back, and whether the result looks like your lashes or looks like lashes.
What A Lash Lift Actually Does
A lift is a perm for your lashes. Each natural lash is shaped over a silicone rod and set with solution so it curls upward from the root and holds that curl while it grows. Nothing gets added to your lash line. The hairs are the same hairs, at the same length they were this morning. What changes is the angle they leave your lid at.
That angle does more work than it sounds like it should. A lash that grows straight out points away from your face and reads short from the front even when it is genuinely long. Lift the same lash and it clears the lid line, opens the eye, and looks longer without a millimeter being added anywhere. If your lashes are already long but stubbornly straight or downturned, a lift solves the problem you actually have.
A lift is $55. Add a tint and the pair is $70, or book a tint on its own for $20. The tint is worth thinking about rather than skipping by default, because pale lash tips can make a perfectly good curl disappear in the mirror. Darkening them is what makes the new shape read.
What Extensions Actually Do
Extensions are a different craft. A lash artist isolates one natural lash, then bonds a synthetic lash to it with adhesive. Then does it again, one lash at a time, across the whole lash line. Because every extension has its own host lash, a set can be built out to a length and a density your own lashes were never going to produce on their own.
Pricing runs by style. Classic is $99 for a full set and $59 for a fill. Hybrid is $119 and $69. Volume is $139 and $69. Mega Volume is $199 with a $109 fill. What separates those styles is how many extensions go onto each natural lash and how fine those extensions are, which our guide to classic, hybrid, volume and mega volume sets breaks down properly.
A lift changes the angle of what you have. Extensions change how much you have. Every other difference between them follows from that one.
Upkeep Is The Real Decision
Here is where the two services split hardest.
A lift has no fill cycle at all. You have it done, and then you leave it alone while your lashes grow and shed on their own schedule. Nothing to maintain in between. No appointment that quietly becomes urgent at week three.
Extensions come with a fill cycle you do not get to opt out of. Every extension is bonded to one natural lash, and every natural lash eventually sheds and takes its extension with it. That is ordinary biology rather than bad application, and the lash growth cycle lays out the timing if you want to see why a set thins the way it does. Fills are due within two to three weeks. At four weeks the fill costs an extra $20, because significantly more of the set has to be rebuilt.
Run that against your own calendar before you book anything. Classic extensions kept on a three-week rhythm work out to something like seventeen appointments across a year at $59 each, on top of the $99 you paid on day one. That is a real claim on your money and on your Saturday mornings. A lift is one $55 appointment you repeat whenever you notice the curl going soft.
Which One Fits Your Eyes
Start with what you already have. Look straight into a mirror, no mascara, lashes clean.
If there is real length there and the trouble is only that it points down or straight ahead, a lift will look like a dramatic change for very little money. If your natural lashes are short or very fine, a lift has almost nothing to work with. Curling a short lash gives you a curled short lash — that is the honest limit of the service, and it is completely predictable before you book.
Eye shape steers it too. Hooded and deep-set lids can swallow a lift under the brow bone, because the curl lands where nobody is looking; extensions can be mapped longer through the outer third to work around that. A full lash line growing straight down is close to the ideal case for a lift.
Then there is what you want out of the mirror. A lift reads as your lashes on a good day. Extensions read as lashes, deliberately and visibly. Neither of those is the better answer. They answer different questions, and the question you are asking is the thing to be honest about.
Switching From One To The Other
You are not locked in. If you are wearing extensions now and want to try a lift, the extensions come off first. Professional removal is $25, and it is worth paying for rather than picking at them at home, since pulling extensions off takes natural lashes with them and leaves you with less to lift.
The other direction is easier, with one caveat: a freshly lifted lash sits at an angle that makes a clean extension bond harder to place, so it is usually better to let the lift relax before booking a full set. If you are somewhere in the middle and genuinely unsure, say so when you call. It is a two-minute conversation and it costs nothing.
Where To Find Us
Aloha Beauty Lounge is at 10509 S River Heights Dr #104, South Jordan, UT 84095, and we welcome guests from Daybreak, Riverton, Herriman, West Jordan, Sandy and Draper. Call (801) 909-8989 if you want a read on your own lashes before you commit either way, or look through the full service menu for current lash pricing.
If you land on extensions, most of what decides how long the set lasts happens at home. The two rules and the calendar are in lash extension aftercare.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a lash lift cheaper than lash extensions?
Yes, and the gap is wider than the sticker price suggests. A lash lift at Aloha Beauty Lounge is $55, or $70 with a tint. A classic full set of extensions is $99, and it carries $59 fills due every two to three weeks. Over a year the lift stays a small handful of single appointments while extensions become a standing line in your budget.
Does a lash lift make your lashes longer?
No. A lift adds no length and no density. It curls and sets the lashes you already have so they point upward instead of straight out, which makes them look longer from the front. If you want lashes that are genuinely longer or fuller than the ones you grow, extensions are the service that does that.
How often do lash extensions need a fill?
Fills are due within two to three weeks. At four weeks a fill is still possible but costs an extra $20, because considerably more of the set has to be rebuilt by then. Fill pricing at Aloha Beauty Lounge in South Jordan is $59 for classic, $69 for hybrid and volume, and $109 for mega volume.
Can I get a lash lift if my lashes are short?
You can, but manage your expectations. A lift reshapes existing lashes without adding anything, so a short lash simply becomes a curled short lash. Lifts pay off most on lashes that already have length and are pointing the wrong way. If your lash line is short or sparse, a classic set of extensions at $99 will get you far closer to what you are picturing.
What does it cost to have lash extensions removed?
Professional removal is $25. Book it rather than pulling extensions off yourself, because each extension is bonded to a natural lash and forcing it off takes the natural lash with it. Removal matters most if you are moving from extensions to a lift, since the lift needs healthy natural lashes to work on.
Should I add a tint to my lash lift?
It is $15 more when booked with the lift, $70 versus $55, and $20 as a standalone service. Tint darkens pale lash tips so the new curl actually reads in the mirror, which is the point of getting the lift in the first place. If your lashes are already dark from root to tip, you can skip it.
