‘We love putting smiles on our clients’ faces’: Brisbane’s best eyelash technician revealed

We asked our readers to vote for Brisbane’s best eyelash technician. After a week of voting, our readers have crowned a new winner! See the full list and read what our winners had to say.

Holly G Beauty, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

We put the call out to our readers to nominate Brisbane’s best eyelash technician and after hundreds of responses we narrowed the list down to a group of finalists. We can now reveal, as voted by our readers, Brisbane’s best eyelash technician, 2023!

1. Holly G Beauty

Holly G Beauty, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Speciality: Eyelash extensions, brow waxing and sculpting, cosmetic tattooing, ombré brows and lip blush

Opened: 2019

Suburb: Eatons Hill

Instagram: @hollygbeauty

Owner Holly Goeldner said she loved to make her clients smile. “Making them feel good about themselves and also having a good vent to their lash tech, of course. We aren’t called beauty therapists for nothing,” she said. After curating “Insta-worthy” eyelashes at just 15, Holly discovered her passion for crafting eyelashes.

Five quick facts:

1. Holly loves thick lashes.

2. Holly loves to help people smile.

3. Holly loves pink.

4. Holly opened her Eatons Hill salon at the age of 20.

5. Holly is now passing her years of experience to a trainee at the salon.

2. Lashes by Karis

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Speciality: Lash mapping

Opened: 2022

Suburb: Wynnum West

Instagram: @lashesby_karis

Five quick facts:

1. Karis has over 1500 followers on Instagram.

2. The most requested set is wispy hybrids.

3. Karis has a studio cat named Tiger.

4. They are located by the bay in Wynnum West.

5. They are soon moving from a home studio to a salon.

3. T and M Beauty Empire

T and M Beauty Empire, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Speciality: Wispy lash extensions

Opened: 2023

Suburb: Clontarf

Instagram: @tandmbeautyempire

Five quick facts:

1. They will be providing brow services, teeth whitening and tooth gems in 2024.

2. They offer Afterpay, Zip, cash and EFTPOS as payment options.

3. They are creating a one-on-one in-person eyelash course in 2024.

4. The business only started in January this year.

5. The business name is named after the owner’s children.

4. Lashed by Holly Rose

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Speciality: Volume lash extensions

Opened: 2021

Suburb: Burpengary East

Instagram: @lashed.by.hollyrose

Five quick facts:

1. Owner Holly-Rose Anderson was been getting her eyelashes done for over four years. “One day while I was in my lash appointment I thought to myself ‘this wouldn’t be so bad’ and then I looked into lash courses,’ she said.

2. It took Holly-Rose only two days to decide on a course.

3. The business was only created to make money through university, however Holly-Rose decided to go into the business full-time soon after starting.

4. She only did her best friends eyelashes for the first two months.

5. Starting the business was the “best decision” she ever made, she said.

5. Femme Beauty

Femme Beauty, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Speciality: Lash extensions, lash lifts, brow waxing, brow lamination, brow dye and brow shaping

Opened: 2020

Suburb: Hemmant

Instagram: @femme.beautyau

Five quick facts:

1. The business started during Covid.

2. Owner Nera Skripic-Vuckovic said clients refer to the salon as a “safe space.”

3. They have served over 430 people this year.

4. The salon is owned by a law student.

5. The salon will be opening a training academy in 2024.

6. Glow Beauty Services

Glow Beauty Services, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Speciality: Custom made lashes

Opened: 2013

Suburb: Wynnum

Instagram: @glowbeautyservices

Five quick facts:

1. The business was created to “help enhance natural beauty” and help women feel like “the most confident version of themselves.”

2. Owner Jacqui McCullagh prides herself on delivering exceptional quality eyelashes.

3. The business was in the top 10 for Brisbane’s best brow artists earlier this year.

4. Jacqui has won multiple international and national awards.

5. Jacqui is constantly working on advancing her skills to help give “the best possible results” for her clients.

7. By Priscilla Martin

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Speciality: Education, training, mentoring, all lash related treatments, all brow related treatments including brow tattooing, teeth whitening, supplies and cosmetics

Opened: 2018

Suburb: Sunnybank

Instagram: @lashbrowbeautybarbypm

Five quick facts:

1. The business was established in 2018 when owner Priscilla Martin was just 18.

2. Priscilla has over 15 certificates in makeup, lashes, brows, and teeth whitening business training.

3. More than 70 per cent of the clients are regulars from when the business first opened.

4. The business is described as “one of Brisbane’s first original lash salons” by Priscilla.

5. The business was one of Queensland’s first lash training academies.

8. Lashious Studios

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Speciality: Eyelash extension services and eyelash extension education

Opened: 2019

Suburb: Browns Plains

Instagram: @lashious.studios

1. Lashious Studios is owned and run by Naomi Armstrong.

2. The business started as a side hustle.

3. The business “bloomed” after Covid lockdowns.

4. More than 100 students have been trained at the studio over the last three years.

5. “What’s said in the lash room stays in the lash room with no judgement,” Naomi said.

9. Shakira Lea Beauty

Shakira Lea Beauty, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Speciality: Eyelash extensions, eyelash lifts, eyelash tints, eyebrow waxing, eyebrow tinting and eyebrow laminations.

Opened: 2020

Suburb: Cannon Hill

Instagram: @shakiraleabeauty

Five quick facts:

1. Owner Shakira Lea studied at French Beauty Academy.

2. The business offers a $10 discount if booked online.

3. The business sells retail products including lash growth serum, brow growth serum, Spoolie key-rings and eyelash extension after-care kits.

4. Multiple loyalty programs are available for customers.

5. The “Lash Lift & Tint + Brow Lamination” package is the most popular.

10. Lashed by Emma

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Speciality: Lash extensions

Opened: 2022

Suburb: Warner

Instagram: @lashedby.emmaa

Five quick facts:

1. Each lash is personalised to each client.

2. Owner Emma Clare researches beauty trends to keep her knowledge fresh.

3. Emma places a focus on customer service and offers flexible booking options.

4. The business has been open for just over one year.

5. Emma said she never sees herself leaving the beauty industry.