Russian Lashes Course

Add Russian Lashes To Your Treatment Menu

Russian volume is the premium end of the lash menu. Instead of one extension per natural lash, you make a fan of several ultra-fine extensions and place that on a single lash. The result is a much denser line, and because each extension is finer, the weight stays within what the natural lash can hold.

It commands a higher price and a longer appointment than classic extensions, which is why most therapists add it once classic work is already booking well. The treatment module is five units — the largest of our lash modules — with a whole unit on removal and maintenance, since volume sets need managing over time.

What You’ll Be Able To Do

• Make handmade fans by hand, consistently, at a workable speed
• Choose a fan weight the client’s natural lash can carry
• Prepare the eye area and apply a full volume set
• Maintain a set over successive appointments rather than rebuilding it
• Remove volume work safely without stressing the natural lash
• Give aftercare that protects a denser, more delicate set

What To Learn Alongside Russian Lashes

Most therapists come to volume from classic work — Eyelash Extensions covers that and includes lash and brow tinting. Lash Lift gives you an option for clients whose natural lashes will not carry volume, and Eyebrow Definition balances the brow to the fuller lash line.

What You’ll Need To Practise

You need ultra-fine extensions in several lengths, volume tweezers, adhesive, eye pads, primer and remover, plus consultation and hygiene supplies. Our Russian Lashes Kit covers these. It is optional, though volume tweezers are the one item worth not economising on — fan making depends on them.

Russian Lashes Course FAQs

How Long Does the Russian Lashes Course Take?

There are 26 units across three modules, five of them on volume work itself. Fan making is the bottleneck: it is a hand skill, and most students spend more time on fans alone than on all the written theory combined. Most complete their training within a few weeks to a few months, and there is no deadline.

How Is the Course Delivered?

Entirely online. Fan making is demonstrated close up by Victoria, which is the only practical way to see the tweezer movement — it is a few millimetres of motion. You arrange your own models for full sets.

How Am I Assessed?

All 26 units are assessed, with unlimited resubmissions. The volume module is assessed on fan consistency and weight: a beautiful set applied too heavily damages the natural lash, so what is checked is whether your fans match the lashes you put them on.

Is the Russian Lashes Course Accredited?

Yes — by ABT, IPHM and IGCT. The certificate is recognised by insurers including Towergate, Radius, Insync and Balens. Volume work is sometimes treated as a separate listing on an insurance schedule to classic extensions, so check how yours handles it.

Do I Need to Have Done Classic Extensions First?

It is not a requirement, and this course teaches preparation and application from the start. In practice most students do classic first, because isolation is the underlying skill and volume adds fan making on top of it.

Do I Need to Buy the Kit?

No. The Russian Lashes Kit is the convenient route. If you already do classic extensions you will have much of it — the additions are the finer lashes and the volume tweezers.

What Business Training Is Included?

The Foundation module’s 12 units cover business promotion, promoting products and services, reception duties, retail legislation and taking payments. Volume is the highest-priced treatment on most lash menus, so the pricing and promotion units are where to spend your reading time.

What Support Do I Get?

Tutor feedback on every assessment, our private student group, and lifetime access. Fan making is the skill students most often send back for a second look, and there is no limit on how many times you can.