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Welcome, angels, to our ultimate guide on adequately storing and caring for your eyelash extension adhesive! The literal glue that holds your carefully created lash looks together. Like with your lash extensions, tweezers, and eye pads, taking care of your adhesive is essential to maintaining high standards and having the right tools available to create stunning, fluttering lashes for your clients.
As a lash tech, you know your tools are costly, so looking after them properly ensures they last longer and remain in good condition throughout all your appointments. By storing your adhesive correctly, you can make it last longer, remain sticky so every lash extension stays put, and lower the risk of harm to your client's eyes. In this guide, we will walk you through the dos and don'ts of adhesive care.
Understanding Eyelash Extension Adhesive
Let us recap our knowledge of eyelash glue. Most adhesives, including our Silk Touch Lashes range, are made of cyanoacrylate, which helps make the lashes stick when applied to the natural lashes. However, it is extremely sensitive to heat and moisture, so storing it in a cool, dry place is crucial to making it last.
When stored incorrectly, cyanoacrylate can go wrong, causing it to lose its stickiness and even causing irritation to the eye when applied. Keeping it in the right conditions helps it last. It stays fresh and effective. Proper storage of lash glue is crucial for maintaining its performance, not just to keep it fresh for longer.
Here are a few tips for storing your lash glue properly:
1. Keep it in a cool and dry place: Heat and moisture can affect the quality of the adhesive, so it's essential to store your lash glue in a cool and dry environment away from radiators and direct sunlight.
2. Clean the nozzle of your glue: After every use, clean the top of the glue to get rid of any excess. If you don't then, even if you are storing them in an airtight container, your glue will not shut properly, and air can get in, speeding up the ‘setting’ process. We have adhesive wipes, especially for this.
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Seal the bottle tightly: Before placing your lash glue in the storage container, ensure the cap is tightly sealed after each use. This protects it from air exposure, which can cause the adhesive to dry out and lose its stickiness.
4. Store it upright: Keeping the lash glue bottle upright helps prevent leakage and maintain consistency. If the glue leaks or becomes too thin, it may no longer stick the lash extensions in place, causing lashes to fall out and unhappy clients. - Avoid extreme temperature changes: Avoid exposing your lash glue to extreme cold or hot temperatures, such as leaving it in a car during the summer or winter.
- Keep it out of the fridge: Putting it in the fridge can expose it to extreme cold, which, as we just said, is a huge no-no. Also, when the lash adhesive is removed, condensation can form, and moisture buildup can affect the quality of your eyelash glue.
- Date the day you open your glue: Tear off a strip of micropore tape and put it on the bottle lid with the date you opened. As our lash glue has a shelf life of 8 weeks, you want to make sure that you are using the one that has been opened first (so you are not constantly going through lash glue). Using expired glue can lead to poor-quality adhesion, lash extensions not sticking, and potential eye irritation.
By storing your lash extension adhesive carefully, you can save time and money and keep your client's lashes looking their best.
Storing Your Eyelash Extension Adhesive
So, how do we protect our eyelash glue from exposure to the air, heat or humidity and keep it lasting longer? You could pop it in a cool drawer away from radiators or direct sunlight, or for more protection, why not invest in a storage container? Benefits include keeping your glue away from bad temperatures and dampness.
Our easy-to-use Airtight Adhesive Container is the perfect place to store your lash adhesive, keeping it out of the heat and away from moisture. We have designed it to be spacious, with space to keep up to three eyelash glues in pristine condition. Simply press the button to release the air valve to remove the lid, or push the button again to release the air valve and close the container with a satisfying click.
The airtight seal helps prevent moisture from entering the container, affecting the adhesive's quality. This means you can keep your favourite eyelash glues in tip-top condition until you need to open a new one.
Caring for Your Eyelash Extension Adhesive
Knowing how to store your eyelash extension adhesive is one side of caring for it, but knowing how to slow down the effects of polymerisation or the ‘setting’ of your eyelash glue once the bottle is open is also vital to getting the best results every time you apply eyelash extensions.
Burping the bottle by turning it upright so the nozzle is pointing upwards and squeezing out the drop of glue stuck to the top slows down the setting process. It also ensures your glue is fresh, improves retention, and extends the shelf-life of your glue. This means long-lasting, stunning lashes at every appointment!
After using your glue, clean the tip. This stops any buildup. It also makes sure the cap seals right, preventing air from getting into the bottle and hardening the glue inside—a waste of good adhesive! If you want to clean your nozzle, try lint-free adhesive wipes like these.
Our specially designed container is your go-to solution for preserving the pristine condition of your lash adhesive. Its airtight and humidity-free seal makes it a game-changer for prolonging shelf life and maintaining optimal performance.
Conclusion
Alright, let's wrap this up. Remember, to make your lash adhesive last longer and remain top quality, keeping your lash glue cool and dry is the way to go. An airtight container can be a lash saver. Avoid the fridge and keep everything clean.