STORAGE:

You can store our unopened Eyelash Excellence adhesives in the fridge for up to 6 months before first opening.
When you do open for the first time, please allow them to come to room temperature first. If you open a cold glue it will draw the warm air in and can spoil the adhesive.
Once opened, never store them back in the fridge, just keep them at room temperature and out of direct sunlight.

INGREDIENTS

• Ethyl-2-Cyanoacrylate
• PMMA
• BHA
• Carbon Black

How do you keep eyelash glue from drying out?

Store our Fast Drying Eyelash Glue at room temperature and out of direct sunlight. Replace your eyelash glue every 5-7 weeks to ensure optimum lash retention. Fast drying eyelash glue can be stored unopened in the fridge for up to 6 months. Refresh our fast drying eyelash glue every 15-20 minutes to keep your glue drop fresh.

How do you remove eyelash glue?

If you wish to remove our Fast drying Eyelash Glue, then use our debonder which softens the bonds and removes with ease.

How to use Fast Drying Eyelash glue:

• Shake well before use - 30 secs to 2 minutes, vigorous shaking to mix the Fast Drying Eyelash Glue together.
• Control room levels to perfection before working with this Fast Drying Eyelash Glue, however to speed this adhesive up, increase your room levels, work at the top levels or opt for our faster volume adhesive called Supersonic.
• Dispense Fast Drying Eyelash Glue onto either paper tape, or Magic tape (not micropore which is too absorbent), either use on a jade stone, or in a glue ring.
• During hotter weather or higher humidity, we recommend that you may want to instead dispense this Fast Drying Eyelash Glue onto a shiny surface such as the removable backing tape of the under eye gel pads, this will limit the amount of moisture absorbed from the tape and prevent it curing too quickly on your jade stone/glue ring.
• Use a good sized ball of Fast Drying Eyelash Glue – size of a small pea.
• Dispense a new glue bead every 10-15 minutes or when the bead takes on a thicker consistency.
• Grab a small bead of Fast Drying Eyelash Glue on the extension and place immediately onto the natural lash. Do NOT paint, or swipe.
• Suitable for intermediate lash artists, for advanced or fast working lash artists this may be too slow.

Watch this video for more information on how to work with eyelash glue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOUw4OYjcc

EU approved, for professional use only, contains cyanoacrylate. Use of a FFP3 carbon filter mask by the technician is recommended during use of all cyanoacrylate-based Eyelash Extensions Glue. Do not allow product to come into contact with the skin. Keep out of the reach of children.

Always patch test your client 24-48 hours prior to their treatment (check with your insurance provider)

*Please do NOT use nano misters with any of our adhesives. Nano misters shock cure the adhesive, reducing bond strength by up to 30%. If you choose to use a nano mister, we cannot guarantee retention of our adhesives.

Why do we give a working range for each Eyelash Extensions Glue?

CA (cyanoacrylate) which is the key ingredient in most Eyelash Extensions Glue requires the perfect control of both temperature and humidity in order to cure correctly.

(It’s like baking a cake – if you fail to set the oven correctly the cake will not bake)

The lower the temperature and humidity in your lashing space, the slower the cure of the Eyelash Extensions Glue will be.

The higher the temperature and humidity in your lashing space, the faster the cure of the Eyelash Extensions Glue will be.

Failure to control “both” your temperature and humidity to suit your working speed and room levels will render your Eyelash Extensions Glue useless.

Watch this video for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOUw4OYjcc

What Eyelash Extensions Glue suits me?

Every lash artist will work at a different speed and in a different environment (different temperature and humidity levels), as such it is impossible for there to be one Eyelash Extensions Glue that suits all. This is why we suggest for you to try out our sample sizes first of all to ensure that adhesive suits you, your clients and your lashing environment.

Therefore, the artist will always have to work by “trial and error” to find an Eyelash Extensions Glue that suits their personal working environment and their clients – (some client’s lashes are dry, some oily) as such it can never be one glue suits every client.

This is the reason why we at Eyelash Excellence offer a wide range of Eyelash Extensions Glues and not just one, so that we can provide adhesives to suit every artist.

My Eyelash Extensions Glue is taking too long to cure, what should I do?

Simply increase your temperature and humidity to speed up the curing process -  do not use the cure speed as exact timings, it is simply a guide to show you where in the range that lash adhesive sits.

My Eyelash Extensions Glue is curing too quickly, what should I do?

Decrease your temperature and humidity to slow down the curing process.

Why are my volume fans closing?

Volume lashing requires the use of a super-fast “volume Eyelash Extensions Glue” Slower curing adhesives will not cure quick enough, as such the fan will close. This is why our fast drying eyelash glue is designed for volume, however this is our slowest curing volume adhesive in the range and better suited for intermediate lash artists, those newer to volume or those who have higher room levels.

Volume fans MUST be held in place from 3-8 seconds to allow the fan to set and start the initial cure. Early release of the fan will result in it closing. This means that despite the quicker cure speed listed, this isn't the case with any adhesive used for volume - again it provides a guide only for how the glues sit in the range.

Volume Eyelash Extensions Glue are extremely temperamental, as such “perfect” control of both temperature and humidity is paramount - this is why we suggest our lash glue samples before committing to a full bottle.

What does cure speed mean in seconds?

This is just a guide, to assist “only” in understanding the average cure time from when you place the extension onto the natural lash to it starting the set cure (when the extension is set in place)

Cure speeds assist only in helping the lash artist choose the correct glue for their lashing speed and experience level and should in no way be taken as the exact guide of set times for the extension.

If you grab a larger bead of Eyelash Extensions Glue  then your extension will take longer to cure, whereas if you grab a seamless amount your extension will cure quicker.

As such cure times can only “assist” and can never be taken as an exact set cure time.

We always recommend that you allow at least 3 seconds minimum for the classic extension to cure before releasing it and at least 6 seconds minimum for volume fans to ensure that fan does not close.

Why is my adhesive not working on my mannequin head?

If you are practicing on a mannequin head, you will always find that your adhesives will be very slow curing. This is because practice lashes are made from PBT and hold no moisture unlike real lashes. Therefore, when attempting to practice they will not grab, unless you use our fastest adhesive Supersonic, use an accelerator and have your room levels exceptionally high.

Should I purchase an adhesive to suit my lash room’s natural temperature and humidity levels, or set my levels to suit the adhesive I am using?

You MUST always set your room levels to suit the adhesive you are using, never the other way around.

CA is very temperamental, as such we must always provide it with the levels it likes to work best at.

When we bake a cake, we always set the oven to suit that cake mixture, so adopt this understanding whenever you work with eyelash adhesive.

Can I work with just one adhesive?

Most experienced artists have 2-3 adhesives that they work with, each to suit whether they are classic or volume lashing, as well as the client they are working on at the appointment. It is very rare that one adhesive suits that artist alone as well as all of their clients.

How long do my adhesives last?

Stored un open in the fridge, they will last up to 6 months. Once opened the recommended shelf life is 5-7 weeks, however if that glue is not used every day then most will last up to 3 months. Opened bottles should be stored upright, in an airtight container, at room temperature and out of direct sunlight.

Adhesive that has ‘gone off’ will usually take on a stringy consistency (with the exception of our oil resistant adhesive) or will not grab onto the NL.

I have just started working with a new adhesive that is unfamiliar to me, it does not grab or cure like my other adhesive, it must be off or bad right?

It is very rare for adhesives to be off or bad. They are made in large batches, as such if one adhesive is reported to be off/bad then whole batch will be, and the supplier will be inundated with complaints.

Adhesives also travel really well around the globe and very rarely become compromised unless left in extreme environments of hot or cold for a long period of time (which is rare due to their express delivery times). As such it is unlikely that it has gone off – if it has it will usually show signs of a stringy consistency or a grey/separated appearance.

When working with a new glue, you must understand that it will work and perform very differently from your existing adhesive, therefore you can never compare the two and instead learn how to work with that new glue differently and understand that to start off with you may have both application and retention issues with that adhesive.

Should I shake my adhesive?

Always shake your adhesive at the start of your lash appointment, removing the lid and placing folded up paper wax strip over the nozzle. If you shake your adhesive with the lid on, then adhesive will travel up the nozzle and stick your lid to the nozzle.

Always burp your adhesive after dispensing to remove trapped air from the nozzle.

How should I store my adhesive?

Store unopened bottles in the fridge. Opened bottles should be stored upright, in an airtight container, at room temperature and out of direct sunlight. Once opened never put your adhesive back in the fridge, this can compromise the adhesive.

How often should I change my adhesive dot?

For optimum performance always refresh your adhesive every 15- 20 minutes with a brand new dot, especially when working with a fast drying eyelash glue.

Why are my clients lashes not lasting?

There are always so many reasons why you may be having retention issues on your clients and most of the time it can be impossible to ever really get to the bottom of it.

Sadly, most artists are very quick to blame the adhesive where as 99% this is not the case.

Most retention issues are caused by the following:

• Failing to control temperature and humidity
• Not refreshing your adhesive often enough
• Too little adhesive used
• Incorrect attachment
• Not working quick enough for that adhesive - fast drying eyelash glue is too fast for you.
• Extensions too long or too heavy for the NL
• Incorrect preparation of the lashes or using non-lash products
• Oily clients
• Clients failing to follow aftercare correctly
• Clients using high strength creams, hair products, heavy makeup etc.
• Clients taking oily supplements for skin and hair
• Clients sleeping on their faces – although they will rarely admit this.

This list could go on, but it is always important to work through the list before blaming the adhesive.

What should I do if after troubleshooting, I still think my adhesive is bad?

If you have any issues with our fast drying eyelash glue then please contact us, we will then work with you and ask lots of questions to see if they can get to the bottom of it. Do not be offended by the questions they ask, they are simply trying to assist to see if there is an obvious solution.

99% the time, your supplier does not know you personally, or how you work, as such they will need to ask lots of question to try to understand why you are having issues with the adhesive. They will then work back and forth with you, so they can gain as much information on the problems you are having with your fast drying eyelash glue. If need be they will ask for the glue to be sent back for testing, as well as construct a detailed report to send to their manufacturers.