HOW LASHES ARE MADE
When I was just preparing to launch my brand (it took a whole year to develop the concept and set up production!), I personally visited factories manufacturing extension products, studied the process, delving into every detail to make the high-quality brand and tested the products manually.
Unfortunately, not all factories allow to take pictures, but some were not against it, so I shoot a small training video on how artificial eyelashes are made.
There are several steps in making artificial lashes.
Voila! Everything is made manually. There are no and never have been any lash producing equipment. That's why you can notice sometimes that lash strips have a wave-like shape. This is because workers don't press the lash strips carefully with their fingers.
However, the quality of the lashes should not cause any doubts: all of the lashes should have the same thickness and length (unless these are feather lashes). There shouldn't be any damaged lash tips, the eyelashes have to be easily taken from the strip, be flexible and elastic and have a deep color without any additional shades.
Honestly, all of the lash manufactures were far from my idea of how a factory should look like. And because of poor hygiene during the manufacturing process, I'd recommend preparing the lashes for the extension procedure to make the wearing time longer and to increase the stickiness of the lash strip. Just cleaning them with a micro brush and a protein remover or spraying with an antiseptic would be enough.
Unfortunately, not all factories allow to take pictures, but some were not against it, so I shoot a small training video on how artificial eyelashes are made.
There are several steps in making artificial lashes.
- First, thin, long hairs of different thickness (from 0.03 to 0.30 mm) are formed from a black synthetic mass.
- Then those hairs are fixed on a sticky strip and cut into different lengths with a sharp blade.
- Then they are reeled on a roller of a certain diameter to form the desired curl and sent to specialized high-temperature chambers.
- Then they are taken out, left to cool down and put into the chamber again so the curl stays on for several years.
- Ready-made lashes are glued to a lash strip, which later are packed in pallets.
Voila! Everything is made manually. There are no and never have been any lash producing equipment. That's why you can notice sometimes that lash strips have a wave-like shape. This is because workers don't press the lash strips carefully with their fingers.
However, the quality of the lashes should not cause any doubts: all of the lashes should have the same thickness and length (unless these are feather lashes). There shouldn't be any damaged lash tips, the eyelashes have to be easily taken from the strip, be flexible and elastic and have a deep color without any additional shades.
Honestly, all of the lash manufactures were far from my idea of how a factory should look like. And because of poor hygiene during the manufacturing process, I'd recommend preparing the lashes for the extension procedure to make the wearing time longer and to increase the stickiness of the lash strip. Just cleaning them with a micro brush and a protein remover or spraying with an antiseptic would be enough.
WHAT LASHES ARE MADE OF
Silk, Mink and other terms are simply names that were made up by manufacturers to classify materials by width and gloss — animal fur isn't used in any of them. They are outdated, and if an artist uses them, you can clearly see they are either inexperienced or haven't gone to training to upgrade their skills for quite some time.
95% of artificial lashes are made of a hypoallergenic synthetic polymer. Its scientific name is polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). This is a type of plastic, which is both very durable and elastic, that's why modern eyelashes are so easy to use. The material of eyelashes is permanently modified so that the eyelashes are getting better and better: they have a rich deep color without any additional shades, they are durable and heat resistant.
Over time some lashes which have been unused in a lash holder for a long time can lose their curls. This happens when the used fiber has poor quality. The same may happen to baths, saunas, hair driers or open oven - if the flow of hot stream caused lashes to lose their curls, then the polymer they were made of is cheap. This typically doesn't happen with the eyelashes made of the modern PBT. This is sometimes referred to as Memory Effect. So you should choose the brand carefully. And if you haven't tried RQLashes products yet, try it now with a 25% discount for your first purchase.
I can assure you that our lashes have no defects. Every lash holder is carefully checked with quality assurance standards. If any damage or defect is found, the holder is immediately sent to the manufacturer for a change. We have been done so much to make sure that our manufacturers produce the lashes we consider the best ones. We're striving to be the number 1 brand in Europe and the USA, so we thoroughly control the quality of our lash extension products.
Silk, Mink and other terms are simply names that were made up by manufacturers to classify materials by width and gloss — animal fur isn't used in any of them. They are outdated, and if an artist uses them, you can clearly see they are either inexperienced or haven't gone to training to upgrade their skills for quite some time.
95% of artificial lashes are made of a hypoallergenic synthetic polymer. Its scientific name is polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). This is a type of plastic, which is both very durable and elastic, that's why modern eyelashes are so easy to use. The material of eyelashes is permanently modified so that the eyelashes are getting better and better: they have a rich deep color without any additional shades, they are durable and heat resistant.
Over time some lashes which have been unused in a lash holder for a long time can lose their curls. This happens when the used fiber has poor quality. The same may happen to baths, saunas, hair driers or open oven - if the flow of hot stream caused lashes to lose their curls, then the polymer they were made of is cheap. This typically doesn't happen with the eyelashes made of the modern PBT. This is sometimes referred to as Memory Effect. So you should choose the brand carefully. And if you haven't tried RQLashes products yet, try it now with a 25% discount for your first purchase.
I can assure you that our lashes have no defects. Every lash holder is carefully checked with quality assurance standards. If any damage or defect is found, the holder is immediately sent to the manufacturer for a change. We have been done so much to make sure that our manufacturers produce the lashes we consider the best ones. We're striving to be the number 1 brand in Europe and the USA, so we thoroughly control the quality of our lash extension products.
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