"If You Buy Cheap, You Buy Twice", and Other Proverbs About Investing in Quality Tools
Look on any bulk buy website such as eBay, Amazon or Alibaba and you’ll see a whole host of tweezers that look like any pair of tweezers on a lash extensions supplies site. Looks, as we all know though, can be deceiving.
Tweezers are one of the most important parts of a lash extensions kit. They can be the difference between a well applied lash set, and the most frustrating lashing experience imaginable for you and your clients.
What is it about lash tweezers from brands that make them better than any you could get from a bulk site for half the price, though? Let's take a look...
They're Hand Tested
Every pair of London Lash tweezers are checked by the manufacturer to make sure they're as they should be, and then before they ever make it to the shelf to go out to you, we also hand check every sing pair to make sure they're perfect.
For isolation tweezers, that means a thorough check of the tips to ensure there’s no bend in them, and we pick up a few lashes of different thicknesses to make sure they’re up to the task of picking and placing, and not just isolating. We also make sure they’re not blunt, so they’re perfect for stickie checks, and they are the same thickness on each prong so that you can rely on them to do a perfect job.
With volume tweezers, we make sure they’re up to the task of creating fans in all sorts of fanning methods, picking up those fans (we all know the pain of creating the perfect fan, only to have it fall apart when we try to pick it up) and then dipping and placing the fan. If a pair of tweezers isn’t playing along, we will try for a bit to find its sweet spot, but if it’s really not doing what we want it to we either repurpose it, or we send it back to the manufacturer to be made into new tweezers!
They're Hand Finished
While a machine might stamp out the shape of the tweezers for accuracy, each pair is finished off by hand. This means that they have fine tips, proper grip, and less chance of imperfections so you can get them straight out of the box and start using them to create stunning lash sets!
We Can Guarantee They'll Meet Your Needs
Tweezers should have a good amount of bounce to them. We want them to resist us a little bit when we grip lashes with them, but we don’t want to have to struggle to close them, as that will lead to wrist strain. The reason they cannot be too loose is because they’ll not grip the lashes properly, and separating stickies will be a nightmare, as will picking up and keeping hold of volume fans and classic lashes.
We aim for a fine balance between lightweight material and the ideal amount of grip. Being Lash Techs ourselves, we're well aware how a pair of tweezers should feel in the hands in order to perform in the way you need them to.
We Care If They Don't Work
The thing that really sets lash tweezers from reputable brands apart from those bulk sites is that in the very rare chance there's an issue with them, or even if they're not right for you, we actually really genuinely care, and will help you solve the issue.
Whether that's swapping them for a pair you like more, getting them back so that we can figure out what went wrong, and generally taking feedback on board to ensure there aren't any issues going forwards, we're here to make sure you have a good experience with any and all tools and products you get from us.
Cheap Tweezers might be all so well and good, and they might get the job done for a while, but you’re likely to find a much higher rate of bent or imperfect tips, flimsy material and a lack of grip. The reason for this is that the tweezers aren’t being developed and checked by lash technicians, and they have far too high a volume to be checked one by one.
We’re fortunate that we have a really great team of Lash Techs who scrutinise every pair of tweezers to make sure they’re perfect for you. As well as that, if you don’t get on with them for any reason, we also have a really great customer service team who will do everything they can to make sure you get the pair you really will love!
Lastly, just while we’re here, it would be remiss of us to not recommend a tweezer case to store your tweezers. After all, we go to the trouble of making sure they’re as pretty as they are functional, and you purchased them because as well as knowing they’ll do exactly what you need them to, they’re really cute on your lash trolley. Well, that is until they get knocked off during your cleaning time! A tweezer case just adds a level of professionalism, as well as protecting those precious fine tips!
