Artificial eyelashes

Abstract

Artificial eyelashes having improved adhesive for easy application, comfortable use, and repeated wear. The eyelashes include a rolled projecting part that provides adjustability in angle and a suitable contour for the eyelid. The lashes may be reused, including refill tapes for protection of the adhesive portion of the eyelashes when such lashes are not in use.

Description

[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 582,213, filed Jul. 19, 2000.[0002] 1. Field of the Invention[0003] The present invention relates to artificial eyelashes, which have the advantage of being easy to use and comfortable to wear.[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art[0005] According to the prior art, artificial eyelashes are attached to the human skin with liquid adhesive. In general, products on the market offer a kit having several artificial eyelashes and one adhesive. A user, often a woman, applies the adhesive to a backing whenever she wants to wear the artificial eyelashes. After applying the adhesive, the user has to wait until it becomes tacky to stick. This is not only time consuming, but if too much adhesive is used, it sometimes causes irritation of the eyes. Furthermore, once opened, it is difficult to prevent the adhesive from drying out.[0006] To solve these problems, U.S. Pat. No. 3,880,175 to Hosokawa and Japanese Utility Model No....

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Benefits of technology

[0015] Yet another purpose of this invention is to provide artificial eyelashes which can easily contour to the shape of the wearer's eye.

Problems solved by technology

After applying the adhesive, the user has to wait until it becomes tacky to stick.

This is not only time consuming, but if too much adhesive is used, it sometimes causes irritation of the eyes.

Furthermore, once opened, it is difficult to prevent the adhesive from drying out.

While such a prior art approach solves the liquid adhesive problem, additional problems associated with such approaches have resulted in commercial failure.

When applied to human skin, this thick film protrudes out beyond the eyelids, and the eyes of sensitive users can be harmed.

Some users will also feel some discomfort due to the air-tight seal that results and will further be unable to apply eye makeup.

Other users, sensitive to the adhesive, may experience reddening of the eyelid.

Users having relatively large double eyelids will also find the prior art lashes uncomfortable as the adhesive film is located on the wrinkled part of the lid.

As a further drawback, while artificial eyelash wearers generally prefer their lashes to sweep upward, the artificial eyelashes according to the prior art are susceptible to drooping downward due to the placement of the hairs between the backing and the eyelid pushing the hairs downward.

As a result, wearers have to frequently readjust their artificial eyelashes with their hands or with an eyelash tool.

In addition, the prior art artificial eyelashes are not only expensive but cannot be reused due to the decreased adhesive strength following use.

However, due to the thickness of the backing of the prior art eyelashes, such contouring proves to be very difficult and therefore makes wearing these artificial eyelashes very inconvenient.

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