QUALITY CONTROLLED ARTIFICIAL EYELASHES EXTENSION SYSTEM

• US 20070050207A1
• Filed: 04/26/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NovaLash, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NovaLash, Inc.
• Inventors: Merszei, Sophy
• Application Number:
  US11/380,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A41G 5/02 Artificial eyelashes; Artificial eyebrows
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

The present invention is a quality controlled artificial eyelashes extension system having two main features. One of the method and materials for the application of artificial lash hairs onto existing natural eyelashes of a human subject to extend the length of the natural eyelash. This feature provides the training and materials to attach the eyelash extensions on a hair-by hair basis to a subject'"'"'s existing natural eyelash. The second is the quality control feature of the present lash extension system which provides for assuring that practitioners of the system are appropriately trained, and the consumable materials utilized by the system are safe for human use. Quality control assurance of practitioners and consumable materials is accomplished by having programs for practitioner training and certification, and for materials quality assurance which controls the quality of the system'"'"'s consumable materials made available to practitioners.

Claims

1. A quality controlled artificial eyelashes system assured for safe use on humans, the system providing quality control assurance of practitioners and of consumable materials, the system comprising:

a system administrator providing oversight to implement the quality control assurance of the system'"'"'s practitioners and consumable material according to a quality assurance criteria;

a training program instructing a practitioner of the system in proper practice of a method of the system for applying artificial lash hairs on a hair-by-hair basis to a human subject'"'"'s individual eyelashes, and in the proper use of approved artificial eyelashes materials, the training program providing for the quality control assurance of the training of the participant to practice the method and to use the approved artificial eyelashes materials in a manner safe on the human subject;

a certification program providing a certificate to the participant, the certificate evidencing to the subject that the practitioner has successfully completed the training program and has current appropriate training in the method of the system and is authorized to utilize the system'"'"'s approved artificial eyelashes materials; and

a materials quality control program to quality assure the system'"'"'s consumable artificial eyelashes materials and to provide the quality assured consumable materials.

2. A quality controlled artificial eyelashes system of claim 1, wherein the method of the system includes an eyelash extension process in which the practitioner extends the length and thickness of a subject'"'"'s eyelashes by applying artificial lash hairs on a hair-by-hair basis to the subject'"'"'s eyelashes, and comprises the step of:

adhering a single artificial lash hair to a subject'"'"'s individual eyelash.

3. The quality controlled artificial eyelashes system of claim 1, wherein the training program comprises instructional materials including at least one training means selected from the group consisting of:

a video media having participant training material included therein, a live workshop training session, a video-conferencing training session, a multi-media training course, or a training kit, and further comprises a testing means for assessing the participant'"'"'s successful completion of the training program and the date of the successful completion.

4. The training program of claim 3, wherein the instruction materials include an artificial human countenance on which to practice the method for applying artificial lash hairs.

5. The quality controlled artificial eyelashes system of claim 1, wherein the quality control assured consumable artificial eyelashes materials for the safe application of artificial eyelashes on the human subject includes at least one dispensing container of glue for adhering the artificial lash hairs to the subject'"'"'s eyelashes, the glue consisting of USP grade ingredients and being high viscosity, low blooming and low fuming ethoxyethyl cyanoacrylate based composition and containing a black pigment, and having a viscosity between about 800 and 2000 cP.

6. The quality controlled artificial eyelashes system of claim 1, wherein the certification program includes a hard copy certificate duly executed by the system administrator, the certificate identifying the practitioner, a level of training successfully completed by the practitioner, a training completion date and any validity period of the practitioner'"'"'s certification.

8. The quality controlled artificial eyelashes system of claim 1, wherein the quality control assured consumable artificial eyelashes materials are provided as a kit, the kit comprising:

a lidded housing for holding all of the other components of the kit, the housing being compartmented to hold similar components separate from other different components and closeable by means of the lid;

a plurality of single artificial lash hairs of a specific length stored in an eyelash container; and

a plurality of eyelash containers storing a selection of different length artificial lashes hairs;

at least one implement for grasping and manipulating a single artificial lash hair;

at least one dispensing container of a fast-drying glue for adhering the single lash hair to an individual eyelash of the subject, the glue additionally being high viscosity, low blooming and low fuming and containing a black pigment;

a grooming tool useful for manipulating the subject'"'"'s existing eyelashes to facilitate proper application of the individual lash hairs; and

a plurality of eyelid contour patches having an adhesive on one side and useful to provide a surface for separating the subject'"'"'s upper eyelid eyelashes from the bottom eyelid eyelashes during application of individual lash hairs to one or the other eyelids; and

instructions on the proper practice of the invention to apply the artificial lash hairs on human subjects.

7. A method of applying lash extension hairs to the existing eyelashes of a human subject comprising the steps of:

cleansing an area around the subject'"'"'s eyes with a mild cleanser free of polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and other glycol-based ingredients;

positioning an eyelid separating film patch to cover a set of existing natural eyelashes and skin adjacent an eyelid rim of an eyelid not being worked on to separated the covered set of existing natural eyelashes from the eyelashes of an eyelid being worked on and assure that adhesive does not contact the subject'"'"'skin;

applying and attaching artificial lash extension hairs on a hair-by-hair basis to the human subject'"'"'s existing eyelashes of the eyelid being worked on, using a low/non-blooming, low-fuming, oil and water resistant adhesive 68 consisting of 100% pure U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade ingredients, the adhesive being an ethoxyethyl cyanoacrylate based composition containing a black pigment and having a viscosity between about 800 and 2000 cP; and

repeating the applying and attaching step an appropriate number of times to have applied at least one artificial lash hair extension to a desired number of the subject'"'"'s existing natural eyelashes to a accomplish applying lash extension hairs to the existing eyelashes of a human subject.

9. The quality control assured consumable artificial eyelashes materials kit of claim 10, includes at least one dispensing container of artificial lash hair remover to dissolve the glue adhering the artificial lash hairs to the subject'"'"'s eyelashes;

and the instructions include the proper practice of the invention to remove the system'"'"'s artificial lash hairs from the human subject'"'"'s eyelashes.