Cutting and Storing Foam Tape Tutorial

I have a product on my website that I just love to bits for taping down the lower lashes - Nexcare Absolute Waterproof Tape.


It has so many added benefits such as:

• Hypoallergenic and latex free
• great for sensitive skin and it comes off easily
• Stretches and flexes with the skin
• Is made of a soft foam but is strong enough that you can rest tweezers on it without piercing through it
• great for using on clients who dont like the gel pads - the gel pads often give clients reactions and cause the eyes to sting. This is because the gel pads are not actually designed to be mm from the rims of the eyes. They are meant to be under the eye area but not that close.

The tape comes in a roll of 4.57 meters of the stuff so it will give you heaps of eyepads. It is 1 inch thick so I have done a tutorial which will give you a visual of how to cut and store the tape!

What you will need:

• A roll of Nexcare tape - see the online store at Buy Nexcare Tape
• Some baking paper 
• A pair of scissors
• a marker

1. Get your piece of baking paper and lay it out flat.

2. Get your roll of tape and unravel it so that you have a length to lay on the baking paper. 

3. Place the tape onto the baking paper in strips, side by side. A tip here is when you are laying out the tape dont stretch it out, just let the tape fall onto the baking paper relaxed and then press it down to hold in place with your hand. You dont want the tape being really stretched out or it will take on a funny shape.

4. The you will take your scissors and cut between each strip leaving say, 3mm on each side of the tape so you have room to pull it off later when you are using it.

5. Once you have your long strips, you will cut them into shorter strips of say 4cm. These are going to be the size of your pads. 

6. On your first go of cutting out your pads shape, you may want to take the marker and draw a half circle as a guide as shown in the picture. 

7. Once you have drawn the half circle cut along the line - there you have it your very own foam eyepad tape!

Once you have cut out a few you will be able to do it without marking a line on each one - a good tip is to use your small lash scissors to cut the half circle or at least use a very sharp pair of scissors or the job will become a pain!

If you have any tutorial that you would like us to add on our blog please feel free to contribute - you will be credited for all your hard work and given a link to your page! email us at info@hypnoticlashes.com