Electric applicator and method for re-affixing artificial lash extensions and curling natural lashes and artificial lash extensions attached to natural lashes

Abstract

An apparatus includes a handle and a pair of opposing arms coupled to the handle. Each arm includes a first section having a first curvature disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion of the first section. The first curvature shaped to align proximate a lash line of an eye. The apparatus includes a heating unit coupled to the pair of opposing arms and configured to heat the first section of each arm. The first sections are configured to heat and soften an adhesive that affixed one or more artificial lash extensions to an underside of natural eyelashes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a handle;   a pair of opposing arms coupled to the handle, each arm comprising a first section having a first curvature disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion of the first section, the first curvature shaped to align proximate a lash line of an eye; and   a heating unit coupled to the pair of opposing arms and configured to heat the first section of each arm, wherein the first sections are configured to heat and soften an adhesive that affixed one or more artificial lash extensions to an underside of natural eyelashes.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a cooling unit configured to cool the first section of each arm.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each arm further comprises:
 a first side opposite a second side, and an interior surface opposite an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface and the exterior surface extend between the first side and the second side.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the first section of each arm comprises a second curvature disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion and along at least a part of the first side corresponding to the first section, and wherein the second curvature is positioned opposite the first curvature. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the first curvature is disposed along at least a part of the second side corresponding to the first section, wherein the first curvature is a concave curvature and the second curvature is a convex curvature, and wherein an apex of the concave curvature is oriented distally from the second end portion and oriented proximally from the first end portion such that the concave curvature is facing opposite the first side corresponding to the first section. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein at least part of the interior surface corresponding to the first section comprises a surface that is substantially flat. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the at least part of the interior surfaces corresponding to the first sections of the opposing arms are designed to apply pressure to the natural eyelashes and the one or more artificial lash extensions affixed at the underside of the natural eyelashes. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein at least part of the exterior surface corresponding to the first section comprises a curved portion with a surface having a third curvature positioned between the first side and the second side. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the third curvature of the curved portion of the first section is designed to curl one or more of natural eyelashes or the one or more artificial lash extensions affixed at the underside of the natural eyelashes. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each arm further comprises a second section positioned between the first section and the handle, wherein the second section of each arm is configured to be pressed towards one another to transition the first section from an open position to a closed position, wherein at least a part of the first section is joined with the second section, wherein the joined part is closer to the second end portion than the first end portion of the first section, and wherein the first section, the second section, and the handle longitudinally extend toward a proximal end. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein at least an exterior surface of the second section comprises a thermally insulating material. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the heating unit further comprises:
 a heating member that extends within the first section of each arm, the heating member to conduct thermal energy to the first section of each arm.   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the heating member comprises resistor wire. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the cooling unit further comprises:
 a cooling member that extends within the first section of each arm.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , where the cooling member of the cooling unit and a heating member of the heating unit are a same member. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the heating unit and the cooling unit comprise a same thermoelectric component. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein an exterior surface of the first section comprises a non-stick material. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the non-stick material comprises silicone. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to transition from an open position to a closed position responsive to an application of pressure to the pair of opposing arms, wherein in the open position the pair of opposing arms are separated from one another, wherein the open position of the apparatus is a default position, and wherein in the closed position an interior surface corresponding to the first section of one of the pair of opposing arms is configured to contact an opposing interior surface of another of the pair of opposing arms. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first end portion of the first section of each arm comprises a distal end, and wherein the distal end of each arm is a single terminal distal end.