How to Clean and Sharpen Secret Service Beauty Tweezers

Clean your Secret Service Beauty tweezers after every use with hand soap and warm water, then dip or wipe the tips with rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide and let them air dry on a clean towel.

Updated 29 Sep 2026 3 min read 5 sections

Clean your Secret Service Beauty tweezers after every use with hand soap and warm water, then dip or wipe the tips with rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide and let them air dry on a clean towel. That is the routine the brand gives in its own FAQ, and it takes about as long as washing your hands. Our Secret Service Beauty discount code page lists the current code and how to use it.

Cleaning after each use

Secret Service Beauty’s FAQ says tweezers should be cleaned after every use to keep them sanitary. Its steps are simple:

Wash the whole tweezer with hand soap and warm water.
Dip the tips in rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, or rub them with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol.
Lay the tweezer on a clean towel and let it air dry.

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This applies to every pair in the range, from the Hollywood Italian Tweezers to the limited edition metallic finishes, since the listings describe them all as stainless steel.

When tweezers stop gripping

The brand’s FAQ says tweezers do not break down or expire, but they lose the ability to grab hair over time. Its answer, attributed to founder Rebecca Pletner, is that a tweezer that no longer grabs the hair needs to be realigned and sharpened, or replaced.

Watch for these signs: you need more tries to catch short hairs, the tips close unevenly, or one arm has a small bend you can see when you hold the pair up to the light. A quick way to check is to try picking up a single hair. If the tips slide off instead of closing on it, the grip has gone and it is time for one of the options below.

Sharpening at home

Secret Service Beauty describes a home method in its FAQ:

Pinch the tips tightly around a double sided nail file or a piece of sandpaper.
Pull the tweezer across the surface in short, sharp motions.
Repeat 3 to 4 times, or until the tips are as sharp as you want them.

Work slowly and check the tips between passes. If the two tips no longer meet evenly, sharpening alone will not fix that, which is where the brand’s own service comes in.

Complimentary sharpening from the brand

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The FAQ answers yes to whether Secret Service Beauty offers complimentary sharpening with purchase, and asks you to allow 12 weeks for turnaround. That is a long time to go without your usual pair, so a second tweezer for those weeks makes sense. The tweezer and scissor combo is one way to add a second pair along with rounded tip scissors, though the listing excludes limited edition and gold tweezers from the choice.

Contact the brand through its contact page before you post anything, so you know where to send the tweezers and what to include. Clean and dry the pair first, following the steps above, and pack the tips so they cannot be bent in the post.

How long a pair lasts

Secret Service Beauty’s FAQ puts the life of a pair at 12 to 24 months, as long as you keep them somewhere safe where they are not damaged, and use them only on brows and facial hair rather than on harsh surfaces or other jobs. In plain terms:

Keep them in one place, such as a zipped makeup bag, so they are not knocked around in a drawer.
Do not use them to open packaging, pull staples or lift anything hard.
Do not drop them tips first, since bent tips stop meeting cleanly.

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The brand’s vegan leather makeup bags, sold on their own or in sets like the Gold Girl Boss Large Deluxe Brow Set, are listed with organizational pockets and a waterproof inner lining, which gives a tweezer its own spot in your kit.

Questions

How often should I clean my Secret Service Beauty tweezers?

After every use, according to the brand's FAQ. Wash with hand soap and warm water, treat the tips with rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, and air dry.

Can I sharpen the tweezers myself?

Yes. The FAQ says to pinch the tips around a double sided nail file or sandpaper and pull in short, sharp motions, repeating 3 to 4 times.

Does Secret Service Beauty sharpen tweezers for free?

Its FAQ says it offers complimentary sharpening with purchase and asks you to allow 12 weeks for turnaround.

How long do Secret Service Beauty tweezers last?

The FAQ says 12 to 24 months when they are stored safely and used only on brows and facial hair.

Why have my tweezers stopped grabbing hair?

The brand says tweezers lose their grip over time and then need to be realigned and sharpened, or replaced.