The Louis Vuitton Handbag: This canvas leather combo needs first and foremost the For Handles Only product for the handles. It inhibits the handles from absorbing hand oils or hand creams, which creates the darkened handles. The For Handles Only product also offers great protection to the Vachetta leather straps. Vachetta leather stains very easily but does not clean easily at all. To prevent the need for color correction, the application of FHO on all the Vachetta leather handles and straps and bottom of bag is well worth it. The nice patina is not affected, in other words, you will still get the graceful aging to the Cognac color, with less of the "filthy" look. Restoration of Louis Vuitton handbags is do-able, but not advisable - best solution is to prevent the stains rather than hide them. For Handles Only is really the only product that you should not do without when you invest in a Louis!
The Chloe Handbag: There are a variety of leather types for various Chloe's - I find for a cleanser the Luxury Cleanser Plus is great. It cleanses and leaves behind a nice amount of protection from water and liquid stains. Every time the bag is cleansed with Cleanser Plus the protection is renewed. The other benefit of this product is that the protective resin traps the dirt, so the next cleaning grabs the dirt while renewing the protection.Chloe's leather does well with the Feel Soft Moisturizer as a conditioning option.
As far as restoration goes, the Chloe restores very nicely with no feel modification once the restoration is complete. This bag can look like new even after years of wear and tear.
The Chanel Bag: The best product for a black Chanel is the Daily Cleanser; the Luxury Cleanser offers a more intensive cleansing if you have a light colored leather Chanel- The Lamb skin used by Chanel is not a leather that really requires too much maintenance, but if you like to condition the leather, the Ultimate is a nice luxurious option for the Chanel. After applying the moisturizer, buff it lightly and voila!The Chanel Bags are my favorite bags to restore. They restore beautifully and easily - no feel modification once the restoration process is complete.
The Balenciaga Bags: These bags seem to "demand" tender lovin' care! The daily Cleanser is a great product for Balenciaga owners, as these ladies love to pamper their purses! This cleanser is the safest for regular use; for a more intensive cleansing the Luxury Cleanser is the product to chose. The other important product to use on this bag is the "For Handles Only" product; this protects the handles from darkening (which is a result of hand oils being absorbed into the leather) If the handles have already been soiled - Lovin My Bags can extract the oils and restore the handles closer to the original state.
Some bags demand a moisturizer - the Feel Soft is a great moisturizer with a touch of silk for a nice silky feel; the Ultimate moisturizer leaves a grabbier feel, as the conditioning agents used are for the waxier leathers, and the Silk Serum is another form of light moisturizing that effectively conditions the leather with a high concentration of Silk Proteins. As far of which product to use? Well it really depends on your preference of feel. They are all great - but deliver slightly different feels ( if you would!)
To deal with the loss of shine that happens with any shiny bag is to use the NEW Shine Restore.
It's great for restoring the shine and enhancing the color as well. You can apply one or many coats to achieve the shine you desire. It is even useful for protecting the corners that get worn easily - take a paint brush and brush some shine restore to the corners - dry with a hairdryer on high setting.
Restoration of Balenciaga bags is unpredictable. For handles and corners the restoration process is for the most part great. Some of the colors are challenging, since they require a base color and a print color and sometimes those colors do not match from area to area on the bag - this means we are constantly adjusting the colors to create a perfect match.Balenciaga's fade and discolor; usually a yellowing of the color occurs. This makes restoration very difficult, especially if the whole bag has to be restored, because we have to make color allowances for the yellow!
To cover the dsicoloration a base coat is applied to the complete bag, this can potentially cause the feel to be compromised, we can't help that; the Bbag has a very unique feel - so far we have not been able to fully duplicate the feel with some of the colors, such as white and some of the lighter colors. The darker Balenciaga bags have a better success rate in the restoration phase - due in part to the fact that there is less color required to correct.
This is a very challenging bag for both products and for services.
The BULGA Bag: This bag is particularly susceptible to "dye transfer" from jeans, jackets etc. It cleans well the Luxury Cleanser or Luxury Cleanser Plus. The difference between the two cleansers is that the "Plus" adds a water repellent component along with the effective cleaning. If you were to use Pro-Treatment to protect this bag from water and oil, then the Luxury Cleanser alone is recommended - otherwise you are applying too much resin to the leather which is not necessary. With this aniline leather, less is more.The BULGA bag also restores beautifully. The feel is very slightly modified, but still remains extremely soft to the touch.
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GENERAL Lovin my Bags Product Information:
For all Designer handbags:
Luxury Cleanser is a great intensive, non-darkening cleanser that is pH matched to leather and will remove inground dirt and enhance the color of many aniline leathers.
The Daily Cleanser is a fabulous cleanser for regular use - it also has moisturizing emollients that leave a great feel after cleansing.
Pro-Treatment is a must for every delicate leather. It is non-darkening and does not affect the shine on most bags. It provides protection from oil and water.
For Handles Only another must for preventing the darkening of handles
For a safe and effective moisturizing products there is a choice of:
- Feel Soft Moisturizer (Silky feel when dry)
- Ultimate Moisturizer (Grabby - moist feel when dry)
- Silk serum (Silky feel when dry - a more concentrated conditioning with real silk protein)
