iCandy Scissor Oil Pen – Professional Scissor Care Innovation Since 2015
Some of the most useful professional innovations solve the simplest everyday problems.
The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen was developed to make routine professional scissor lubrication cleaner, more precise and easier to control.
iCandy's product-development history documents the finished Scissor Oil Pen in 2015, when it was already being supplied free with iCandy professional scissors and scissor bundles as part of the complete ownership and maintenance experience.
Standalone retail sales began in 2016, while the Oil Pen continued to be supplied with iCandy scissors and professional bundle packages.
More than a decade later, the same fundamental concept remains part of the iCandy professional scissor-care system, with a dedicated place for the Oil Pen incorporated directly into current iCandy presentation packaging.
A Better Way to Apply Scissor Oil
Professional hairdressing and barber scissors rely on clean blades, correct tension and regular lubrication to help maintain smooth movement and consistent cutting performance.
Applying lubricant from a conventional bottle can make it difficult to control exactly where the oil is placed. It can also result in more lubricant being applied than necessary and make precise application around the pivot area less convenient.
The iCandy approach was simple: combine the lubricant, dispensing mechanism and applicator into a compact pen-style professional scissor-maintenance tool.
By gradually turning the base of the Oil Pen, lubricant is dispensed into the attached soft brush. The brush can then be used to place a controlled amount precisely where it is required, including the inside surfaces of the blades and around the pivot area.
This made routine professional scissor maintenance easier to perform without having to pour or dab oil directly from a conventional bottle.
See the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen in Use
See how the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen allows a small amount of lubricant to be applied directly and precisely to professional hairdressing and barber scissors using the integrated brush applicator.
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The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen Story
2015 – The Finished Oil Pen Is Documented
iCandy's historical product-development records document the finished iCandy Scissor Oil Pen in 2015.
From this early stage, the Oil Pen was not treated simply as another accessory for customers to purchase separately. It was supplied free with iCandy scissors and scissor bundles, helping make regular lubrication part of the professional scissor ownership experience.
The concept centred on creating a compact maintenance tool that could dispense lubricant gradually and allow it to be applied accurately through an integrated brush.
The core design principles included:
- A compact pen-style format
- An integrated soft brush applicator
- Controlled dispensing of scissor lubricant
- Precise application around the blades and pivot
- Easy storage alongside professional hairdressing and barber scissors
These fundamental characteristics established the format that would continue through later generations of the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen.
2016 – Standalone Retail Sales Begin
While the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen was already being supplied with scissors and bundles in 2015, standalone retail sales of the Oil Pen began in 2016.
Surviving iCandy production documentation from 2016 also confirms continuing production of the brush-applicator Oil Pen during this period.
The distinction is important: the Oil Pen was already being received and used by iCandy customers as part of their scissor purchase before standalone Oil Pen retail sales became established.
Hair Expo Melbourne 2016
By Hair Expo Melbourne 2016, the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen was already being supplied with iCandy professional scissor bundles.
iCandy exhibited at Hair Expo Melbourne from 11–13 June 2016, with professional scissor and thinner bundles among the products promoted for the event.
By this stage, the Oil Pen had become part of the way iCandy presented and supported its professional scissors rather than simply being treated as a separate maintenance accessory.
By 2016, the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen was already established within iCandy's professional scissor and bundle presentation.
iCandy DREAM Midnight was among the professional scissor and thinner bundles promoted for Hair Expo Australia in 2016.
Early Customer Feedback – April 2016
An important surviving public record from the official iCandy Scissors Australia Facebook archive confirms that customers were already using the Oil Pen by April 2016.
On 20 April 2016, Nola from North Rockhampton, Queensland gave the Oil Pen a five-star review and specifically highlighted one of its defining features:
“Love the oil pen - Great idea to have the brush attached.”
This early feedback is particularly significant because it identifies the attached brush as a useful feature during the first documented years of the product.
2017 – Expanding the iCandy Oil Pen
Following earlier production during 2015 and 2016, iCandy expanded production of the Scissor Oil Pen during 2017 as it became an increasingly established part of the professional scissor-care system.
Surviving dated production records from this period document substantial continuing manufacture of the iCandy-branded Scissor Oil Pen for use with professional scissors, scissor bundles and standalone retail sales.
These historical production records are retained within the private iCandy product-development archive. Commercially sensitive information including supplier identities, internal production references, production quantities, pricing and manufacturing details remains confidential.
What those records establish publicly is the broader chronology: by 2017, the Oil Pen had progressed well beyond an early maintenance concept and had become an established component of the iCandy professional scissor ownership experience.
Part of the Complete iCandy Scissor Bundle
The Oil Pen continued to be incorporated into iCandy professional scissor packages and promotional bundles throughout this period.
Surviving official iCandy promotional material from 2017 shows the Scissor Oil Pen being supplied alongside iCandy scissor cases and professional razors with multiple scissor-bundle configurations, including Hair Expo Australia and End of Financial Year promotions.
The Oil Pen subsequently appeared alongside numerous iCandy professional scissor collections, reinforcing its role as part of the complete care and maintenance system surrounding the scissors themselves.
Another Early Customer Review – July 2017
Customer feedback from this period continued to reinforce the practical value of the Oil Pen.
In July 2017, Melody from Tokoroa, New Zealand gave the product five stars and described it as:
“Good size easy to use pen for my scissors, great protection to keep them in tip top shape.”
Feedback like this demonstrated that a relatively small change in how scissor lubricant was stored and applied could make regular professional maintenance more convenient.
2017–2019 – Across the iCandy Professional Range
As the iCandy professional range expanded, the Scissor Oil Pen remained a consistent part of the wider ownership and maintenance system.
Extensive surviving promotional and product photography from 2017, 2018 and 2019 documents the Oil Pen as an established inclusion across multiple iCandy professional scissor collections and bundles.
Historical imagery shows branded Oil Pens alongside iCandy ATHENA, DREAM, ELITE, MASTER VG10, Creative Series and other professional scissors, as well as mixed cutting, thinning and texturising bundle configurations.
These images repeatedly show the Oil Pen being presented together with professional scissors, razors, combs, cases and other iCandy tools rather than as an isolated accessory.
This continuing inclusion is an important part of the Oil Pen story because it shows how the product became embedded within the broader iCandy professional system long before packaging was eventually redesigned specifically around it.
Designed Around Professional Scissor Maintenance
The defining feature of the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen is not simply its pen-like appearance. It is the combination of controlled dispensing and an integrated brush applicator.
Professional scissors require only a small amount of lubricant. The Oil Pen allows that lubricant to be directed specifically onto the areas that require attention rather than applying excessive oil across the entire tool.
The brush format provides several practical advantages:
- Controlled lubricant application
- Precise placement around the pivot area
- Easy access to the inside blade surfaces
- Less unnecessary mess than pouring oil directly from a bottle
- Compact storage inside a professional scissor case or presentation box
- Convenient maintenance in salons, barbershops or while travelling
It is a simple concept developed around an everyday requirement of working hairdressers and barbers.
From Components to the Finished iCandy Oil Pen
The iCandy historical archive also preserves production-stage imagery documenting the Oil Pen before final assembly.
These photographs show iCandy-branded Oil Pen bodies, applicator components and protective caps prior to filling and final assembly.
Once prepared, filled and assembled at iCandy Scissors HQ in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, the completed Oil Pens were incorporated into iCandy scissors and scissor bundles as part of the professional care system, while also being made available for standalone retail purchase.
This surviving imagery provides a rare look behind the finished product and documents another part of the Oil Pen's long-running iCandy history without disclosing confidential manufacturing or supplier information.
How to Use the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen
Regular cleaning and lubrication can help maintain the smooth action and professional cutting performance of quality hairdressing and barber scissors.
- Clean your scissors first. Remove loose hair, moisture and residue using an iCandy Cleaning Cloth or another suitable soft material.
- Open the scissors. This provides easier access to the inside blade surfaces and pivot area.
- Turn the bottom of the Oil Pen gradually until a small amount of lubricant begins to appear in the brush.
- Use the brush to apply a light amount of oil to the inside blade surfaces and around or immediately below the pivot area.
- Open and close the scissors several times to help distribute the lubricant through the moving surfaces.
- Remove any excess oil before storing the scissors or returning them to professional use.
For scissors in regular professional use, cleaning and lubrication should form part of the normal maintenance routine.
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2020 – The Oil Pen Becomes Part of the Packaging Design
By 2020, the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen had become such an established part of the iCandy professional scissor-care system that it began influencing the design of the packaging itself.
When iCandy launched the ALL STAR Collection in 2020, the new iCandy slide-box packaging was redesigned with a dedicated, precisely sized compartment for the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen.
This was more than a packaging detail.
It reflected the way iCandy viewed professional scissor maintenance as an integral part of the complete ownership experience.
Rather than treating the Oil Pen as a separate accessory simply added to the package afterwards, its position was deliberately incorporated into the internal presentation layout alongside the scissors and professional care items.
The packaging itself had therefore evolved around the Oil Pen.
This represented another important step in the product's development story — from a professional maintenance tool already being supplied with iCandy scissors in 2015 to a component significant enough to influence the physical design of iCandy presentation packaging.
ALL STAR packaging development, 2020. The internal presentation design incorporated a dedicated position specifically for the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen.
The Packaging Concept Continues
The dedicated Oil Pen position introduced into iCandy presentation packaging during the ALL STAR era was not a temporary feature.
It became part of the continuing evolution of the iCandy professional scissor packaging system.
10-Year Anniversary / SWORD PRO
Later iCandy 10-Year Anniversary and SWORD PRO presentation packaging continued to provide a dedicated position for the Scissor Oil Pen, reinforcing its role as part of the complete professional care and ownership experience.
ANGEL VG10
That same philosophy continued into later iCandy collections, including ANGEL VG10 cutting and thinning bundles, where the Oil Pen remained positioned within a dedicated moulded section of the presentation tray.
EVOLVE VG10 – The Concept Today
Current EVOLVE VG10 cutting and thinning scissor bundles continue the same approach.
The modern EVOLVE presentation tray includes a dedicated moulded compartment specifically positioned for the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen alongside the professional cutting and thinning scissors.
This creates a visible connection between the Oil Pen documented in 2015, its widespread inclusion with iCandy professional scissors from 2016 onward, the packaging development introduced in the ALL STAR era, and the professional scissor systems iCandy continues to produce today.
The Oil Pen remains integrated into current iCandy packaging. A care concept documented since 2015 continues to influence the presentation and ownership experience of iCandy professional scissors today.
A Scissor Care Tool That Became Part of the iCandy System
The history of the Scissor Oil Pen illustrates an important part of iCandy's approach to professional product development.
iCandy does not view professional scissors in isolation.
The complete ownership experience also involves how the scissors are maintained, protected, stored and presented.
Across successive generations, iCandy product development has included areas such as:
- Professional scissor blade geometry
- Ergonomic handle development
- Ball-bearing pivot systems
- Professional steel selection
- Distinctive finishes and colour treatments
- Scissor cases and presentation packaging
- Cleaning and maintenance accessories
- Integrated professional care systems
The Scissor Oil Pen is a particularly clear example of that broader philosophy.
What began as a practical solution for controlled scissor lubrication became a long-running iCandy professional-care accessory, an established inclusion with scissors and bundles, and eventually a product important enough to influence the design of the presentation packaging surrounding the scissors themselves.
A Documented iCandy Product History
iCandy Scissors was established in Australia in 2012, building on professional scissor and salon-tool development experience dating back to 2006.
The surviving iCandy historical archive contains product photographs, development records, production documentation, promotional material, packaging development, videos and customer feedback that allow this history to be reconstructed with increasing precision.
The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen provides a strong example:
- 2015 – Finished Oil Pen documented and supplied free with iCandy scissors and bundles.
- 2016 – Standalone retail sales begin; continuing production is documented; Oil Pens are already supplied with iCandy professional bundles including Hair Expo Melbourne 2016.
- April 2016 – Surviving customer feedback specifically praises the integrated brush applicator.
- 2017 – Production expands as the Oil Pen becomes an increasingly established component of the iCandy professional scissor-care system.
- 2017–2019 – Extensive surviving promotional and product photography documents the Oil Pen across multiple iCandy professional scissor collections and bundles.
- 2020 – ALL STAR slide-box packaging is redesigned with a dedicated Oil Pen compartment.
- 10-Year / SWORD PRO era – Dedicated Oil Pen placement continues in later presentation packaging.
- ANGEL VG10 – Oil Pen remains integrated into professional bundle packaging.
- EVOLVE VG10 – Current packaging continues to provide a dedicated position for the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen.
Not every innovation needs to be complicated.
Sometimes a small improvement to an everyday professional task can become part of a product system for decades.
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iCandy Scissor Oil Pen FAQs
What is the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen?
The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen is a compact professional scissor-lubrication tool combining lubricant storage, controlled dispensing and an integrated soft brush applicator. It is designed to make applying oil to professional hairdressing and barber scissors simple, controlled and precise.
When was the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen introduced?
iCandy's historical records document the finished Scissor Oil Pen in 2015. It was already being supplied free with iCandy scissors and scissor bundles during this period. Standalone retail sales began in 2016.
Was the Oil Pen already supplied with iCandy scissors in 2016?
Yes. By 2016 the Oil Pen was already being supplied with iCandy professional scissors and scissor bundles, including bundle presentations associated with Hair Expo Melbourne 2016.
Why was the Oil Pen supplied with iCandy scissors?
Regular cleaning and lubrication are important parts of professional scissor maintenance. Supplying the Oil Pen with iCandy scissors helped provide customers with a convenient maintenance tool as part of their scissor purchase rather than leaving lubrication as an afterthought.
Why does the iCandy Oil Pen have a brush?
The integrated brush allows a small amount of lubricant to be applied directly to the inside blade surfaces and around the pivot area. Early surviving customer feedback from April 2016 specifically praised the convenience of having the brush attached.
How does the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen work?
The base of the Oil Pen is gradually turned to dispense lubricant into the soft brush. The brush can then be used to apply a small, controlled amount of oil directly to the areas of the scissors requiring lubrication.
Where should scissor oil be applied?
After cleaning the scissors, apply a light amount of lubricant to the inside blade surfaces and around the pivot or hinge area. Open and close the scissors several times afterwards to help distribute the lubricant.
Why do professional scissors need lubrication?
Professional scissors contain moving metal surfaces around the blades and pivot. Appropriate lubrication helps maintain smooth movement and reduce unnecessary friction within these working areas.
Can the Oil Pen be used with VG10 scissors?
Yes. The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen can be used as part of the normal care and maintenance routine for iCandy professional VG10 scissors.
Can the Oil Pen be used with ATS314 scissors?
Yes. The Oil Pen is also suitable for normal maintenance of iCandy professional ATS314 scissors.
Why is there a dedicated Oil Pen compartment in iCandy scissor boxes?
When iCandy redesigned its slide-box presentation packaging for the ALL STAR Collection in 2020, a dedicated space was incorporated specifically for the Scissor Oil Pen. This reflected the Oil Pen's established role within the complete iCandy professional scissor-care system. Dedicated Oil Pen placement continued through later iCandy packaging generations and remains present in current professional bundles.
Where can I buy the iCandy Scissor Oil Pen?
The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen is available directly from iCandy Scissors Australia.
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Professional Scissor Care Is Part of Professional Scissor Ownership
A premium pair of hairdressing or barber scissors is a precision professional tool.
Keeping the blades clean, maintaining appropriate tension, lubricating the working surfaces, protecting the scissors during storage and arranging professional sharpening when required all contribute to long-term performance.
The iCandy Scissor Oil Pen was developed to make one important part of that routine easier.
Documented since 2015. Supplied with iCandy professional scissors and bundles for more than a decade since 2015. Sold individually since 2016. Integrated into iCandy packaging design since 2020. Still part of the iCandy professional scissor-care system today.
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