Soft Contact Handling
 

When first starting out, insert and remove your lenses over a cloth or towel spread on the counter, to avoid losing or damaging the lens. 
You may want to use a mirror at first, but practice so you can do it without, in case you are somewhere without a mirror. 

Fingernails should be trimmed to avoid damaging the lens and the eye.
Lenses must always be in a hydrated (wet) form. They must either be in your eye or in a proper soaking solution. If you drop a lens and do not find it until it has dried out, it may not be ruined. Soak the lens in solution for one hour and check to see if it returns to a soft, flexible state. If it becomes too dried out it will become brittle and break.