this review title is: cute and functional but velvet coating makes operation rough and the content is: you can tell that they were closed tightly when they were coated in the velvet because they are difficult to initially open and once they are there are non coated portions visible one was also received a little roughed up and they appear to have been this way prior to packaging none of the velvet was in the bag and the bag had no scratches or damage having said that these do work well to hold your hair and they are very cute once you pry them open the first time they are much easier to open and close on subsequent usesthey fit a small bun or a large ponytail and they do not move much even with the damaged one which was the least fun color it is still a good purchase and they will match virtually anything.there are other information for this review, one is this reviewer did not purchase it and the other is 0 people think this review is helpful.