wanted it to work for me [SEP] i have been using this curler for the last few weeks as much as i wanted to love it i do not the curler itself is very well made it is durable the spring works great the finger grips make it easy to grip without fear of it slipping the only design flaw that i have found is that the rubber pad that curls my lashes already has a slit in it from where the metal rubber meet the other issue which is why it does not work for me is the curve of the actual curler it is very wide which but the curve of the curler is too strait for my eyes i have almond shaped eyes i guess a slightly smaller eye socket in order to get all of my lashes in the curler i have to press the curler into my eyelid then adjust the angle to get them in a few times to get the curler close enough to the base of my lashes if i only had to press the curler lightly on my eyelid that would be one thing but i have to really press almost flatten out my eyelid for it to work even after that i get maybe a creased curl my lashes are quite long bone strait even pumping the curler a few times up my lashes does not give much of a curl by the time i put on mascara they are almost strait again i have been using curlers for some odd years now honestly the drug store ones work better for me personallyif you have short lashes more oval eyes this may be a great curler for you i do recommend it for the quality good luck