disappointing [SEP] i read a few reviews that got me to purchase this thing but i have huge regrets it does curl your eyelashes but if you have small straight thin eyelashes you can barely tell it is a very small curl nothing like you would get with a standard eye lash curler it also takes minutes for me to curl my lashes with this i have tried both ways with mascara and without it is not the easiest to clean so i do not recommend with mascara the only plus is it does not rip out your eye lashes but overall i was not impressed