not very sparkly [SEP] the rhinestones in these flowers do not catch the light very well so only one really looked sparkly in the light each clip has a bottom long clip with about of that for holding hair with three long clips with of that for holding hair attached to it is top the springs are strong so they will hold hair well however they are so strong that i have difficultly working them on my own hair the flowers are also felt or some kind of stiff cloth glued to the plastic clip so the flowers may come off with use