Did I honestly fall for the hype? Yes, I did.
I’ve always used a basic drug store brand eyelash curler, like Revlon, and it worked fine, until it didn’t.
In my youth, my eyes were not deep set, and they’re not hooded. As I’ve aged, they are deeper set, and the skin on my upper lids is certainly looser.
My old eyelash curler pinches my upper lid. I have to be careful not to get it too close to either my inner or outer lid, or it pinches that skin and hurts!
I figured maybe my curler was old, so I started my search for the best eyelash curler. Of course, ask, and you shall receive…the one that has the best marketing team and I fell for it.
Thirty dollars later I owned the latest, greatest eyelash curler by Shiseido. I couldn’t wait to try it and have the curled, fluffy lashes I saw in the posts.
Excited, I placed the nice thick replaceable rubber curler up to my eye and quickly pinched myself. It was worse because the rubber was thick. I played with it a bit and realized it would curl them, but the challenge remained the same.
Back to searching specifically for non-pinching eyelash curlers, and of course, they exist. I noticed that they multi-marketed them for hooded, Asian and loose skin eyelids. The issue seems to be that the full round curler is too wide for many of those situations.
So, I bought two from a company called Soo Ador. They have a gentle curve model ($19.00) and also a 1/2 eyelash curler ($17.00). The flatter, less rounded, gentle curve was better, but I still needed to be careful.
The 1/2 curler was shorter, prompting you to do it in sections, which seemed like it should work, but it was too small for me.
I will use the gentle curve as my new go-to. It’s better than my old one and better than the Shiseido one. Maybe these aren’t a lot better – perhaps I’m just getting better at watching for droopy skin.
One tip is to curl in a close-up mirror and gently pull the loose skin out of the way as you curl. A little tricky, but worth trying.
