Heated Eyelash Curlers
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free skin care · Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:42 am

I've just been heating my regular clamp type eyelash curler with my blowdryer before using it... I'm sick of doing it and don't want to continue with the possible risk of burning myself!
I've looked into different heated curlers but have determined either I don't like the clamp type made out of plastic and can't really see the "wand" types doing a whole lot... Note that I've only looked into them and haven't actually tried any.

Do the wand types actually work? Which, in your opinion, is the best one?

Has anyone tried the Hot Lashes curler? (Check out http://www.hotlashes.com ) This one intriques me, but I don't want to drop $35 without knowing it's at least as effective as my blow dryer method.

I HATE blowing money on something that doesn't work, and since I'm not one to return things I usually end up just completely wasting the money! Help me out here!

free skin care · Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:04 am

From the recommendation of Carekate on here, I bougth the Blinc's heated curler. Best $25 bucks I've ever spent!!

Curls nicely, heats up fast and doesn't burn your lashes nor you. Very compact and can carry it in your purse.

It works really well for me, and I have shorter lashes which are growing thanks to the JM serum Very Happy

free skin care · Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:38 am

chevycamarolvr wrote:

I've looked into different heated curlers but have determined either I don't like the clamp type made out of plastic and can't really see the "wand" types doing a whole lot... Note that I've only looked into them and haven't actually tried any.

I've become an eyelash curler connoisseur during the last year and I've tried just about every single type and brand that you can imagine, both heated and regular. The "wand" type heated curlers work better than ANY other type of curlers, but the thing you have to remember is that they work best when used AFTER you've applied your mascara (or, in my case, homemade lash gloss or Ardell) because the mascara acts like a styling product for your hair and locks in the curl.

I really need to post a review of all the brands of curlers I've tried, along with which ones get my vote as "best in class" so I'll try to do that sometime soon....

free skin care · Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:30 am

Hi Carekate!

I know you said that you are going to do a review of eyelash curlers, but since I left my normal eyelash curler at my mom's I thought it would be good time to try a different one!

So my question is, what curler do you recommend for fairly long and straight eyelashes?

I use the normal clamp one, and I find that I need to wear waterproof mascara all the time otherwise my curl does not hold.
I am interested in heated curlers, but I am not sure if they will work because my eyelashes are so long and have a hard time holding the curl anyways!

any recommendations?
Thanks!

free skin care · Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:35 am

Thanks guys.

Now that I have my eyeliner tattooed and dyed my lashes, I'm getting away without wearing any eye makeup at all on a day to day basis! Yay! Very Happy

I've been using the Ardell in an attempt to thicken my lashes (it seems to be working, I do see quite a few new hairs sprouting) but it doesn't hold a curl for it's life so I haven't been using it during the day.

I'll have to pick up one of those heated wand type curlers and see how it works out...

free skin care · Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:23 pm

<<Ariesxtreme wrote:
From the recommendation of Carekate on here, I bougth the Blinc's heated curler. Best $25 bucks I've ever spent!!

Curls nicely, heats up fast and doesn't burn your lashes nor you. Very compact and can carry it in your purse.

It works really well for me, and I have shorter lashes which are growing thanks to the JM serum.

Hi Aries: What brand is that? Where did you buy it from? How long have you been using JM?

Thanks,

Rose

free skin care · Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:16 am

Hi Rose,

The brand is Blinc, they have the Kiss Me mascara line that a few of the girls on here like, the mascara is just okay for me I used to use it when I had eyelash extensions. I've been using JM for about 2 1/2 months now.

Here's the curler.

http://www.drugstore.com/qxp90209_333181_sespider/blinc/curl_heated_eyelash_curler.htm

free skin care · Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:13 pm

I've read that using heat near your eyes may be a bad idea. It can damage the sensitive skin of your eyelids and erode your corneas! Question

free skin care · Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:58 pm

Hi Areis,

Thank you for your quick response. Have you ever burned your skin with the curler. I connected to the Drugstore site you gave me and found that most of the reviews on the curler are not good. You must know how to use the curler the right way. The reviewers on the site probably do not know how to use it. Could you let me know how you use it and how to avoid getting burned.

Rose

free skin care · Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:58 am

Rose wrote:

Hi Areis,

Thank you for your quick response. Have you ever burned your skin with the curler. I connected to the Drugstore site you gave me and found that most of the reviews on the curler are not good. You must know how to use the curler the right way. The reviewers on the site probably do not know how to use it. Could you let me know how you use it and how to avoid getting burned.

Rose

I didn't even bother with the reviews, I took it on the recommendation of Carekate on here on who's views I highly look up to. you don't really burn yourself because the heat only goes up so high. Not sure how you can use it wrong though. I just put mascara on, let it dry and once the curler is warm and or hot enough which you'll be able to tell since the red dot will turn yellow. I take it start in the middle of the lashes start at the root and just slowly work up the lashes and then do that to the inside and the outside of the lashes.

If you're skeptical. They have a heated curler like this at Sephora. You can try that if you it doesn't suit you just return it.

Violetanne,

Not sure about the heat near the lids, it does make sense though. The heat isn't that extreme and actually heating up a regular curler with a dryer and then placing that on your skin I would assume is worse because I have burned myself doing that a few times. With these wand heat curlers you don't really touch the skin around the eye at all.

free skin care · Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:11 pm

I am also using the blowdryer... this is the only way that worked out for me so far. actually the electronic hot lash curler hurt me more than this way. Sad

free skin care · Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:27 pm

I have straight medium-length Asian eyelashes. The lashes on the outer corner of my eye will NEVER curl no matter what curler I use because conventional curlers can never reach them. I have a heated eye lash curler and I find that
1. it takes a while to FULLY heat up
2. carekate is correct, it's used best AFTER using mascara
3. It works better if you slightly dampen your lashes prior to heating them
But the problem is I have found that heated curlers do NOT hold a curl better than the conventional curlers, neither do they curl better. I also find with conventional curlers I can do most of my lashes with on go, but with heated ones I have to do it three times starting with my inner lashes going toward my outer lashes because the wand is straight and not shaped like conventional curlers.

Now I have found my perfect match - Shu curler + Tweezerman corner lash curler. I find if I get my lashes curled high enough, I'm ok with not putting on mascara. I also find my shiseido mascaras give me the best hold on my curls - after 10 hours my curled lashes look FRESHLY curled, not weighted down at all. This combo works better than any heated lash curler I've tried. I also don't even heat my conventional lash curler anymore because I don't need too. I don't use my eyeliner when I do this either because I find my lashes are so nicely curled that my mascara can get pretty close to my lash line and I get enough colour to be able to do w/o my fluidline. And also I have not given in to any lash growth products such as JM, Ardell or Lucia because I feel like my lashes are long enough whenever I curl them - so thanks to this combo I've saved $$! But I don't do this on a daily basis because for me I find having to curl my lashes and put on mascara is too time-consuming Laughing

free skin care · Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:52 am

sormuimui,

I find your post very interesting because I'm also asian the the heated one works wonders in curling my lashes than conventional curlers. My curls tend to flop after I apply my mascara with the conventional curlers and stick straight up. The Blinc heated curler literally only takes about 20 sec for it to heat up too.

I'm very tempted to try the Tweezerman corner curler though. I did order the lash comb from Tweezerman from EDS like weeks ago which I'm still waiting on delivery *waits and waits* since I heard the comb works awesomely.

free skin care · Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:53 am

FYI:

Out of all the heated lash curlers that I've tried, the new one from Panasonic is my favorite. Before that, I was a huge fan of the Blinc heated lash curler, but the heating element seems to go out on them VERY quickly. I mean, after about a month it no longer got hot enough that it would give me any curl at all. To make sure the problem wasn't with a single, faulty Blinc curler, every time mine went out, I'd take it back to the store and exchange it for a new one and same thing happened: it worked for about a month and then it was useless -- I did this about 4 times so I'm pretty well convinced that the problem is with the brand/design itself rather than a single bad device.

I've had my Panasonic curler for about four months and it's still works as well as the first day I bought it.

ETA: BTW, I've been using heated lash curlers for about 4-5 years now and have experienced no degeneration in my eyesight or problems with my corneas or retinas and I actually get my eyes checked twice per year by one of the world's leading eye specialists (because I have an "iris nevus" on my left pupil, which is basically a beauty mark/mole on my pupil -- it doesn't affect my vision, I'm 20/15, but the eye doctors want to monitor it so it to make sure it doesn't grow larger or become malignent) so I'd definitely know if my eyes were being adversely affected by the use of heated lash curlers.

ETA:

P.S. Here's more about my eyeball mole and how the doctor's check it out:

carekate wrote:

I have this growth on the iris of my eye called an “iris nevus” that the doctors liken to a beauty mark or mole. It doesn’t bother me or affect my vision (I’m 20-15), but if you look closely at my left eye, you’ll see that the pupil is oval/oblong rather than perfectly round. Because of this iris nevus, I’m required to get my eyes checked out by a specialist (actually, my doctor is THE most foremost authority in the world on these freaky little “eye moles”!!) to make sure that the ‘beauty mark’ hasn’t grown in size or changed characteristics. You know, like they tell you to go to the doctor immediately if you have a mole on your body that suddenly changes appearance b/c it could be a sign of melanoma or something....

Anyway, these tests that they run are much more involved than your regular checkup with the optomologist. Among other things, they dilate my pupils, and then take closeup photographs of my eye. By “closeup,” I mean that they actually put the lens of the camera against the surface of my eyeball and snap the pics!! In order to be able to put the camera lens on my eye without scratching or damaging the cornea – here’s the part that’s gonna make you cringe – they actually coat my eyeball with K-Y jelly (yes, the same stuff the OB-GYN uses on the speculum when he goes “spelunking”) and then I’m told to hold my eye open as wide as possible and I’m forbidden to blink while they proceed to shoot off about 4-rolls of 36-exposures 35 mm film, and if I *do* blink or flinch while the flashbulb is going off brightly at my defenseless, fully dilated pupil, then they have to start the process all over again!! Needless to say, I dread when it’s time for my yearly eye checkup...the exams aren’t really painful, but they are EXTREMELY uncomfortable!! If that’s not bad enough, during the 20-minutes that it takes for them to shoot off the pix while I sit in the chair tearing up but unblinking, I can actually feel the K-Y jelly m-e-l-t-i-n-g and running down my face. Obviously this is one day per year when putting on my makeup is an exercise in futility!

Anyway, after all of that, the possibility of getting a little vaseline or castor oil in my eye doesn’t even make my bat in eyelash (no pun!)!!

free skin care · Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:11 am

Where did you get your panasonic curler from? Is it a comb through one or a clamp one?

free skin care · Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:51 am

It’s a mascara-wand (comb) style curler that I found at my local Ulta store for $15. Note: I found it in the aisle where they keep velcro hair-curlers and stuff, as opposed to the aisle where they sell old-fashioned lash curlers/tweezers/false eyelashes. I just checked the Ulta website and they don’t have it listed, but apparently the local Ulta stores *do* carry it – at least the ones in Austin do! If you can’t find it at your local Ulta, google it to find places from which to order it online.

Again, the key to these comb-style heated curlers is you MUST use them AFTER applying your mascara!

free skin care · Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:11 pm

i am asian so it's very hard to have my lashes curled..the best tool i've used is shu uemura's eyelash curler..2nd best is shiseido's
i've tried heated curlers as well but they don't work well on my lashes

free skin care · Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:58 pm

I've been using heated curlers of one type or another for the past two years. I have stick-straight, super short and super fine Asian eyelashes and using a clamp-type curler (even a fancy one like Shiseido's) works only for about three seconds. Then my lashes start to slowly droop downwards. Some waterproof mascara helps, but towards the end of the day, my lashes would start straightening out anyway.

I got an EyeCurl based on carekate's MUA review. It honestly changed my (makeup) life--the curl was staying in my lashes until I washed off my mascara at night! No drooping at all (except for exceptionally humid days). Just beautifully up-curled, curvy lashes.

Granted, it took me a little while to perfect my "routine", and it takes me longer in the morning, but until they come up with eyelash transplants, I'll never give up my heated curler (I currently use a ModelCo Lashwand):

- Generously apply Ardell Lash Growth Accelerator (this makes the perfect base as it's thin and clear but adds a little stiffness/bulk to my wispy lashes)
- Curl using my Shiseido curler (I could skip this, but it reduces the amount of time I need to use the heated curler for)
- Quickly brush on a thin coat of Maybelline Full 'n' Soft waterproof mascara (the BEST at holding a curl and when using a heated curler--a thinner, wetter consistency is absolutely key)
- Use heated lash curler as other people have described, though I leave it at each part of the lash for a bit longer than 5 seconds, more like 15
- Apply more mascara and comb through
- Used heated curler if lashes seem to be in danger of drooping from the extra mascara weight.

That sounds really elaborate but I can do it in about five minutes and it's worth it for me since I usually only wear mascara for my eye makeup.

HTH!

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