As Barrette clearly only recommended if you have very long and very thick hair. Otherwise, the clip is just too hard to keep. I still give it 5 stars because as a clamp on my dress, it was the icing on the cake. Who knows what he wants to use this clip, which gets as a really nice piece. To date (since about 7 months) have also kept all the stones, which probably means that it was also well made.