Method of curling eyelashes

A method of curling a person's eyelashes, comprising:

• providing an eyelash curler comprising lower and upper sections, the lower section comprising a bed arranged to support an underside of the eyelashes, and the upper section comprising a support and a first wheel having a plurality of blades, the first wheel being rotatably supported from the support, each of the blades having a substantially continuous edge that is substantially parallel with an upper surface of the bed and transverse to the eyelashes when supported on the bed, the curler being operable to move the upper section toward the lower section such that the edge of at least one of the plurality of blades is engageable with a top side of the eyelashes, and the upper section further comprising an actuator wheel rotatably supported from the support and having a plurality of fins with distal ends thereof in overlapping relation with the plurality of blades whereby the first wheel and the actuator wheel are meshed;
• moving either section towards the other to clamp the eyelashes between at least one of the blade edges and the bed;
• and
• rotating the actuator wheel to effect rotation of the first wheel and thereby move the blade edges so that they scrape along the top side, substantially in a direction from one end of the clamped eyelashes to the other, while the bed remains substantially stationary supporting the underside, whereby the eyelashes are curled upwardly.