First and foremost, does it function well as a blindfold? For me, no, but people with different hair may have different results. The blindfold is actually made of silk. I set it on fire to check. It behaved like real satin, not a plastic imitation. The 50 Shades logo patch on the blindfold is easily removed with a seam ripper, and that bit is certainly made of some sort of plastic. Anyway, because it is made of real satin, it is slippery, and thus slides off of my hair if anything touches it in the slightest way. So, as a blindfold used to blind a person who is lying on a bed and thus is likely to have her head contact a pillow at some time, it is just about useless. If you're experimenting with BDSM as a sub and someone has blindfolded you, what happens if your blindfold slips off? Do you speak up and say something, risking the wrath of your dom, or do you ignore it and hope your dom does too? It is an awkward situation if your toys are less than reliable. It is up to you to figure out how to handle such a situation. My hair plus this blindfold is a recipe for disaster, but I am quite certain that women with different hair textures will find this blindfold perfectly to their liking. If it doesn't slip off your head within a minute of tying it on, I am sure it would be a lovely toy.

Here's my favorite thing about the blindfold: the flexible mask section. Regardless of the shape of your nose, this mask will bend to fit the exact architecture of your face. This flexibility is achieved, as far as I can tell, by a wire rectangle wrapped in PVC and covered in satin. If you are sensitive to the smell of PVC and you do not appreciate it, this may not be the toy for you. I have had this blindfold for over a year and the smell, which bothers me a great deal, has not become less strong or unappealing. I could contemplate situations in which wearing a smelly blindfold would be appealing, and even a turn on. If this is you, go for it.

The packaging was a lovely cardboard box with the 50 Shades logo on it. If your partner likes 50 Shades of Grey, it would make a pretty good gift.

I put off this review for a really long time because I wanted to give it a fair shot, and my relationship status was in flux for awhile so I did not have the opportunity to try it out enough to review it. As things are, I've tried this blindfold out with two different partners on several occasions, and I have come to two conclusions:

(1) It will not stay on my head. My hair is silky and so is the blindfold, and no amount of bendy wires coated in PVC will keep this thing on my head unless my head is held completely immobile. Add so much as a pillow and the thing is no longer doing its job.

(2) It still smells horrible over a year later. Do you want to wrap a stinky thing around your head? Didn't

I am sure that this toy is ideal for someone, but that someone is not me.