You need to set the time、 temp and curl direction and wait a moment for its heating up. There is one side that should always be facing your head and it's labeled on the product(This is very important. If you don't do that、 hair will tangle up). Then You should take a small section of hair in(no more than 1.2 Inch in width) and insert it properly into the curl chamber and close the handle、 it will pull up the rest of your hair automatically and beep when it's done depending on your Time Setting. When you hear a serious of \