I’m contemplating buying a straightening iron for my hair. They seem to come in two prices: too cheap to be any good, and too expensive to justify the expense when I still need to get my bathroom renovated.
Any suggestions? The couple of times I’ve gotten it styled at a salon, I loved my hair straight and shiny. I’ve tried achieving that with just a blowdryer and a brush and all sorts of product, but my hair, she refuses to be anything less than bouncy.
(Okay, those of you with straight hair are rolllling your eyes and thinking: “Your hair has body! Cry some more, Steph!” I understand your pain, honest — I had those problems when I had hair down to my mid-back, but now that I’ve turned to the short side I find myself missing the super-straightness. Siiigh. Life is hard, I tell ya!)
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My hair’s pretty seriously curly if I leave it to its own devices. I blow dry it straight, then I use a straightening iron. I’ve had a lot of success with one I got from Target for $50. It’s got ceramic plates, and a temperature gauge to let me choose how hot it gets.
It’s a Conair Infiniti. I got the thicker version, instead of the skinny one. Also, you might get some kind of spray heat protection stuff. I use it beforehand so that the iron steams the heck out of the product, but not my hair. It helps.
I haven’t had much luck with those things. The Kid has curly hair that she’d rather were flat (silly girl) and the one I got at Target didn’t really work very well. I’d probably stick with ion plates as they’re easier on your hair than the kind Sasoon makes with bristles.
I may run out and get that one, Gryph, and see how it works on the Kid’s hair.
too bad all you curly headed people I pay big bucks to put curl in mine!!!!!!
My words collide! We’ve been discussing flat irons and stuff on FlyerTalk, too:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=834263
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Don’t forget your sister can get the kind discount on professional products…..maybe a nice b-day gift?
Mike got me a gift certificate to Amazon! I’m thinking about using that to put toward the one I want.
I got a very nice iron, but alas, I just don’t seem to get it right, all the way from the roots, and leave a bunch of kinks at the top. Meanwhile a hairdresser taught me “twisting” which keeps my curly, frizzy hair smooth and in long ringlets, sort of like a hassidic Jew. You put product in, take a strand and twirling from the bottom, twist it tight — repeating until you have all these twisted strands. Then just let it dry naturally or with a dryer and diffuser for about 5-10 minutes. Do not shake or pull out ringlets until you are ready to go out.
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