[Josy]

Do you use these? if so what one are you using and is it any good etc...

I need to buy one today.

[Crimson Dynamo]

next to water and food CT's are my 2 girls next most essential items

[Ashley.]

I use a standard BaByliss. It's supposed to be good, but whenever I attempt to use them it never looks like it does on TV

[Crimson Dynamo]

both have and will only use GBH ones or whatever they are called


cost a fecking packet

[Josy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

next to water and food CT's are my 2 girls next most essential items

So what ones have they got?

Originally Posted by Ashley.

I use a standard BaByliss. It's supposed to be good, but whenever I attempt to use them it never looks like it does on TV

I was just looking at a Babyliss one there, it looks quite decent and has good reviews on the Argos website but it's only Ł20 so I don't know if it will be any good

[Josy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

both have and will only use GBH ones or whatever they are called


cost a fecking packet

Yeah I'm done with GHD's now, I'm grudging the money they want for them now I'm a bit older especially when you can get similar quality for a third of the price elsewhere.

[rubymoo]

My hairdresser uses straighteners to curl my hair, i've tried this method on my daughter and it works really well, it's all in the angle of the straightener.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

My hairdresser uses straighteners to curl my hair, i've tried this method on my daughter and it works really well, it's all in the angle of the straightener.

I can curl mine perfect at one side with the straightener, it looks great but when it comes to the other side it's a mess

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/...s-9942448.html

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by Josy

I can curl mine perfect at one side with the straightener, it looks great but when it comes to the other side it's a mess

That's funny i can't do my own hair at all it just comes out straight

[Josy]

That's straighteners trumpet

[Josy]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

That's funny i can't do my own hair at all it just comes out straight

my right hand side curls fine (maybe because I'm right handed?) but not the left.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Josy

That's straighteners trumpet

I knew I should not have got involved in a girls thread

[Josy]

[Cherie]

I have Nicky Clarke hairstraighters they were about 40.00 have had them for about 8 years, they are pretty good, oh I thought we had moved on to straighteners, if I were you I would try the Babyliss ones what have you got to lose?

[Cherie]

http://www.tesco.com/direct/nicky-cl...g/208-8531.prd

what about these pretty good reviews

[Kizzy]

Do you curl from root to tip or tip to root? the trick with straighteners is to start at the top and wind over the top of them for some and under for others, so the curls don't look uniform.

[Josy]

I don't straighten or curl from the root it's not good for volume

[Josy]

I ended up buying the babyliss ones, they were only 18.50 when I got to the store so I'm a bit wary.

Going to a bbq atm but will report back on the tongs when use them later on.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Josy

I don't straighten or curl from the root it's not good for volume

I meant like this...

Youtube video

[Josy]

Thanks for the vid Kizzy

[Josy]

I tried the curling iron out last night, they do a really good curl on a lot heat setting but they dropped out pretty fast so I guess I will need to use more product on it when I want to style my hair that way (I don't like using a lot of products on my hair)

[kirklancaster]

This thread has been fascinating.

[Josy]

What hair products should I buy for using with these? any tips?

I really don't want my hair to be bogged down with hairspray though, I'm happy to use a little bit but what else could I use before tonging to make the curls hold?

[michellehenninger]

I have been using the karmin curling wand and works really well for my hair (Y)