Hair Straighteners & Curlers

Hair Curlers like curling irons are handheld appliances designed to style curls or waves into hair using heat. Each model has a heated barrel that hair can be wrapped around to impart a wave or curl shape. These barrels can either be an even cylinder or tapered cone.

Different barrel sizes will produce different types of curls with larger barrels producing larger, softer curls or waves and a smaller barrel producing smaller, tighter curls. Tapered cone shaped barrels can produce different sized curls depending on how far on the length of the barrel hair is wrapped.

For the best results, use heat protectant hair product and aim to use the Curler on the lowest temperature settings possible. Everyone’s hair is different so it’s best to start low and gradually increase the temperature to find the perfect level of heat over time. Excessive heat can cause cuticle damage to hair so we recommend avoiding daily use.

A normal Hair Straightener is a handheld appliance often shaped like a large pair of tongs designed to smooth out waves and curls in your hair and help style it. They have two heated plates on the inside that clamp around strands of hair and iron them out by pulling the plates along the strands, starting from closer to the roots and moving outwards towards hair tips.

Some Hair Straighteners have built in steaming designed and functioning in largely the same way as a traditional straightener, but with additional steaming functions that help restore then protect damaged hair. Their water tanks add some bulk and weight as a tradeoff.

Steam Straighteners are suitable for all hair types and compared to traditional Straighteners tend to be better at reducing frizz. Straightening with steam also holds the style in place for longer.