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Buying a new curling iron sounds easy, especially if you used one before. You might assume that you can purchase the first one priced at the amount you want to spend. This can result in you buying a curling iron that leaves your hair looking flat or one that makes your finished curls look too tight. When we decided to design a shopping guide around curling irons, we knew that we wanted to include as much information as possible and to find tips that our readers could use. Located near the bottom of this page are a few sections on tips you can use when creating curls or a straight look.
To find the five best curling irons now available, we consulted with experts and also turned to real shoppers who love their hair. Not only did we take into account the products recommended by experts and professionals, but we also looked at the irons with the highest reviews online. Each of the five curling irons we found has the highest reviews out there from women just like you. Once you finish reading through this shopping guide, you’ll know exactly how to buy a new curling iron and how to use it.
Before we look at the top features of the curling irons today and what you can do to pick the right one, we wanted to look at some similar tools that you might use. One of those is a curling wand. While a curling iron has a barrel that is the same size from the base to the tip, a curling wand looks more like a magic wand. The tip is generally much smaller in size than the base of the barrel. Most women find that a wand is better for creating natural waves than an iron is but that an iron does a better job of creating great curls.
With a wand, you risk burning your hands and fingers each time you use it. Wands do not have any type of clip or attachment that keeps your hair secured to the barrel. You must physically manipulate the hair around the barrel. As the tool heats up, your chances of hurting yourself increase. Curling irons have a clip attachment that holds your hair in place. You will usually use a curling iron when creating curls of the exact size and shape. A curling wand is best for creating waves of different sizes and shapes.
Many women who have flat and straight hair wish that they had curly or wavy hair, while those with curly or wavy hair wish their own hair was straighter. You may not realize that you can actually use a curling iron to completely straighten your hair and get rid of your natural curls and waves. We’ll give you some tips further down on this page that shows you how to use that tool for this purpose. You’ll also find a tool called a flat iron that works well for straightening hair.
Unlike a curling iron, which has a barrel attached to a handle, a flat iron consists of two plates attached to a handle. Those plates can use a ceramic material or a metal such as titanium, and many of the more popular designs use a combination of both. Once the iron comes up to the right temperature, you can place a section of your hair on one iron and close the other top. As you pull the iron through your hair, the plates press down to smooth out your hair. You can use a similar motion with a curling iron to remove tangles and make hair lay flatter against your head.
If you’re like most women today, you probably like changing things up every now and then and trying out new styles. Unless you plan on relying on the same style day after day, you’ll want to look for a curling iron with more than one heat setting. Many of the cheaper models have just a single setting. When you turn on the curling iron, it will immediately come up to the maximum temperature. This is usually around 400 to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Women who have lighter or thinner hair will want to use a lower temperature. That higher setting can cause significant damage to your strands.
There is no rule of thumb regarding how many heat settings you should look for in a curling iron. We generally recommend models that have at least two settings. You can use the lower setting when creating loose waves and then use the higher setting when you want tighter curls. That higher temperature can also “set” the curls and make them last long after you created them. A number of the more popular curling irons have a temperature range of between 100 and 200 degrees Fahrenheit up to more than 400 degrees Fahrenheit. You can experiment with those settings to see which temperature is right for your hair.
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