Expert Hair Care Reviews & Advice for Every Hair Type
There is a particular kind of despair that only thick, coarse hair understands: you glide a straightener through a section, it looks flawless for exactly four seconds, and then it springs back into its natural shape like nothing happened. If that sounds familiar, the plates you are using are probably the problem, not your technique. … Read more
Stand in any beauty aisle for more than thirty seconds and you’ll hear the same argument playing out between two people picking up boxes and squinting at the small print: ceramic vs titanium straighteners, round however-many-thousand. It sounds like a technical squabble, but it isn’t really about metallurgy at all — it’s about your Tuesday … Read more
Ceramic hair straighteners are the flat irons with heating plates made from, or coated in, a clay-based ceramic material that heats gradually and spreads that heat evenly across the surface, which is precisely why your fringe doesn’t fry while the rest of your hair is still lukewarm. If you’ve ever dragged a cheap metal iron … Read more
Stand in the hair-tools aisle of any department store and you’ll spot the same two names glaring at each other from opposite shelves: GHD and Cloud Nine. It’s a rivalry that goes deeper than marketing, too — Cloud Nine was founded by Robert Powls, the very same person who created GHD, which is why the … Read more
Here’s a confession every hairdresser has heard a thousand times: “I bought cheap straighteners once and they ruined my hair.” Fair enough — some of them do. But that’s not really a price problem, it’s a plates-and-heat-control problem, and plenty of hair straighteners under £50 get both of those things right without asking you to … Read more
There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from stepping out of the shower, catching sight of your reflection, and realising your hair has decided to reenact a static electricity experiment. If you’ve ever stood in front of the mirror wrestling a flat iron that either scorches your ends or simply refuses to grip a … Read more
A diffuser for curly hair is a bowl-shaped attachment that clips onto a hair dryer and spreads the airflow across a wider area, so curls dry in place rather than getting blasted straight and frizzy. If you’ve ever finished blow-drying only to watch your curl pattern collapse into a triangle of frizz, the tool you … Read more
There’s a specific type of morning grief that only curly-haired people truly understand. You’ve washed, conditioned, applied your curl cream with the focused intention of a surgeon, and you’re ready. Then you reach for a standard hair dryer, point it directly at your head, and watch three hours of careful product work dissolve into a … Read more
Let’s be honest about hotel hair dryers. They’re bolted to the wall at exactly the wrong height, they wheeze like an asthmatic kettle, and by the time you’ve finished using one, your hair looks as though it’s been blow-dried by someone who’s never encountered hair before. If you’ve ever stood in a Florence bathroom coaxing … Read more
If you’ve ever stood hunched over a hotel bathroom dryer bolted to the wall — cord barely reaching the mirror, airflow equivalent to a mildly enthusiastic sigh, results indistinguishable from having simply towel-dried and given up — you already understand the case for packing your own. A travel hair dryer is a compact, portable hair … Read more