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 WHICH STRAIGHTENER WOULD SUIT ME?
With the large amount of hair straighteners available on the market
at the moment how do you know which one would suit you. The prices
seem to vary from around the £40 mark up to £90 and
beyond. Are all the cheap ones rubbish or are the expensive ones
over priced?. Well the answer is it all depends. It all depends
on your hair. If your hair is thick and in good condition then you
do not need to pay for an expensive straightener, YET! Budget straighteners
usually come with metal plates. The trouble with metal plates is
that microscopically they are like sandpaper. This surface will
eventually damage your hair with repeated use. If, however, you
do not intend to use the straightener on a regualar basis and only
on special occasions AND you have healthy hair already then these
budget straighteners can be ideal for you and at price that will
make you smile. Ceramic plates however are microscopically smooth
and do a much better job of flattening the hair. Ceramic plates
also have a more even heat distribution across the plates surface
which means that the whole plate is an even temperarure. Imagine
the disaster if most of the plate was 190ºC and part of it
was 210ºC. If your hair was fine then the excess temperature
would frazzle your hair! Ceramic plates also heat up and cool down
quickly which means that the temperature can be controlled better.
If your hair is fine then this will be important to you since temperature
is more crucial. Cheap elements have poor control and may not cool
quick enough if the desired temperature is exceeded.
Another problem to consider then is the temperature required. Most high street store straighteners do not reach sufficient temperature to actually work. Unless the straighteners reaches temperatures around the 180ºC mark then the styles produced will fall out in a very short time. High temperature straighteners which reach 180ºC will produce a style that will last all day. Along with high temperatures comes other problems however. You do not really want to dry your hair our which is what will happen with repeated use of high temperature appliances. If you intend to use your straightener on a regualer basis then you need to think about protecting your hair. Ceramic hair oils etc can help protect your hair and should be used with any straightener anyway to help replace the oils that can be lost from your hair when use high temperatures. There are, however, technologies available in the more expensive straighteners that can help. Infra Red radiation produced from some high temperature ceramic plates can help seal the moisture in your hair so that you hair does not loose its condition. Ionic technology breaks down the size of the water molecules on the hairs surface making them smaller and easier for the hair to absorb. This can actually improve the condition of you hair! A combination of both technologies would add moisture to your hair and then seal that moisture in. This will actually improve the condition of dry hair. If you intend to use your straightener on a regualr basis then you should look for straighteners that employ some of these technologies.
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