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Blah
05-01-2005, 03:47 PM
after 2 years my remington pro-ceramic straighteners are starting to die; the ceramic coating has started to peel off.

Im either going to get the same ones again or go for a more expensive pair.

I also need them to be able to curl when twisted as i had this done by a hairdresser and i stayed curly for 2 days. Doesnt work with my remington's.

So- suggestions and vote please

(only votes from people who have used them please)
Blah
05-01-2005, 06:06 PM
oh come on people!

i know that most of you are obsessed with them!
Glittery
05-01-2005, 06:20 PM
GHD all the way for me.

I've tried Hair Tools and Kodo ones before but I havent found the result to be as good when I've been GHDed :)
Basic Instinct
05-01-2005, 06:33 PM
Wet2Straight for me. :D
*TiNK*
05-01-2005, 06:46 PM
Kodo's :D
Ilora-Danon
05-01-2005, 07:00 PM
GHD's...

Ilora x
Blah
05-01-2005, 07:00 PM
at the moment im leaning towards the kodos because i really cant afford GHD or the wet 2 straight.

Anyone else use them other than Tink? They do look good...but they must be able to curl too
ruby_soho
05-01-2005, 10:32 PM
Well i have just bought a pair of T3 straighteners and i have to say they are better than any of the ones i have tried, including GHD, and they are made by hair art. Would totally recomend them.

My boyfriends sister bought some wide plat GHD's but she thinks they are crap to the ones she had before which are made by sax i think.

Your best bet though is probably buying a make like GHD/Kodo that are used in salons rather from everyday ones in Argos that you can get for around the same price.
Olive
06-01-2005, 10:35 AM
me and Kodos didn't get on at all. they bollocksed up my hair good and proper :(

I'm currently on a pair of HairArt ones. Not the T3s, something a little less blingy. they're basically standard GHDs, but half the price and less of the dodgy electrics. i love them.

The ones i had before were Hairtools, which work ok, but aren't the greatest, and the ceramic bit chips off really easily.
Crystal Tipps
06-01-2005, 10:26 PM
Wet 2 Straight - love them! :D
lucifer devil
07-01-2005, 01:30 PM
Originally posted by Blah_x2
at the moment im leaning towards the kodos because i really cant afford GHD or the wet 2 straight.

It's worth while saving up for just a little bit longer and getting the pair you really want :)
Blah
07-01-2005, 01:38 PM
Originally posted by lucifer devil
It's worth while saving up for just a little bit longer and getting the pair you really want :)

this is the problem though; i dont actually know which ones i want! i wish i could try them all out first and then i woudnt mind paying alot if they worked really well. The only ceramic straighteners ive ever used is the remington power ceramic
lucifer devil
07-01-2005, 02:33 PM
what about when you go to the hairdressers, what do they use?
Blah
07-01-2005, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by lucifer devil
what about when you go to the hairdressers, what do they use?

well when i went on a makeover thing is the only time a hairdresser has used straighteners on me. I dont tend to get my hair cut or styled just the odd dry trim!

might have to phone up the makeover place :chin:
Blah
10-01-2005, 07:06 PM
ok another question, are GHDs ceramic coated or solid ceramic?
Olive
10-01-2005, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by Blah_x2
ok another question, are GHDs ceramic coated or solid ceramic?

ceramic coated, but the good way. not the shitty-chip-off way.

it means the temperature is more stable, apparently. i always though solid ceramic was better, but it seems i was wrong.
Blah
10-01-2005, 07:39 PM
Originally posted by kaffrin
ceramic coated, but the good way. not the shitty-chip-off way.

it means the temperature is more stable, apparently. i always though solid ceramic was better, but it seems i was wrong.

hmm

im now either getting the fudge solid ceramic ones or GHDs. fudge are solid ceramic....grr this is too difficult!

any hairdressers here to advise me!?
Blah
10-01-2005, 08:33 PM
Originally posted by Bunnykins
GHDs are solid ceramic, which is partly why they are expensive. They give good results but the electrics are rubbish. After 2 pairs of GHDs blowing up I now use T3s which are much better.

can you curl with t3s?
Blah
10-01-2005, 09:43 PM
Originally posted by Bunnykins
I'm not sure if you can curl with them or not. Supposidly you can curl with GHDs so I guess you can do the same with T3s.

does the ceramic plate go right to the edge?
ruby_soho
11-01-2005, 01:06 PM
Originally posted by Blah_x2
does the ceramic plate go right to the edge?

Yes and you can curl with them it says in the spec's that you can although i have never tried to curl my hair with any straighteners because i'm not sure how you would go about it.

Oh and the fact that my hair is curly/waby to start off with so it would kind of defeat the object :plooksee (http://www.salonlines.co.uk/forwomen/index.php?p=1&category_id=405&product_id=1150)
Blah
11-01-2005, 01:15 PM
Originally posted by beans
Yes and you can curl with them it says in the spec's that you can although i have never tried to curl my hair with any straighteners because i'm not sure how you would go about it.

Oh and the fact that my hair is curly/waby to start off with so it would kind of defeat the object :plooksee (http://www.salonlines.co.uk/forwomen/index.php?p=1&category_id=405&product_id=1150)

thanks :)



*faints at price*
Blah
11-01-2005, 01:28 PM
ive been looking at these now

http://www.saloneasy.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=82102

any good?
Olive
11-01-2005, 03:11 PM
Originally posted by Blah_x2
ive been looking at these now

http://www.saloneasy.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=82102

any good?

i have the model below that (these ones!) (http://www.saloneasy.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=21&products_id=82101) and they are every bit as good as GHDs, imo. and I've used GHDs quite a lot.

i totally recommend hairart stuff.
Blah
11-01-2005, 03:13 PM
Originally posted by kaffrin
i have the model below that (these ones!) (http://www.saloneasy.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=21&products_id=82101) and they are every bit as good as GHDs, imo. and I've used GHDs quite a lot.

i totally recommend hairart stuff.

see now thats a more of a reasonable price! ive never used GHDs but im pretty sure i had them used on me by a hairdresser and the curls would of lasted days had i not of washed my hair

have u tried curling with these? if not do they straighten well enough to only go once over your hair and keep it poker all day?

sorry for so many Qs about dam straighteners
Olive
11-01-2005, 03:35 PM
Originally posted by Blah_x2
have u tried curling with these? if not do they straighten well enough to only go once over your hair and keep it poker all day?


i've never tried to curl with them, tbh. i look like annie the orphan with curly hair :(

if the sections are the right size once over straightens them perfectly, and cause i don't wash my hair every day, it stays straight until i do wash it.
x .beepbeep.
13-01-2005, 05:06 PM
I use my girlfriends GHDs now and again, however i picked up a pair of nameless ceramic ones in the summer for £20 new and they are just as good and dont tell me im a boy and dont know anything about them.

for real.