Can someone PUHLEEEEZ tell me.....

[Guest]

What's sooooooooooo special about ceramic curling irons?

How is it any different from a normal curling iron? I'm contemplating buying one, but want to know if it's worth it. By the way, I only use a curling iron like 2x per month, if that.

 

[myco]

I was watching a show hosted by Tene' Taylor who runs a beauty school in Atlanta and he said that ceramic irons are better because the ions help to lock moisture into the hair. Traditional irons dry the hair out. They also have more consistent heating so you don't get hot spots that can burn the hair.

HTH

 

[sassygirl125]

I noticed a big difference and I have the cheap Jilbere #JB2555. It seems to "slide" better than the Revlon and Gold n Hot irons I had before. My hair (mostly natural now) gets straight with just one or two swipes. And I don't have to use a lot of heat.

 

[Elyse]

ceramic irons are less damaging and imo get your hair straighter with less frizz than the traditional irons.

 

[Britt]

Good question Caramela.. i have been wanting to know this for awhile now.

 

[Tracy]

I bought one and I actually found that it got far hotter (like, my actual hair was HOT and stayed HOT for about 10-20 seconds after I removed the tool from my hair!).

That NEVER happens with my regular one and though I must admit that it did create a curl faster, I worried about the degree of heat and went back to my regular one.

One use, and I gave it up.

 

[kisz4tj]

So Tracy, you gave it up huh

So maybe we need to have a lil discussion over on the product swap board.

 

[sweetcocoa]

I have a flatiron, and if turn it all the way up it gets very hot...but I use it on 5...I also get excellent results if I dry my hair on rollers first...then flatiron through each section of hair as I unroll...talk about soft and smooth.

 

[PrettyBrownEyes]

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I bought one and I actually found that it got far hotter (like, my actual hair was HOT and stayed HOT for about 10-20 seconds after I removed the tool from my hair!).

That NEVER happens with my regular one and though I must admit that it did create a curl faster, I worried about the degree of heat and went back to my regular one.

One use, and I gave it up.

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I just came back from Barnes & Noble and I was looking through Susan Taylor's Book: Brown Skin, and she mentioned in there that the Ceramic Irons do get really hot and cause damage.

I guess those of you who have them only use them every now and then though.

 

[Honey01]

The other day on The View's beauty segment they featured this new ceramic flat iron that you can use on WET hair. At first I was like "say what"?. The appliance has holes which allows steam to escape. Anyway, they did a demonstration on a Caucasion woman who liked the results. I'm not sure how this would work on ethnic hair types.

 

[Guest]

Sounds scary, Honey! Anyway, Tracy's post has me scurred, might just stay with the normal iron.

 

[Supergirl]

Caramela,

One of the definite pros to having a ceramic is that if you're in a hurry, that bad-boy will heat up within a matter of seconds

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

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Caramela,

One of the definite pros to having a ceramic is that if you're in a hurry, that bad-boy will heat up within a matter of seconds

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In about 10-15 seconds!

 

[gvsugirl]

My hair always comes out shiny when I use the ceramic iron and smooths my hair all the way to the tips. *pantene hair toss*

 

[Tracy]

@ gvsugirl....


Caramela -

I didn't mean to "scurr" you. Remember my hair is fine ....

Yours is pretty thick and it may just be fine for you. Trust your better judgement tho - I'd just hate us all to find out in a year that they are no longer manufacturing these things because they were damaging people's hair irreparably.

But then - I felt the same way about the gold-plated curling irons....they just got to hot for my hair. I use a reg'ler ole silver conair....it's gets warm to hot and it

Kisz - Girl I really don't want you to ceramic ANYTHING with that color in your head...

but if you want it, it's yours m'ija....and may the force be with you....

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

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My hair always comes out shiny when I use the ceramic iron and smooths my hair all the way to the tips. *pantene hair toss*

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[sassygirl125]

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I just came back from Barnes & Noble and I was looking through Susan Taylor's Book: Brown Skin, and she mentioned in there that the Ceramic Irons do get really hot and cause damage.

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I agree. I don't believe the claims that ceramic irons condition and moisturize the hair.

It's still a heat styling tool and I treat it as such. I like it because I don't have to use as much heat for very long to get straight hair.

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

Some people say they use them on a daily basis. I think that's when the damage comes in.

 

[sweetcocoa]

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I just came back from Barnes & Noble and I was looking through Susan Taylor's Book: Brown Skin, and she mentioned in there that the Ceramic Irons do get really hot and cause damage.

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I agree. I don't believe the claims that ceramic irons condition and moisturize the hair.

It's still a heat styling tool and I treat it as such. I like it because I don't have to use as much heat for very long to get straight hair.

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I agree with you Sassygirl....it's still heat...so I don't abuse it. I also would never buy one I couldn't control the amount of heat. Like I said the last time I airdried a rollerset then flatironed...major difference in the amount of heat I had to use...plus my hair came out even silkier than when I air dry ponytail style before ironing. I am completly happy with my flatiron..but I only use it(doing the bun thing at the moment) no more than once a week... my old silver curling iron never got my hair this smooth with so little heat....