OK, I am done with the maxiglide. I used it as advertised, but it didn't straighten my hair. I used the burst of steam, which I think pulled my coils out. The ceramic coating started to rub off, so some of the pins are bare. I have a solid ceramic jilbere I got from Sally's. It doesn't handle the ends like the maxiglide, but it gets the hair straight.
The last straw was last week. I roller set my daughter's hair in preparation to flat iron. Because of my reservations about the maxiglide, I used the jilbere for the first pass, then the maxiglide for the second pass. I used 5 squirts of redken heat glide over her whole head of hair. I had set it with highly diluted infusium 23 as a setting lotion, but I didn't use any other product.
The jilbere just slid through her hair. The maxiglide started to catch and pull the hair in the teeth. Then it started to smoke!! I only had it on level 3!! When I was done, the maxiglide was full of gunky buildup, but the jilbere was still clean.
I think the maxiglide is a great concept, but Maxius needs to refine his technology so that the tool is more effective!!
The last straw was last week. I roller set my daughter's hair in preparation to flat iron. Because of my reservations about the maxiglide, I used the jilbere for the first pass, then the maxiglide for the second pass. I used 5 squirts of redken heat glide over her whole head of hair. I had set it with highly diluted infusium 23 as a setting lotion, but I didn't use any other product.
The jilbere just slid through her hair. The maxiglide started to catch and pull the hair in the teeth. Then it started to smoke!! I only had it on level 3!! When I was done, the maxiglide was full of gunky buildup, but the jilbere was still clean.
I think the maxiglide is a great concept, but Maxius needs to refine his technology so that the tool is more effective!!